[Photo Album]: Camp Kokatosi
![[Photo Album]: Camp Kokatosi](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/972/662/920662972.0.x.1.jpg)
- Hardcover
- Raymond, Maine , 1952
Raymond, Maine, 1952. Hardcover. Near Fine. Oblong quarto. Measuring 11" x 7.5". String-tied black cloth over stiff paper boards with "Photographs" stamped on the front board. Contains 145 sepia-toned or black and white gelatin silver photographs measuring between 3.5" x 2.5" and 8" x 10", with captions and other scrap elements. Near fine photo album with near fine photographs.
A photo album kept by a woman over various summers while attending Camp Kokatosi in Raymond, Maine between 1946 and 1952. The camp advertised itself as a camp for "business and professional women and girls " and their slogan was "choose Kokatosi for freedom, fun, and friendliness." The album follows women, from recent college graduates to middle-aged career women, all experiencing a respite in the Maine countryside. The opening photograph shows a group shot of women on the porch of a cabin in 1947. There are additional pictorial postcards depicting the camp with images of the lodges, lakes, tennis court, the dining hall, and other buildings. Interspersed throughout are snapshots kept by the compiler of the album: of the counselors, the owners of the camp, and of women participating in events. The women performed in plays, dressing in costumes with some women in drag. Many of the photos are portraits of posed women around the camp as well as candids. A few large professional photographs show the camp with images of the women at their cabins, canoeing, dancing, and swimming on the beach, as well as other activities. According to the informational packet, "there is beauty, peace, quiet, laughter, spontaneous friendliness. There is a wide choice of activities not possible to have at other times of the year." The woman who put together the album attended Kokatosi through 1952.
An interesting collection of photography from an adult woman's summer camp.
A photo album kept by a woman over various summers while attending Camp Kokatosi in Raymond, Maine between 1946 and 1952. The camp advertised itself as a camp for "business and professional women and girls " and their slogan was "choose Kokatosi for freedom, fun, and friendliness." The album follows women, from recent college graduates to middle-aged career women, all experiencing a respite in the Maine countryside. The opening photograph shows a group shot of women on the porch of a cabin in 1947. There are additional pictorial postcards depicting the camp with images of the lodges, lakes, tennis court, the dining hall, and other buildings. Interspersed throughout are snapshots kept by the compiler of the album: of the counselors, the owners of the camp, and of women participating in events. The women performed in plays, dressing in costumes with some women in drag. Many of the photos are portraits of posed women around the camp as well as candids. A few large professional photographs show the camp with images of the women at their cabins, canoeing, dancing, and swimming on the beach, as well as other activities. According to the informational packet, "there is beauty, peace, quiet, laughter, spontaneous friendliness. There is a wide choice of activities not possible to have at other times of the year." The woman who put together the album attended Kokatosi through 1952.
An interesting collection of photography from an adult woman's summer camp.
Details
Title
[Photo Album]: Camp Kokatosi
Binding
Hardcover
Condition
Near Fine
Publisher
Raymond, Maine
Date
1952