Holderness -- Camp Asquam

Object Details

General: One of the oldest camps in the United States, Camp Asquam in its original incarnation as a camp for boys operated from the 1880s until about 1912 (its facilities and name were absorbed by other camps, including a girls' camp). It is likely that Thomas W. Sears was working as a counselor at the camp when he took these photographs. A reminiscence of life at the camp in the early 1890s is Robert Dunn, "The Real Boys' Camp," The Outing Magazine, Vol. 50 (April 1907-September 1907), pp. 415-424.

Collection Creator: Sears, Thomas Warren, 1880-1966; Sears & Wendell; Olmsted Brothers; Harvard University; American Society of Landscape Architects

Place: Camp Asquam (Holderness, New Hampshire); United States of America -- New Hampshire -- Grafton County -- Holderness

See more items in: Thomas Warren Sears photograph collection; Thomas Warren Sears photograph collection / Series 1: Photographic Images / United States / New Hampshire

Collection Citation: Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Thomas Warren Sears photograph collection.

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Related Materials: Camp Asquam related holdings consist of 1 folder (6 glass negatives)