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Laura Mattoon of Camp Kehonka (New Hampshire) was the first camp director to include the bifurcated skirt (long, blousy bloomers) as part of a girl’s camp uniform. Other girls’ camp directors quickly followed suit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/1770268423539-HZU5LRGW6ASKMPUTZLDI/CEOY_8d.png Camp Culture Keystone Camp (Brevard, NC) uniforms in the 1940s–1960s included blue pinstriped middies and shorts with a navy tie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/1770268428354-RVELUHVO2YSGH0WJXXPT/CEOY_8e.png Camp Culture Spalding advertisements for camp uniforms, 1922, “Camps and Camping” Magazine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/1770268432604-5EOZX35U5XIEZRGTLBWP/CEOY_8f.png Camp Culture Spalding advertisements for camp uniforms, 1922, “Camps and Camping” Magazine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/1770607057999-V3YZR285LO0X1LF8IPPE/CEOY_8h.png Camp Culture Camp Arrowhead (Zirconia, NC), c. 1950s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/1770607061579-9RHSD9HJNMHF8ADYLI22/CEOY_8i.png Camp Culture Camp Ton-A-Wandah (Flat Rock, NC), c. 1940s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/1770607087797-WNVY57AK5J6OE41IWHW3/CEOY_8j.png Camp Culture Camp Perry-Ann (Brevard, NC), c. 1930s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/1770607094375-QKG2HKLVEN1370M2VK63/CEOY_8g.png Camp Culture Camp Carolina (Brevard, NC), c. 1940s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/1770608433129-W53XX9RRKDRCBFGYKEMG/CEOY_ArchivalImages_34.jpg Camp Culture Camp Junaluska (Lake Junaluska, NC), c. 1940s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/1770608433576-VQ18E8QUSKLSQP0R9IRZ/CEOY_ArchivalImages_40.jpg Camp Culture Camp Greystone (Tuxedo, NC), c. mid-20th century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/1770608436947-6BSAF8NSL1TQM1MSLWP7/CEOY_ArchivalImages_45.jpg Camp Culture Camp Greysone (Tuxedo, NC), c. mid-20th century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/1770608435534-JLLENTYYDQE1PSIIVOOF/CEOY_ArchivalImages_48.jpg Camp Culture Camp Mondamin (Tuxedo, NC), c. early 20th century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/1770610440359-6LLQB1T4YPNURGCWZY8H/CEOY_Music-8.png Camp Culture A counselor at Camp Mondamin (Tuxedo, NC) plays the bugle, c. 20th century. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/1770610383598-NAQC9RDRFSIJM3QJW18V/CEOY_Music-3.png Camp Culture A counselor teaches ukulele to a camper at Camp Junaluska (Lake Junaluska, NC), c. 1950. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/1770610388927-DY426EVMUA26GEPUSBA3/CEOY_Music-4.png Camp Culture Music class at Camp Arrowhead (Tuxedo, NC), c. 1950s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/1770610343919-RIYXNO5B9SY1HRVFG0YJ/CEOY_Music-1.png Camp Culture Camp Sequoyah (Weaverville, NC), c. mid-20th century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/1770610404904-01P4YP4USFEQ4UHWPKN9/CEOY_Music-5.png Camp Culture Camp Carolina (Brevard, NC), c. mid-20th century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/1770610411467-V9KTWR9IDILV878PC0RF/CEOY_Music-6.png Camp Culture Camp Sequoyah (Weaverville, NC), c. mid-20th century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/1770610426044-7WJO9T7UPP2ITTK9U5IP/CEOY_Music-7.png Camp Culture Camp Merrie-Woode (Sapphire, NC), c. 1980s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/1770610345005-4T32MDZ1OIDC0AYZO6KX/CEOY_Music-2.png Camp Culture Camp Ton-A-Wandah (Flat Rock, NC), c. mid-20th century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/1771531584296-R1FGQ8V044YEWQN2E110/CEOY_ArchivalImages_63.jpg Camp Culture "Follow the Gleam" became a popular camp song in the 1920s, and many camps continue to use it at traditional closing ceremonies and hymns sung at chapel or vespers services. 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NC), Dammie Day, c. late 1940s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/9e6cf83e-16f5-43d9-b2e5-515741184fb1/CEOY_ArchivalImages_14.jpg Archival Images Camp Green Cove (Tuxedo, NC), c. mid-20th century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/455d9c9b-7d2a-4e98-a2e6-9ff04c49f440/CEOY_ArchivalImages_15.jpg Archival Images Camp Carolina (Brevard, NC), c. mid-20th century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/b33a14a8-a4af-4028-b69e-9afd8d41b2d3/CEOY_ArchivalImages_16.jpg Archival Images Camp Junaluska (Lake Junaluska, NC), c. 1950s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/c5094932-f75a-4a72-abb9-dd02fe8df246/CEOY_ArchivalImages_17.jpg Archival Images Rockbrook Camp (Brevard, NC), c. mid-20th century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/aea9e3b5-d114-4e68-95eb-1b59a20a881b/CEOY_ArchivalImages_50.jpg Archival Images Camp Perry-Ann (Brevard, NC), c. 1920s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/999dc545-8afd-4ae6-b350-fb3b6e6712ee/CEOY_Archival_54.png Archival Images Packing List, Rockbrook Camp (Brevard, NC), 1937 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/f37ac92b-a695-4d7d-a7c6-259ca60883b2/CEOY_ArchivalImages_13.jpg Archival Images Camp Mondamin (Tuxedo, NC), c. late 20th century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/fa5f7cd3-a382-4b00-817c-d6bd1e19948b/CEOY_ArchivalImages_21.jpg Archival Images Camp Mondamin (Tuxedo, NC), c. early 20th century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/9e8e8ca6-301a-4ae3-b671-379683e71126/CEOY_ArchivalImages_22.jpg Archival Images Camp Junaluska (Lake Junaluska), c. 1920s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/ce902ea7-7764-422e-b153-bc0b8da4a16b/CEOY_ArchivalImages_7.jpeg Archival Images Camp Carolina (Brevard, NC), c. 1930s 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Joe Bell founded Camp Arrowhead and Camp Glen Arden and his older brother, "Chief," founded Camp Mondamin and Camp Green Cove, all in Tuxedo, NC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/ab9a93aa-4e85-4b48-8d50-002ff4c95405/CEOY_ArchivalImages_35.jpg Archival Images Camp Carolina (Brevard, NC), c. early 20th century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/65cbb877-c40f-4935-94c8-602c5e4b87c8/CEOY_ArchivalImages_6.jpeg Archival Images Publication by Asheville Chamber of Commerce, c. 1930s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/e6e4c0f0-7629-426c-b73a-3f2226b97169/CEOY_ArchivalImages_29.jpg Archival Images Camp Carolina (Brevard, NC), c. 1920s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/6f7879db-3541-48ed-8aa8-e9f193c89b48/CEOY_ArchivalImages_30.jpg Archival Images Camp Carolina (Brevard, NC), c. mid-20th century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/8128af1e-31be-43a5-ba74-849d9e6c194c/CEOY_ArchivalImages_31.jpg Archival Images Camp Mondamin (Tuxedo, NC), c. 1920s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/307499b8-5e9c-4cbf-89b3-52d85879ef37/CEOY_ArchivalImages_11.jpg Archival Images Activity Chart, Camp Arrowhead (Tuxedo, NC), c. mid-20th century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/4b078053-7ed5-43f5-b2d5-1555848d1fc0/CEOY_ArchivalImages_36.jpg Archival Images Camp Greystone (Tuxedo, NC), c. mid-20th century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/4c45ce53-715b-45fe-88e6-a5ddc07d6120/CEOY_ArchivalImages_42.jpg Archival Images Camp Arrowhead (Tuxedo, NC), c. 1950s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/f8221e44-ff89-491b-a268-b6ca2b920afc/CEOY_ArchivalImages_37.jpg Archival Images Camp Greystone (Tuxedo, NC), c. 1950s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/86db758a-a207-45d4-9c53-62c6ff34869b/CEOY_Mail-2.jpg Archival Images Letter home from a camper at Camp Arrowhead (Tuxedo, NC), c. 1960s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/e808f70e-85b1-4fd9-bf2f-c13ec5c6f64e/CEOY_ArchivalImages_38.jpg Archival Images Camp Greystone (Tuxedo, NC), c. mid-20th century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/f619d959-9008-4d51-a6a6-73354807de0e/CEOY_Archival_47.png Archival Images The Transylvania Times; August 20, 1942 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/cde7e7c0-9471-4f5b-8084-fd24c4ddb4f0/CEOY_ArchivalImages_39.jpg Archival Images Camp Greystone (Tuxedo, NC), c. mid-20th century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/a111d71a-ce72-4062-83ef-506ad967edf9/CEOY_ArchivalImages_9.jpeg Archival Images Camp catalog page, Camp Junaluska (Lake Junaluska, NC), c. 1940s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/073da2a4-689f-4008-9b2a-b24f3d4f1e7e/CEOY_ArchivalImages_41.jpg Archival Images Camp Arrowhead (Tuxedo, NC), mid-20th century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/c4c688a6-eb4e-4eac-82ea-798b18a5c158/CEOY_ArchivalImages_43.jpg Archival Images Camp Arrowhead (Tuxedo, NC), mid-20th century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/09fdfa04-d1a0-4f37-9686-309e2c3784e7/CEOY_ArchivalImages_47.jpg Archival Images Keystone Camp (Brevard, NC), mid-20th century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/8b625030-c4ef-4c2b-8b0a-6d4503325190/CEOY_Archival_51.png Archival Images Asheville Citizen-Times; June 7, 1942 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/6131b233-c076-4edd-96b1-07a7d6b76b4f/CEOY_ArchivalImages_8.jpeg Archival Images Campus map, Camp Arrowhead (Tuxedo, NC), c. mid-20th century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/29f6653a-b67c-49c9-8f8f-02903e737dcb/CEOY_Archival_56.png Archival Images Uniform List, Rockbrook Camp (Brevard, NC), 1937 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/b7c16475-0bff-4ad7-8b65-eac59c11aa4a/CEOY_ArchivalImages_49.jpg Archival Images Camp Sequoyah (Weaverville, NC), c. mid-20th century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/0bd5edc1-c1e8-4f68-8b8c-8979283464f6/CEOY_ArchivalImages_20.jpg Archival Images Founder of Camp Merrie-Woode (Sapphire, NC), Dammie Day, c. late 1920s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/1770962873541-D2IO8TIWJ2Y033FJQ7HW/IMG_6621.png Archival Images Cabin inspection sheet, Camp Ton-A-Wandah (Flat Rock, NC), 1952 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/d7462a5f-e222-4ca4-87c4-de8d6446d469/CEOY_ArchivalImages_51.jpg Archival Images Camp Carolina (Brevard, NC), c. mid-20th century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/98a5a3d2-f9fa-49ea-a0c5-b19bf13e2a78/CEOY_Archival_58.png Archival Images Asheville Citizen-Times; May 8, 1932 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/ffc8c76d-45dd-4454-a4ce-2e1c3696c9ff/CEOY_ArchivalImages_52.jpg Archival Images Page from a camp brochure, Camp Carolina (Brevard, NC), c. mid-20th century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/e47fca42-2b3f-42b3-b8f3-eb8edbb15da3/CEOY_ArchivalImages_5.jpeg Archival Images Cover of camp catalog, Camp Greystone (Tuxedo, NC), 1935 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/63f403d5-8e5a-4499-b19d-c9a95100cc03/CEOY_ArchivalImages_59.jpg Archival Images Rockbrook Camp (Brevard, NC), c. 1940s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/4d6249d9-9698-474c-be1a-9c20da2d027d/CEOY_ArchivalImages_53.jpg Archival Images Camp Carolina (Brevard, NC), c. mid-20th century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/9c1c0d50-40b1-4e3b-b65c-45873ad214ef/CEOY_ArchivalImages_54.jpg Archival Images Camp Tawasentha operated as a "little brother" camp of Camp Mondamin (Tuxedo, NC), from 1928-1936 for boys ages 7-11. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/768fa366-0562-437c-98b1-d8a95401a44f/CEOY_Mail-1.jpg Archival Images Letter home from a camper at Camp Arrowhead (Tuxedo, NC), c. 1960s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/9f7e5678-74c4-4d9a-9322-4cc0065c7b81/CEOY_ArchivalImages_4.jpeg Archival Images Cover of camp catalog, Camp Sequoyah (Weaverville, NC), c. mid-20th century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/234d17d0-d9d6-48ba-ad60-3f873aac7ba2/CEOY_ArchivalImages_58.jpg Archival Images Camp Merrie-Woode (Sapphire, NC), c. 1920s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/fe446da7-e37a-4c31-82c1-67077f68eda1/Screenshot+2026-02-05+at+1.32.35%E2%80%AFPM.png Archival Images Camp Mondamin (Tuxedo, NC), c. 1980s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/1d0e3caf-5e27-407e-9c11-9154787fc23f/CEOY_Archival_52.png Archival Images Track meet score card, Camp Arrowhead (Tuxedo, NC), July 30, 1957 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/fae95217-985d-44b8-9c3c-c8ff8ae92459/CEOY_ArchivalImages_60.jpg Archival Images Rockbrook Camp (Brevard, NC), c. 1940s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/ad178c15-7f99-4da9-9fbf-e28022e41daa/CEOY_ArchivalImages_12.jpg Archival Images Camp Carolina (Brevard, NC), c. 1920s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/63483802-6bdb-4d14-aae0-6d33596d1a21/CEOY_ArchivalImages_68.jpeg Archival Images Asheville Citizen-Times; 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Camp Sapphire (Brevard, NC) was the first summer camp established in Transylvania county and operated from 1913 through late 1930s. (Teed Coe personal collections) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/23e5ec81-141e-4280-ba10-649cf35d0a43/Photo_2015-0120011_edit.jpg Archival Images Counselor at Camp Merrie-Woode (Sapphire, NC), c. 1920s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/4909c747-2d29-4075-9de9-a21b3a0cde27/2025_Summer_MW+Women+on+Truck_0001_a.jpg Archival Images YWCA Conference at Camp Merrie-Woode (Sapphire, NC), c. 1930s. Right: Winnifred Wygal, prominent writer and YWCA National Staff Member (1919-1944) whose work was pivotal to establishing interracial YWCA Conferences. (Cashiers Historical Society Collection) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/a85e7e35-eda5-49da-a53f-b1ce75a19e3f/CEOY_Archival_53.png Archival Images Camper application for Camp Arrowhead's (Tuxedo, NC) first season in 1937. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/384aa18d-3516-4b62-9e80-f624e0741262/CEOY_Archival_46.png Archival Images Asheville Citizen-Times; August 14, 1938 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/2732d055-99f2-4821-bf3f-6b1c04145aaf/CEOY_Archival_48.png Archival Images Swim Meet teams and events, Camp Arrowhead (Tuxedo, NC), c. 1950s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/041ca294-f856-417b-a020-55b0b2cf07fa/CEOY_Archival_55.png Archival Images 1920 brochure booklet from Lake Fairfield Camp's second season in Sapphire, NC. 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During World War II, camps required campers to bring a portion of their families’ ration stamps. It was only by pooling together these stamps that camp directors could purchase enough food for their camp kitchens. Loaned by: Camp Arrowhead https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/1770843896373-SYBCG7BLM6JVBNNHI4UG/CEOY_9h.png Camp Evolutions Ellen “Jerkey” Hume Jervey (left), Assistant Director at Rockbrook Camp (Brevard, NC), with Founder, Nancy Carrier (right). Jervey left her position there during the war years to serve in the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service), she is shown here in her WAVES uniform. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/1770843907380-EMMS78EZYWHL000Y3KJM/CEOY_ArchivalImages_10.jpg Camp Evolutions Grumman Canoe Ad, c. 1947. Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation was a major supplier of aluminum aircraft for the U.S. Navy during World War II. When the war was over, they started marketing this new aluminum canoe design to summer camps as a lighter and more durable alternative to wooden canoes. By 1947, Grumman was the largest supplier of canoes in the United States. Image courtesy of Camp Mondamin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/1770843899069-5OCXA82TSZGFKK4FE4N8/CEOY_ArchivalImages_69.jpeg Camp Evolutions Camps were considered more necessary than ever during World War II to give children a respite from the stress of wartime hardships. “The Asheville Citizen and Times,” June 20, 1942 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/1771439592861-YS4ZINBOFLK8WHA79571/CEOY_9j.png Camp Evolutions A painting of Capt. Colin P. Kelly Jr., displayed at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/1771439601857-13Y7305IK4H2243JD1X6/CEOY_9k.png Camp Evolutions This war bond poster featured the story of Kelly’s heroism to bolster the war effort. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/1771439616539-77OAQ92SRCSGJ6VVY7ZW/CEOY_9l.png Camp Evolutions The Camp Carolina newspaper described the memorial service held for Kelly during the summer of 1942. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/1770529660572-NE4X3IY5XZEKX083Q6YP/CEOY_9o.png Camp Evolutions A group of Camp Summerlane (Rosman, NC) campers in front of their bus with the windshield shot out, c. 1963. Photo courtesy of Mountain Xpress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/1770529707158-8XV9DFK40S2B706VIDTT/CEOY_9p.png Camp Evolutions Telegram to North Carolina Governor Terry Sanford from Houston Wade (father of camper, Susan Wade), July 13, 1963. Wade had earlier written to Sanford urging extra protection for Camp Summerlane. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/1770529634649-H22OWQP314XNAXUVAILL/CEOY_9m.png Camp Evolutions This promotional brochure for Camp Summerlane explains the egalitarian educational philosophy of the camp, 1963. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/1770530992639-4ELS3GQR6R8D4DQFQFFY/CEOY_9s.png Camp Evolutions Camping Unlimited campers, 1971. Photos by Ken Solomon, “Beautiful Faces 1971” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/1770531000288-JPC4B3W3LEOM3OFL9YD7/CEOY_9t.png Camp Evolutions Camping Unlimited campers, 1971. Photos by Ken Solomon, “Beautiful Faces 1971” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/1770531023572-YAY6PC9HJY6KFBPCV7HT/CEOY_9u.png Camp Evolutions Camping Unlimited campers, 1971. Photos by Ken Solomon, “Beautiful Faces 1971” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/1770531020507-255ENV6TGK16SLRDC4IT/CEOY_9v.png Camp Evolutions Camping Unlimited campers, c. late 1969-76 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/1770531031588-20PV4W9PVN585754W5M3/CEOY_9w.png Camp Evolutions Camping Unlimited campers, c. late 1969-76 https://www.summercamphistorywnc.org/camp-life daily 0.75 2026-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/c2b99ad0-f28e-4816-b2fd-8f05ca5ba6e1/CEOY_10f.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/9f9aa02f-f204-44fa-9f74-3adae8d14cab/CEOY_10g.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/eb8d534a-349d-4e45-8143-6c588899faf8/CEOY_10h.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/86242880-5367-4f1d-843d-0d6bbb37326f/CEOY_10i.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/049b9a71-937a-439e-9edd-3fd1d33a1131/CEOY_10j.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/ee7a8f21-2cc9-4d18-a368-ad04ed608071/CEOY_ArchivalImages_62.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/2562c5a8-287a-426b-b93e-39ed10245ea2/CEOY_102.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/b0334be6-c75d-47c0-af29-619069ae2c65/CEOY_10p.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/84c2b362-9e6f-41fb-88fd-d7c56121c123/CEOY_10s.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/1770577016209-3YOWSIG34I0E1ZW09ABC/CEOY_10b.png Camp Life Campers at Keystone Camp (Brevard, NC) look through a magazine, c. 1950s–1960s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/1770577016485-6SHQBK31T88ESDCSBOLQ/CEOY_10c.png Camp Life Camp Mondamin (Tuxedo, NC) campers play a game of backgammon, c. 1970s–1980s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/1770577038006-GO5GO9QMGW041ZQSNYBW/CEOY_10d.png Camp Life Cabin life at Camp Sequoyah (Weaverville, NC), c. 1960s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/1770577027103-V5S10YFOPW2RW0EFF6LM/CEOY_10a.png Camp Life Campers mid-pillow fight at Camp Carolina (Brevard, NC), c. mid-20th century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/1770580790699-TM7H70FI2544XXLTTKL5/CEOY_10l.png Camp Life Campers at Blue Star Camps, the oldest private Jewish camp in the southern United States still in operation, c. mid-20th century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/1770580768160-T9922V266QFN9W5MKJGZ/CEOY_10m.png Camp Life Campers at Camp Perry-Ann (Brevard, NC) in the 1930s, the only camp in the South for Jewish girls at the time. Photo courtesy of Transylvania County Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691921630091363fc04eab7c/1770580790011-EAYKFUOF96RWFHF9J3YM/CEOY_10n.png Camp Life Camper at Camp Perry-Ann (Brevard, NC) in the 1930s, the only camp in the South for Jewish girls at the time. Photo courtesy of Transylvania County Library https://www.summercamphistorywnc.org/cite daily 0.75 2026-02-12