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Camp Wanamaker photographs, circa 1910-1927

Photographs from Camp Wanamaker, John Wanamaker's summer camp off-shoot of the the John Wanamaker Commercial Institute, where young department store employees participated in sports, swimming, and musical training while undergoing a military-style boot camp. Image 1 shows John Wanamaker (second...

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Collection:John Wanamaker collection (#2188)
Date:1910-01-01/1927-12-31
Alternate Date:Circa 1910-1927
Box Number:Box 127
Folder Number:Folder 7
Format: Electronic
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Copyright:Please contact Historical Society of Pennsylvania Rights and Reproductions (rnr@hsp.org)
Online Access:https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/12301
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Summary: Photographs from Camp Wanamaker, John Wanamaker's summer camp off-shoot of the the John Wanamaker Commercial Institute, where young department store employees participated in sports, swimming, and musical training while undergoing a military-style boot camp. Image 1 shows John Wanamaker (second from left) with George W. Stull, Wanamaker's store General Superintendent (second from right), and two unidentified men; Image 2 shows boys swimming; Image 3 shows a boys concert band; Image 4 shows trophies in front of military-style tents and the Camp Wanamaker mess hall.

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