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Camp Yungvelt
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 89; Series 1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 89
- Series
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1928]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 9 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Founded in the 1920s, Camp Yungvelt was a Yiddish summer camp for Jewish children. It was originally situated on Lake Wilcox, but later moved to Pickering, where it operated until it closed in the 1950s. It was established by the Workmen's Circle and affiliated with the I. L. Peretz Schools. Camp Yungvelt was known for accepting the children of poor immigrants for a fraction of the regular fee.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one photograph of Isaac Matenko and Gelberg (a teacher at I. L. Peretz School) standing in front of a tent at Camp Yungvelt in Pickering, Ontario.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions