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Postcard of Camp Yungvelt swimming area (Pickering, ON)
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 3967
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3967
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1929
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Founded in the 1920s, Camp Yungvelt was originally situated on Lake Wilcox. It later moved to Pickering, where it operated until it closed in the 1950s. It was established by the Workmen's Circle, as a Yiddish summer camp for Jewish children. Camp Yungvelt was known for accepting the children of poor immigrants for a small fraction of the regular fee.
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original postcard that features an image of the swimming area in Duffins Creek at Camp Yungvelt in Pickering, Ontario. The image depicts a large group gathered on the shore of the creek as well as several swimmers in the water and standing on the docks. There is Yiddish type on the postcard which reads: the swimming pool in the Arbeiter Ring Camp Yungvelt where the children bathe.
- Name Access
- Camp Yungvelt
- Subjects
- Camps
- Postcards
- 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.
- Places
- Pickering (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1986-4-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions