Only two more weeks and its off to Camp Quinibeck to have fun until school starts. Camp Quinibeck was on Lake Fairlee in Vermont; one of these images is from a local historical society, the others are from a 1912 photograph album that must have belonged to a camper or maybe a counselor.

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Campers presenting a classical tableau. Performances of this type were prepared for camp and public audiences. Camp Quinibeck, Lake Fairlee, Vermont. Photograph, ca. 1915. American. Photographer not given. Collections of the Fairlee Historical Society. Photograph itself in the public domain due to age. via https://larrycoffin.blogspot.com/2010/07/going-to-summer-camp.html
Tableau with two campers and two counselors. Must have been wrapped around the Alaska Gold Rush as the young woman on the left is holding a mining tin pan and the box the young woman on the right is holding says “Fairbanks Gold Dust Washing Powder.” 1912. From a black paper photo album of photographs of Camp Quinibeck, Lake Fairlee, Vermont with the first photograph labeled “Camp Quinibeck 1912.” Image © 2026 Caroliniana Rare Books. Fair use license with the photograph itself being in the public domain due to age. https://www.carolinianararebooks.com/pages/books/12487/photo-album-of-camp-quinibeck-in-vermont
Camp Quinibeck 1912. Cabins and dining hall/main building, Camp Quinibeck, Lake Fairlee, Vermont. 1912. From a black paper photo album of photographs of Camp Quinibeck, Lake Fairlee, Vermont with the first photograph labeled “Camp Quinibeck 1912.” Image © 2026 Caroliniana Rare Books. Fair use license with the photograph itself being in the public domain due to age. https://www.carolinianararebooks.com/pages/books/12487/photo-album-of-camp-quinibeck-in-vermont
Tableau/pageant/play with campers in various costumes including a sailor, a clown and a Chinaman sitting in the middle of the front row. Camp Quinibeck, Lake Fairlee, Vermont. 1912. From a black paper photo album of photographs of Camp Quinibeck, Lake Fairlee, Vermont with the first photograph labeled “Camp Quinibeck 1912.” Image © 2026 Caroliniana Rare Books. Fair use license with the photograph itself being in the public domain due to age. https://www.carolinianararebooks.com/pages/books/12487/photo-album-of-camp-quinibeck-in-vermont

Campers wearing their middy tops and gym skirts. Camp Quinibeck, Lake Fairlee, Vermont. 1912. From a black paper photo album of photographs of Camp Quinibeck, Lake Fairlee, Vermont with the first photograph labeled “Camp Quinibeck 1912.” Image © 2026 Caroliniana Rare Books. Fair use license with the photograph itself being in the public domain due to age. https://www.carolinianararebooks.com/pages/books/12487/photo-album-of-camp-quinibeck-in-vermont
Exercise? Maybe a competition with a neighboring camp? Camp Quinibeck, Lake Fairlee, Vermont. 1912. From a black paper photo album of photographs of Camp Quinibeck, Lake Fairlee, Vermont with the first photograph labeled “Camp Quinibeck 1912.” Image © 2026 Caroliniana Rare Books. Fair use license with the photograph itself being in the public domain due to age. https://www.carolinianararebooks.com/pages/books/12487/photo-album-of-camp-quinibeck-in-vermont
Waterfront with a row boat in the foreground and campers swimming, boating and canoeing. Camp Quinibeck, Lake Fairlee, Vermont. 1912. From a black paper photo album of photographs of Camp Quinibeck, Lake Fairlee, Vermont with the first photograph labeled “Camp Quinibeck 1912.” Image © 2026 Caroliniana Rare Books. Fair use license with the photograph itself being in the public domain due to age. https://www.carolinianararebooks.com/pages/books/12487/photo-album-of-camp-quinibeck-in-vermont

This was only Camp Quinibeck’s second summer from what I am finding. It would have been one of the earliest camps for girls. They closed decades later so there is a Facebook page with 1960s images but nothing this old. There are probably more in the historical society collections but other than the first image here which is from someone else’s blog post none of the other pictures appear to have been scanned and available online.

Also, counselors in black face and a camper in costume as a Chinaman was perfectly fine in 1912 Vermont.

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