The Queen of the May and her friends back in the early 20th century at the University of Maryland College Park. Not all maidens in white dresses but more costumed up. They still have these at a few women’s colleges in the United States. I would assume it is a British folk tradition that migrated to America.

*Women dressed as gypsy dancers posing with each other for a May Day celebration held at the University of Maryland College Park on May 15, 1930.* College Park, Maryland. Photographer not given. Adele H. Stamp Papers, University of Maryland Archives. Photograph itself in the public domain due to age.
See the link to see it bigger https://digital.lib.umd.edu/resultsnew/id/umd:687756?query=Adele%20Stamp

*Woman posing dressed as a gypsy dancer for a May Day celebration held at the University of Maryland College Park on May 15, 1930.* College Park, Maryland. Photographer not given. Adele H. Stamp Papers, University of Maryland Archives. Photograph itself in the public domain due to age. https://digital.lib.umd.edu/resultsnew/id/umd:687758?query=Adele%20Stamp S

*Kneeling before the May Queen, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.* 1923.
Photograph from a page of Adele H. Stamp’s May Day scrapbook. Adele H. Stamp Papers, University of Maryland Archives. Photograph itself in the public domain due to age. via https://digital.lib.umd.edu/resultsnew/id/umd:97659?query=Adele%20Stamp

*Women posing while dressed as gypsy dancers with tambourines for the May Day celebrations, May 15, 1930*. University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland. Photograph from a page of Adele H. Stamp’s May Day scrapbook. Adele H. Stamp Papers, University of Maryland Archives. Photograph itself in the public domain due to age. via https://digital.lib.umd.edu/resultsnew/id/umd:687754?query=Adele%20Stamp

*May Queen, Evelyn Rideout, and her court at May Day celebrations, May 15, 1930.* University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland. Photograph from a page of Adele H. Stamp’s May Day scrapbook. Adele H. Stamp Papers, University of Maryland Archives. Photograph itself in the public domain due to age. via https://digital.lib.umd.edu/resultsnew/id/umd:687750?query=Adele%20Stamp

*May Day Court, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.* 1940-1950 image. University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland. Photograph from a page of Adele H. Stamp’s May Day scrapbook. Adele H. Stamp Papers, University of Maryland Archives. Photograph itself in the public domain due to age. via https://digital.lib.umd.edu/resultsnew/id/umd:96377?query=Adele%20Stamp

*May Day procession on McKeldin Mall, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.* 1940-1950 image. Photograph from a page of Adele H. Stamp’s May Day scrapbook. Adele H. Stamp Papers, University of Maryland Archives. Photograph itself in the public domain due to age. via https://digital.lib.umd.edu/resultsnew/id/umd:96370?query=Adele%20Stamp

*June Barnesly as the May Day Queen processing with two young boys carrying her train. University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.* 1936 image. Photograph from a page of Adele H. Stamp’s May Day scrapbook. Adele H. Stamp Papers, University of Maryland Archives. Photograph itself in the public domain due to age. via https://digital.lib.umd.edu/resultsnew/id/umd:3622?query=Adele%20Stamp

The May Queen makes her entrance to the University of Maryland May Day festivities from the Main Administration Building, followed by a procession of young children, May 10, 1960. College Park, Maryland. Photograph from a page of Adele H. Stamp’s May Day scrapbook. Adele H. Stamp Papers, University of Maryland Archives. Photograph itself in the public domain due to age.https://digital.lib.umd.edu/resultsnew/id/umd:66609?query=Adele%20Stamp

*Six women dressed as walruses during May Day celebrations at the University of Maryland. The May Day theme was “Characters of the Watery Wave.” College Park, Maryland. Image ca. 1929.* Photograph from a page of Adele H. Stamp’s May Day scrapbook. Adele H. Stamp Papers, University of Maryland Archives. Photograph itself in the public domain due to age. https://digital.lib.umd.edu/resultsnew/id/umd:89599?query=Adele%20Stamp

*Cleopatra on a throne, University of Maryland Maye Daye, 1937.* University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland. Photograph from a page of Adele H. Stamp’s May Day scrapbook. Adele H. Stamp Papers, University of Maryland Archives. Photograph itself in the public domain due to age. https://digital.lib.umd.edu/resultsnew/id/umd:100746?query=Adele%20Stamp

*A group of female students dressed as hillbillies and dancing on stage, University of Maryland Maye Daye, circa 1931-1940. University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.* Photograph from a page of Adele H. Stamp’s May Day scrapbook. Adele H. Stamp Papers, University of Maryland Archives. Photograph itself in the public domain due to age. https://digital.lib.umd.edu/resultsnew/id/umd:100750?query=Adele%20Stamp

Dance of the Stars, University of Maryland May Day, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland. Image ca. 1923-1931. Photograph from a page of Adele H. Stamp’s May Day scrapbook. Adele H. Stamp Papers, University of Maryland Archives. Photograph itself in the public domain due to age. https://digital.lib.umd.edu/resultsnew/id/umd:100716?query=Adele%20Stamp

*Two women dressed in kimonos, University of Maryland Maye Daye, circa 1923-1930. College Park, Maryland.* Photograph from a page of Adele H. Stamp’s May Day scrapbook. Adele H. Stamp Papers, University of Maryland Archives. Photograph itself in the public domain due to age. https://digital.lib.umd.edu/resultsnew/id/umd:100718?query=Adele%20Stamp

Visions of Honolulu back before a lot of things. Photographs in the collections of the University of California of the old Honolulu YWCA which is now officially named the Laniākea. Designed by Julia Morgan, it opened in 1927.

Swimming pool, Honolulu Young Womens Christian Association (YWCA), 1040 Richards Street, Honolulu, Hawaii, Image ca. 1950-1959. American. Photographer not given. Sara Holmes Boutelle Papers, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. via Calisphere https://calisphere.org/item/b6818d7e92ebacedf0e2e93ab6b52d89/

Lobby, the Residence, Fernhurst. Possibly the Young Womens Christian Association in Honolulu, Hawaii. Undated image ca. 1950-1959. American. Photographer not given. Sara Holmes Boutelle Papers, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. via Calisphere the archives of the University of California. https://calisphere.org/item/d8c0ff5a870fa0a886d773e9b2f577fb/

Library and sitting room. Honolulu Young Womens Christian Association (YWCA), 1040 Richards Street, Honolulu, Hawaii, Image ca. 1950-1959. American. Photographer not given. Sara Holmes Boutelle Papers, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. via Calisphere the archives of the University of California. https://calisphere.org/item/b2c54641d06921845aa664ae77b6295d/

Loggia and courtyard. Honolulu Young Womens Christian Association (YWCA), 1040 Richards Street, Honolulu, Hawaii, Image ca. 1950-1959. American. Photographer not given. Sara Holmes Boutelle Papers, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. via Calisphere the archives of the University of California. https://calisphere.org/item/7fc8de65b37454ed964138f028d74f66/

Exterior, grounds and entrance driveway, the Residence, Fernhurst. Honolulu Young Womens Christian Association (YWCA), 1040 Richards Street, Honolulu, Hawaii, Image ca. 1950-1959. American. Photographer not given. Sara Holmes Boutelle Papers, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. via Calisphere the archives of the University of California. https://calisphere.org/item/7f04c0570a3d682e893c21e61b138fa9/

Cafeteria, the Residence, Fernhurst. Honolulu Young Womens Christian Association (YWCA), 1040 Richards Street, Honolulu, Hawaii, Image ca. 1950-1959. American. Photographer not given. Sara Holmes Boutelle Papers, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. via Calisphere the archives of the University of California. https://calisphere.org/item/9360c4a96b224b03fb77e38a28dd3ccc/

Main lobby Honolulu Young Womens Christian Association (YWCA), 1040 Richards Street, Honolulu, Hawaii, Image ca. 1930-1939. American. Photographer not given. Sara Holmes Boutelle Papers, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. via Calisphere the archives of the University of California. https://calisphere.org/item/6e8abc84fc7ac471d7380d5aeb446f59/

Exterior and view of the loggia. Honolulu Young Womens Christian Association (YWCA), 1040 Richards Street, Honolulu, Hawaii, Image ca. 1930-1939. American. Photographer not given. Sara Holmes Boutelle Papers, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. via Calisphere the archives of the University of California. https://calisphere.org/item/f5d6d878960068e90a7bba45bb2e9bf8/

Upper loggia. Honolulu Young Womens Christian Association (YWCA), 1040 Richards Street, Honolulu, Hawaii, Image ca. 1930-1939. American. Photographer not given. Sara Holmes Boutelle Papers, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. via Calisphere the archives of the University of California. https://calisphere.org/item/26fca228c6e13841dc2542a6856db5a2/

Library and sitting room, Honolulu Young Womens Christian Association (YWCA), 1040 Richards Street, Honolulu, Hawaii, Image ca. 1930-1939. American. Photographer not given. Sara Holmes Boutelle Papers, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. via Calisphere the archives of the University of California. https://calisphere.org/item/e1561779621a4af167603ad414fb6964/

These photographs are archived in California, not Hawaii, because they are part of the papers of Californian Sara Holmes Boutelle who was an architectural historian and wrote a biography of Julia Morgan who designed the YWCA seen here. I am sorry the resolution on these is not higher.

Views of the West Indies and Central and South America made by someone on a mid 1930s cruise of the islands. From an album presumably kept by someone who was on the trip. From the website of Wayfarers Bookshop. early mid 1930s, ca. 1934.

*Cartagena, Colombia.* Image ca. 1934. Image ca. 1934. Taken from a album with views of a cruise to the West Indies and Central and South America, presumably taken by someone who was on the cruise. Image © 2023 The Wayfarers Bookshop. Fair use license. via https://www.wayfarersbookshop.com/pages/books/593/caribbean-central-america/album-with-over-99-original-gelatin-photographs-taken-during-a-caribbean-cruise-showing-cuba

*Cuba: Morro Castle; and three photographs taken at the Hotel National including one of the swimming pool.* Image ca. 1934. Taken from a album with views of a cruise to the West Indies and Central and South America, presumably taken by someone who was on the cruise. Image © 2023 The Wayfarers Bookshop. Fair use license. via https://www.wayfarersbookshop.com/pages/books/593/caribbean-central-america/album-with-over-99-original-gelatin-photographs-taken-during-a-caribbean-cruise-showing-cuba

*Across the Panama Canal by plane.* Image ca. 1934. Image ca. 1934. Taken from a album with views of a cruise to the West Indies and Central and South America, presumably taken by someone who was on the cruise. Image © 2023 The Wayfarers Bookshop. Fair use license. via https://www.wayfarersbookshop.com/pages/books/593/caribbean-central-america/album-with-over-99-original-gelatin-photographs-taken-during-a-caribbean-cruise-showing-cuba

*San Salvador. The Market at Tekla.* Image ca. 1934. Taken from a album with views of a cruise to the West Indies and Central and South America, presumably taken by someone who was on the cruise. Image © 2023 The Wayfarers Bookshop. Fair use license. via https://www.wayfarersbookshop.com/pages/books/593/caribbean-central-america/album-with-over-99-original-gelatin-photographs-taken-during-a-caribbean-cruise-showing-cuba

*Guatamala: Santa Maria de Crusis; Antigua; Mount Agua.* Image ca. 1934. Taken from a album with views of a cruise to the West Indies and Central and South America, presumably taken by someone who was on the cruise. Image © 2023 The Wayfarers Bookshop. Fair use license. via https://www.wayfarersbookshop.com/pages/books/593/caribbean-central-america/album-with-over-99-original-gelatin-photographs-taken-during-a-caribbean-cruise-showing-cuba

*Guatamala: Antigua.* Image ca. 1934. Taken from a album with views of a cruise to the West Indies and Central and South America, presumably taken by someone who was on the cruise. Image © 2023 The Wayfarers Bookshop. Fair use license. via https://www.wayfarersbookshop.com/pages/books/593/caribbean-central-america/album-with-over-99-original-gelatin-photographs-taken-during-a-caribbean-cruise-showing-cuba

*Mexico: Mazatlán; Agua Calliente.* Image ca. 1934. Taken from a album with views of a cruise to the West Indies and Central and South America, presumably taken by someone who was on the cruise. Image © 2023 The Wayfarers Bookshop. Fair use license. via https://www.wayfarersbookshop.com/pages/books/593/caribbean-central-america/album-with-over-99-original-gelatin-photographs-taken-during-a-caribbean-cruise-showing-cuba

Imagery of Madagascar back when Madagascar belonged to France. Taken from an early 1900s photo album with the photographs most likely made, taken and collected by a French military officer. From the website of Wayfarers Bookshop.

*Antsirane a l’rrivée du General Gallioni (Inspection de 1902).* Madagascar, when it was a French colony. Taken from an early 1900s photo album with the photographs most likely made, taken and collected by a French military officer. Image © 2023 The Wayfarers Bookshop. Fair use license. https://www.wayfarersbookshop.com/pages/books/554/africa-madagascar/album-with-110-original-gelatin-silver-photographs-of-french-colonial-madagascar-showing-diego

*Diego Suárez ((Antsiranana) – Port et Quais.* Madagascar, when it was a French colony. Taken from an early 1900s photo album with the photographs most likely made, taken and collected by a French military officer. Image © 2023 The Wayfarers Bookshop. Fair use license. https://www.wayfarersbookshop.com/pages/books/554/africa-madagascar/album-with-110-original-gelatin-silver-photographs-of-french-colonial-madagascar-showing-diego

*Antsirane – Place de la musique et* ? (Sarah can’t figure out the last two words). Madagascar, when it was a French colony. Taken from an early 1900s photo album with the photographs most likely made, taken and collected by a French military officer. Image © 2023 The Wayfarers Bookshop. Fair use license. https://www.wayfarersbookshop.com/pages/books/554/africa-madagascar/album-with-110-original-gelatin-silver-photographs-of-french-colonial-madagascar-showing-diego

*Antsirane – La Vue Colbert*. Madagascar, when it was a French colony. Taken from an early 1900s photo album with the photographs most likely made, taken and collected by a French military officer. Image © 2023 The Wayfarers Bookshop. Fair use license. https://www.wayfarersbookshop.com/pages/books/554/africa-madagascar/album-with-110-original-gelatin-silver-photographs-of-french-colonial-madagascar-showing-diego

*Antsirabe – La voiture postale*. Madagascar, when it was a French colony. Taken from an early 1900s photo album with the photographs most likely made, taken and collected by a French military officer. Image © 2023 The Wayfarers Bookshop. Fair use license. https://www.wayfarersbookshop.com/pages/books/554/africa-madagascar/album-with-110-original-gelatin-silver-photographs-of-french-colonial-madagascar-showing-diego

Images of Guinea, showing Conakry, the Samou River rapids and various waterfalls. From 1935, back when it was a colony of France. These are from an album kept I assume by a French individual who was either living in the colony or on a visit. The album is up for sale with Wayfarers Bookshop whose website I found it on.

*Laloaniche et la phare. Conakry, Guinée which was then part of French West Africa.* 1935. Photograph taken from an album kept I assume by a French national who was either living in the colony or on a visit. Image © 2023 The Wayfarers Bookshop. Fair use license. via https://www.wayfarersbookshop.com/pages/books/239/africa-guinea-conakry/historically-interesting-album-with-40-original-gelatin-silver-and-platinum-photos-of-french

*Gare de Conakry. Guinée which was then part of French West Africa.* 1935. Photograph taken from an album kept I assume by a French national who was either living in the colony or on a visit. Image © 2023 The Wayfarers Bookshop. Fair use license. via https://www.wayfarersbookshop.com/pages/books/239/africa-guinea-conakry/historically-interesting-album-with-40-original-gelatin-silver-and-platinum-photos-of-french

*Baptiste de l’avion de l’Aero-Club de Conakry, Guinée, which was then part of French West Africa, with the airplane being baptised by Mme. Vadier, the govenor’s wife.* 1935. Photograph taken from an album kept I assume by a French national who was either living in the colony or on a visit. Image © 2023 The Wayfarers Bookshop. Fair use license. via https://www.wayfarersbookshop.com/pages/books/239/africa-guinea-conakry/historically-interesting-album-with-40-original-gelatin-silver-and-platinum-photos-of-french

*Bal d’enfants ? Gouvernement Conakry. Mars 1935*. *Guinée, which was then part of French West Africa.* Photograph taken from an album kept I assume by a French national who was either living in the colony or on a visit. Image © 2023 The Wayfarers Bookshop. Fair use license. via https://www.wayfarersbookshop.com/pages/books/239/africa-guinea-conakry/historically-interesting-album-with-40-original-gelatin-silver-and-platinum-photos-of-french

*Salle des fêtes, Conakry.* *Guinée, which was then part of French West Africa.* 1935. Photograph taken from an album kept I assume by a French national who was either living in the colony or on a visit. Image © 2023 The Wayfarers Bookshop. Fair use license. via https://www.wayfarersbookshop.com/pages/books/239/africa-guinea-conakry/historically-interesting-album-with-40-original-gelatin-silver-and-platinum-photos-of-french

*Chute du Samod. Guinée, which was then part of French West Africa.* 1935. Photograph taken from an album kept I assume by a French national who was either living in the colony or on a visit. Image © 2023 The Wayfarers Bookshop. Fair use license. via https://www.wayfarersbookshop.com/pages/books/239/africa-guinea-conakry/historically-interesting-album-with-40-original-gelatin-silver-and-platinum-photos-of-french

Picnic European aux Grandes Chutes. *Guinée, which was then part of French West Africa.* 1935. Photograph taken from an album kept I assume by a French national who was either living in the colony or on a visit. Image © 2023 The Wayfarers Bookshop. Fair use license. via https://www.wayfarersbookshop.com/pages/books/239/africa-guinea-conakry/historically-interesting-album-with-40-original-gelatin-silver-and-platinum-photos-of-french

*La Corniche, Conakry.* *Guinée, which was then part of French West Africa.* 1935. Photograph taken from an album kept I assume by a French national who was either living in the colony or on a visit. Image © 2023 The Wayfarers Bookshop. Fair use license. via https://www.wayfarersbookshop.com/pages/books/239/africa-guinea-conakry/historically-interesting-album-with-40-original-gelatin-silver-and-platinum-photos-of-french

Acting and modeling pictures taken from the photo album of early 1920s vaudeville actress and model Dolores Peters. Appearing in the Greenwich Village Follies, she was the younger sister of singer George Peters and pianist Jessie Peters.

Dance poses in the style of Isadora Duncan. Early 1920s. American. Photographer not given. Taken from a photo album kept by vaudeville actress and model Dolores Peters. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos. Fair use license. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/689/early-1920s-vaudeville-actress-and-model-photo-album-scrapbook

Dolores Peters wearing a dress with a multi-colored skirt. Early 1920s. American. Taken from a photo album kept by vaudeville actress and model Dolores Peters. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos. Fair use license. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/689/early-1920s-vaudeville-actress-and-model-photo-album-scrapbook

Dolores Peters modeling fur coats. Early 1920s. American. Tornello, New York, photographer. Taken from a photo album kept by vaudeville actress and model Dolores Peters. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos. Fair use license. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/689/early-1920s-vaudeville-actress-and-model-photo-album-scrapbook

Life at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts in 1917. Taken from a photo album that appears to have belonged to a Rachel Blair who lived in the Dewey House residential house at Smith that year. Found on the website of House of Mirth Photos.

*Ivy Day at Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts.* 1914-1917. American. Photograph taken from a photo album kept by Rachel Blair who was a student at Smith in 1917, residing in the Dewey House residential house at Smith that year. Photographer not given. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/656/1917-smith-college-women-photo-album.

*Ivy Day at Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts 1914.* American. Photograph taken from a photo album kept by Rachel Blair who was a student at Smith in 1917, residing in the Dewey House residential house at Smith that year. Photographer not given. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/656/1917-smith-college-women-photo-album.

Cast of a student play, it looks like but I don’t actually know as it doesn’t say. Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts 1914-1917. American. Photograph taken from a photo album kept by Rachel Blair who was a student at Smith in 1917, residing in the Dewey House residential house at Smith that year. Photographer not given. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/656/1917-smith-college-women-photo-album.

*Mountain Day.* Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts 1914-1917. American. Photograph taken from a photo album kept by Rachel Blair who was a student at Smith in 1917, residing in the Dewey House residential house at Smith that year. Photographer not given. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/656/1917-smith-college-women-photo-album.

Somewhere my grandmother is mad at me because she got kicked out of Smith about ten years later. However the album turned up and these are good pictures and those can be hard to find. Sorry, Helen Mulford Washburn Harden (ducks and runs).

Down to the Jersey Shore in the summer of 1901 with images taken from a photo album of a family summer kept by a tourist visiting Atlantic City that I found on the website of House of Mirth Photographs.

Boardwalk and roller coaster, Atlantic City, New Jersey. 1901. American. Photograph from a photo album of a family summer that was kept by a tourist visiting Atlantic City. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos. Fair use license. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/389/1901-atlantic-city-nj-photo-album-beach-boardwalk-and-roller-coaster

At the beach. Atlantic City, New Jersey. 1901. American. Photograph from a photo album of a family summer that was kept by a tourist visiting Atlantic City. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos. Fair use license. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/389/1901-atlantic-city-nj-photo-album-beach-boardwalk-and-roller-coaster

On the boardwalk and in the water. Atlantic City, New Jersey. 1901. American. Photograph from a photo album of a family summer that was kept by a tourist visiting Atlantic City. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos. Fair use license. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/389/1901-atlantic-city-nj-photo-album-beach-boardwalk-and-roller-coaster

Fun in the sand. Atlantic City, New Jersey. 1901. American. Photograph from a photo album of a family summer that was kept by a tourist visiting Atlantic City. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos. Fair use license. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/389/1901-atlantic-city-nj-photo-album-beach-boardwalk-and-roller-coaster

Riding a donkey. Atlantic City, New Jersey. 1901. American. Photograph from a photo album of a family summer that was kept by a tourist visiting Atlantic City. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos. Fair use license. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/389/1901-atlantic-city-nj-photo-album-beach-boardwalk-and-roller-coaster

Family photograph with the railroad station in the rear. Atlantic City, New Jersey. 1901. American. Photograph from a photo album of a family summer that was kept by a tourist visiting Atlantic City. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos. Fair use license. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/389/1901-atlantic-city-nj-photo-album-beach-boardwalk-and-roller-coaster

The children posed in and around a rowboat sitting on the sand. Atlantic City, New Jersey. 1901. American. Photograph from a photo album of a family summer that was kept by a tourist visiting Atlantic City. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos. Fair use license. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/389/1901-atlantic-city-nj-photo-album-beach-boardwalk-and-roller-coaster

On the roller coaster. Atlantic City, New Jersey. 1901. American. Photograph from a photo album of a family summer that was kept by a tourist visiting Atlantic City. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos. Fair use license. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/389/1901-atlantic-city-nj-photo-album-beach-boardwalk-and-roller-coaster

Sitting dressed up on the sand under parasols. Atlantic City, New Jersey. 1901. American. Photograph from a photo album of a family summer that was kept by a tourist visiting Atlantic City. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos. Fair use license. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/389/1901-atlantic-city-nj-photo-album-beach-boardwalk-and-roller-coaster

Off to the dance pavilion by two o’clock. An afternoon at the Norumbega Amusement Park, Auburndale (Newton), Massachusetts. Photographs from a photo album with memories of a visit ca. 1897 when it opened.

Commonwealth Avenue Street Railway car. Photograph, ca. 1897-1900. American. Taken from a photo album that belonged to a visitor to the Norumbega Amusement Park which was in Auburndale (Newton), Massachusetts. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos. Fair use license. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/333/norumbega-park-outside-of-boston-c-1900-photo-album

Boathouse with a man standing on the dock and another man paddling a canoe. On the Charles River. Photograph, ca. 1897-1900. American. Taken from a photo album that belonged to a visitor to the Norumbega Amusement Park which was in Auburndale (Newton), Massachusetts. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos. Fair use license. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/333/norumbega-park-outside-of-boston-c-1900-photo-album

Stage and raked seats for plays or concerts. Photograph, ca. 1897-1900. American. Taken from a photo album that belonged to a visitor to the Norumbega Amusement Park which was in Auburndale (Newton), Massachusetts. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos. Fair use license. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/333/norumbega-park-outside-of-boston-c-1900-photo-album

Swings. Photograph, ca. 1897-1900. American. Taken from a photo album that belonged to a visitor to the Norumbega Amusement Park which was in Auburndale (Newton), Massachusetts. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos. Fair use license. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/333/norumbega-park-outside-of-boston-c-1900-photo-album

Restaurant. Photograph, ca. 1897-1900. American. Taken from a photo album that belonged to a visitor to the Norumbega Amusement Park which was in Auburndale (Newton), Massachusetts. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos. Fair use license. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/333/norumbega-park-outside-of-boston-c-1900-photo-album

Zoo. Photograph, ca. 1897-1900. American. Taken from a photo album that belonged to a visitor to the Norumbega Amusement Park which was in Auburndale (Newton), Massachusetts. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos. Fair use license. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/333/norumbega-park-outside-of-boston-c-1900-photo-album

Women’s cottage. Photograph, ca. 1897-1900. American. Taken from a photo album that belonged to a visitor to the Norumbega Amusement Park which was in Auburndale (Newton), Massachusetts. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos. Fair use license. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/333/norumbega-park-outside-of-boston-c-1900-photo-album

Gazebo/bandstand. Photograph, ca. 1897-1900. American. Taken from a photo album that belonged to a visitor to the Norumbega Amusement Park which was in Auburndale (Newton), Massachusetts. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos. Fair use license. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/333/norumbega-park-outside-of-boston-c-1900-photo-album

Commonwealth Avenue Street Railway street car barn and station. Photograph, ca. 1897-1900. American. Taken from a photo album that belonged to a visitor to the Norumbega Amusement Park which was in Auburndale (Newton), Massachusetts. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos. Fair use license. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/333/norumbega-park-outside-of-boston-c-1900-photo-album

Watching a puppet/marionette show, perhaps being held in the gazebo/bandstand. Photograph, ca. 1897-1900. American. Taken from a photo album that belonged to a visitor to the Norumbega Amusement Park which was in Auburndale (Newton), Massachusetts. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos. Fair use license. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/333/norumbega-park-outside-of-boston-c-1900-photo-album

Street car station/barn and stairs leading to the entry to the park. Photograph, ca. 1897-1900. American. Taken from a photo album that belonged to a visitor to the Norumbega Amusement Park which was in Auburndale (Newton), Massachusetts. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos. Fair use license. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/333/norumbega-park-outside-of-boston-c-1900-photo-album

Outdoor stage set up for a performance. Photograph, ca. 1897-1900. American. Taken from a photo album that belonged to a visitor to the Norumbega Amusement Park which was in Auburndale (Newton), Massachusetts. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos. Fair use license. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/333/norumbega-park-outside-of-boston-c-1900-photo-album

Children playing in and around a tipi play structure. Photograph, ca. 1897-1900. American. Taken from a photo album that belonged to a visitor to the Norumbega Amusement Park which was in Auburndale (Newton), Massachusetts. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos. Fair use license. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/333/norumbega-park-outside-of-boston-c-1900-photo-album

On the banks of the Charles River in Auburndale, the Norumbega Amusement Park opened in 1897 at the end of what is now the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority’s Riverside line which runs in the Norumbega right of way. It closed in the 1960s.

A summer at Camp Anawan for Girls which was on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire. From 1914. Photographs taken from a photo album kept by one of the campers that is currently for sale on the website of House of Mirth Photos.

*Madeleine ? and ?* Two girls sitting in a rowboat one with a box camera. 1914. American. Photograph taken from a photo album kept by a camper at Camp Anawan for Girls which was on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos. Fair use license. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/292/1914-summer-camp-for-girls-meredith-nh-photo-album

*Camp A Nawan*. 1914. American. Photograph taken from a photo album kept by a camper at Camp Anawan for Girls which was on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos. Fair use license. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/292/1914-summer-camp-for-girls-meredith-nh-photo-album

In costume, the campers on the right costumed as Scottish Highlanders. 1914. American. Photograph taken from a photo album kept by a camper at Camp Anawan for Girls which was on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos. Fair use license. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/292/1914-summer-camp-for-girls-meredith-nh-photo-album

Dancing. 1914. American. Photograph taken from a photo album kept by a camper at Camp Anawan for Girls which was on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos. Fair use license. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/292/1914-summer-camp-for-girls-meredith-nh-photo-album

Eating in the dining hall. 1914. American. Photograph taken from a photo album kept by a camper at Camp Anawan for Girls which was on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos. Fair use license. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/292/1914-summer-camp-for-girls-meredith-nh-photo-album

Arts and crafts (I think). 1914. American. Photograph taken from a photo album kept by a camper at Camp Anawan for Girls which was on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos. Fair use license. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/292/1914-summer-camp-for-girls-meredith-nh-photo-album

Archery. 1914. American. Photograph taken from a photo album kept by a camper at Camp Anawan for Girls which was on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos. Fair use license. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/292/1914-summer-camp-for-girls-meredith-nh-photo-album

Camper on a pony with her fellow campers sitting in the porch railing of the lodge behind her. 1914. American. Photograph taken from a photo album kept by a camper at Camp Anawan for Girls which was on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos. Fair use license. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/292/1914-summer-camp-for-girls-meredith-nh-photo-album

Diving in. 1914. American. Photograph taken from a photo album kept by a camper at Camp Anawan for Girls which was on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos. Fair use license. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/292/1914-summer-camp-for-girls-meredith-nh-photo-album

Jumping in. Diving in. 1914. American. Photograph taken from a photo album kept by a camper at Camp Anawan for Girls which was on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos. Fair use license. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/292/1914-summer-camp-for-girls-meredith-nh-photo-album

Dance/gymnastics (I think). 1914. American. Photograph taken from a photo album kept by a camper at Camp Anawan for Girls which was on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos. Fair use license. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/292/1914-summer-camp-for-girls-meredith-nh-photo-album

Waterfront. 1914. American. Photograph taken from a photo album kept by a camper at Camp Anawan for Girls which was on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos. Fair use license. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/292/1914-summer-camp-for-girls-meredith-nh-photo-album

Dedicated to my grandmother Helen Blackwell Mulford Washburn Harden. She would have been I think seven or eight in 1914 when these pictures were taken during Camp Anawan’s second summer. Her father founded a camp for boys in northern Pennsylvania but at least where they were there were no camps for girls and my grandmother wanted to go to camp very much. She would have loved Camp Anawan.