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Neighborhood House Scrapbook: Camp Fire Girls and Indian "Chief"
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Hand-colored group portrait of Camp Fire girls and a man dressed in Ojibwa-style floral embroidered/beaded clothing and a Plains Indian feathered headdress and standing with upraised arms, taken at Camp The Dells. Other adults are visible in the background.
1930
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WHi 96345
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Neighborhood House Album: Camp Fire Girls
1934
Page from an album kept by Neighborhood House, with a group of Camp Fire Girls posing on and around a sofa. The Camp Fire Girls was one of many youth groups sponsored by the settlement house.
Tansy Camp Fire Girls Album: Camp 1930
1930
Page from the Tansy Camp Fire Girls album kept by Neighborhood House, with groups of girls posing at the end of a pier, in front of tents, on the remains of a wagon, in the water, standing amidst s...
Neighborhood House Album: Kiwalan Christmas
December 1935
Page from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with Kiwalan Camp Fire girls with preschoolers, posing at a Christmas celebration near a tree decorated with tinsel, garlands, and lights. The smal...
Basket Making at Neighborhood House
1950
Group of girls making baskets, as an older girl or woman demonstrates a technique. Neighborhood House sponsored many groups and activities, such as basketry, needle arts, and woodwork, for children.
Neighborhood House Album: Summer Sewing Group
1932
Group of girls in a summer sewing group at Neighborhood House, posing in their finery with Gay Braxton (back row, center, under ceiling lamp), head resident of the settlement house.
Camp Fire Girls Circle at Neighborhood House
1925
Group of Camp Fire Girls, some in uniform, sitting on the floor in a circle around lighted candles. Some girls are standing and holding Camp Fire Girls banners and an American flag. Adults and othe...
