ywca_1940_negs_001
islandora:82_136
Group of women preparing to board a bus
Unknown
1940s
English
Photograph shows a large group of women probably preparing to board a Greyhound bus. The door to the storage compartment in the bus is open and the bus driver is bending over in front of it. A woman is in front of him next to a stack of luggage. They are in a redwood forest, and are probably... Show morePhotograph shows a large group of women probably preparing to board a Greyhound bus. The door to the storage compartment in the bus is open and the bus driver is bending over in front of it. A woman is in front of him next to a stack of luggage. They are in a redwood forest, and are probably located at the YWCA's Camp Ayun Mapu in Big Basin, California. Show less
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4.5 x 2.5 in.
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Young Women's Christian Association
Buses Camps Forests Luggage Redwoods Women
Big Basin Redwoods State Park -- California
YWCA of Silicon Valley Collection (SJSU)
San Jose State University Library Special Collections & Archives
Series III, Box 13, Folder 377(n)
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The YWCA's Camp Ayun Mapu at Big Basin near Boulder Creek attracted about 150 girls for two week sessions in the summer. From Fran Smith, "Breaking Ground:The Daring Women of the YWCA in the Santa Clara Valley, 1905-2005," (2005), p. 51. Big Basin became a state park in 1902.
Scanned with Microtek Scanmaker 1000XL Pro; as a 600 dpi TIFF image in 24-bit RGB color. Auto Level image processing applied and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS3
