ywca_1950_026
islandora:82_165
Group of girls posing on a diving board
Unknown
1950s
Photography shows three teenagers and a younger girl posing on and around a diving board. Two of the teenager girls are in their bathing suits and the younger girl has a bathing cap on. They are probably campers at the YWCA's Ayun Mapu in Big Basin, California.
Image/jpg
3.5 x 3.5 in.
Photographic Prints
Young Women's Christian Association
Camps Diving boards Girls Swimmers Teenagers
Big Basin Redwoods State Park -- California
YWCA of Silicon Valley Collection
San Jose State University Library Special Collections & Archives
Series III, Box 13, Folder 379
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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.
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