Camps and Camping

Print, Photographic
1993-156-01
Tents
This black and white photograph is of the tent village on Upton Beach on the Calles. Noted on the back, "1910-1920, Willow Camp Tents, at Upton Beach (The Patios)". There are about 12 tents and the roof of the Charles Lauff cabin is visible behind th... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-183-01
Hattie Green
In this black and white photograph we see a lady in trousers with her shirt sleeves rolled up and a kerchief on her head. She is crouching over a stream washing a cooking pot. She is smiling at the camera. She is Hattie (Harriet) Green (nee Miller... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-258-01
Steep Ravine, Camp
This picture shows camps on the beach south of Stinson Beach at Steep Ravine in the1930s. These were the homeless "refugees" of the Depression Years. The encampment is made up of tents, tarps and lean-tos. There are a few people on the beach. See n... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-350-01
Camping on Stinson Beach
This is a photo of a tent encampment on Stinson Beach, taken from above. The foreground shows a large rock and some vegetation. At midground, 8 unpaved roads divide the campground with tents set up in straight rows plus several small structures.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-351-01
Archie Upton's Tent City
A photographic print of Archie Upton's tent city, looking out toward the ocean. There are two automobiles parked along the road, Calle del Sierra. Upton's log cabin is mid-picture with the white cabin-like tents to the right. (See 1993-350-01) ... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-431-01
Willow Camp Boys
3 rows of young men pose for the camera in an outdoor setting. There are 13 men in all. None are identified. Part of a hammock shows at the left, and there are trees in the background. ... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-432-01
Camping
A young woman stands in the foreground dressed in a middy blouse with tie and long dark shirt and laced leather boots. It is a bright sunny day evidenced by the strong shadow of her photographer at the bottom of the picture. Behind her a young man... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-434
Lunch Time
A photo of at least 9 people gathered round a table on a camping platform. All are seated except for a man standing at the left who is holding what appears to be a large coffee pot. Besides one woman (second from the right) all the people visible ar... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-435
The Girls
A photo of six women (the front 3 seated, the back 3 standing) in front of a camping platform. There are four men in the background, 3 of them on the platform itself.... View Full Record
print,photographic
1993-447
After the Dance
A black and white original photograph upwards of 40 men and women posing at the back of a platform (used as a dance platform?). There are strings of lights overhead and an American flag hanging at the right. In the lower margin is written 'After th... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-448
The Littleton Camp
An original black and white photograph showing a tent platform in the foreground and in the background going from right to left a hammock, a cupboard of sorts with a table in front of it, a tent with an unidentified piece(s) of furniture in front of... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-612-01
StinsonBeach-tents
This black and white photograph is a panoramic view of the town of Stinson Beach. In the right foreground are some large boulders beyond which are houses on the hillside above Bolinas Bay. Beyond the coastal hills can be seen the sand spit extendin... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-713-01
Camping
This is a black and white picture of a woodland camp. There is a crude framework structure made from tree branches, but there are no walls or roof. Inside it are two people, the one on the left has his back to the camera. The person on the right i... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1994-392-01
Picnic
This black and white photograph has faded to a sepia color. It shows five ladies in late 19th century garb and a man, seated or standing behind a long picnic table covered with dishes and food. The four seated ladies are all working on something wi... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1994-401-01
Campers
This black and white photograph has faded and discolored with age to brown and pink. There are fifteen people in this photo;seven women and eight men. All the men and one woman are seated or kneeling in the foreground. All but one man are wearing... View Full Record
print,photographic
1994-403-01
Camp Interior
There are two photos, sepia tone, which show the interior of a camp site that looks to be very colorful. A floral zig-zag patterned cloth hangs in the back. In front of it hangs a square mirror over a shelf (perhaps a crate on its side on top or a... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1999-255-01
Gypsy Camp
View from above looks down upon a couple ramshackle structures set among sand and boulders and the edge of the ocean. There are a few clotheslines strung with blankets and two male figures strolling between structures and one on the beach. Inscribe... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1999-256-01
Gypsy Camp
Looking up at "Gypsy Camp" from lower on the beach. It shows that the shacks are built on stilts above the boulders and rocks.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1999-291-01
Camping
In this blackand white photograph we see tewo men and a boyseated at a campsite in the woods. The men are sitting crosslegged on what appears to be a blanket or an animal skin placed on the ground within a wooden framework filled with leaves and gra... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1999-292-01
Outdoor Cooking
In this black and white photograph a man is sitting sidewise to the camera, leaning over a small campfire. There is a small pot on the fire. The man is wearing a shirt and trousers and has a "bowl" haircut. He is sitting in an open area with mount... View Full Record
print,photographic
1999-294-01
Fishing on the beach
The same two boys as in the previous photograph (1999-293) are joined by a girl on the right who holds another fish by a hook. The boys are balancing a bamboo pole between them supported on their shoulders. They are standing on the sandy beach with... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1999-296-01
Willow Camp entrance
Caption in white ink in bottom right hand corner states this is "Entrance to Camping Ground, Willow Camp." A low building off to the right of a sandy path is partially obscured by bushes and surrounded by dense foliage. Bushy trees predominant the... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1999-297-01
Willow Camp campground
Atmospheric photo of "Early Morning at Camping Grounds, Willow Camp, Marin Co., Calif." Trees, some bent and growing at an angle and all in full leaf, give shelter and shade to an empty clearing that was apparently used as a campground.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1999-318E-01
Campsite
A clearing in a wooded area destined to become a campsite. Not much to see. Difficult to distinguish much besides grass, foliage and a few towels hanging from branches, a rock pile or making for a barbecue pit.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1999-318F-01
Man at Campsite
A young man in sweater and long pants with a white towel draped over his shoulder stands by a tree in a campsite in the woods. He has one hand on the trunk of the tree and is holding to his mouth in his other either a toothbrush or a cigarette. To... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1999-318G-01
Man Laying by Tent
A man in a sleeveless shirt, trousers, white shoes and brimmed hat lies on his side with his head resting on his hand reading a book in front of a tent. The tent is set up beside some tall bushes or bushy willow trees. The tent flaps are open.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1999-318I-01
Campsite
A campsite has been established under the bare branches of a copse of willow(?) trees. A few items hang from the branches. Some supplies cover a wooden picnic table. On the left is a makeshift tent - canvas cover stretched over a line and staked to... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1999-318J-01
Child in front of Tent
A young boy sits in front of a tent. The tent flaps, which a white, are closed; a dark rain guard extends over it; a long log pole stretches out in front of it. A There are bushes/willows behind the tent and the ground in front of it is cleared.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1999-353-01
Campsite
A man sits sheltered under a makeshift camping structure supported by wooden beams. He is resting his arm on a table facing an empty chair. There are other objects under the shelter but not clearly enough to describe. The area seems to be slightly... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1999-383-01
Rocky Roast
Four woman sit on the railing of a wooden cabin set against the hillside. All the women are dressed similarly in white v-neck tops, which are trimmed in or over something dark, and dark skirts, except the woman sitting on the far left whose skirt is... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-349
Willow Camp Entrance
The photograph shows a road leading up to a gateway before a wood plank bridge. Over the gateway is a sign saying WILLOW CAMP and in smaller letters on the right Dipsea Lodge and on the left Furnished Cottages. At the left side of the photo is the... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-318-01
Entrance to Willow Camp
This black and white photograph shows a road branching off another road (Highway 1) across a wooden bridge (over Easkoot Creek). There are trees on either side of the bridge and a low hill (or sand dune?) behind Hy. 1.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1994-390-01
Willow Camp
This black and white photograph shows a road leading away from the camera under an ivied arch. There is part of a building visible beyond the arch. There is a fence at the left of the picture and a planted barrel beside the fence. The road is shad... View Full Record