Summer Camp in America: Individual Camps--Boys Club Camp Whitcomb


Figure 1.-- Camp Whitcomb appears to have been associated with the Boys Club of Milwaukee and supported by the Rotary Club. A press photo from 1935 shows the boys at the train station with their bed rolls, in this case blankets done up with belts. Note that the boys are wearing knickers. Boys at private summer camps would have more likely worn short pants, often ass part of a camp uniform. Also note the leather shoes.

Camp Whitcomb appears to have been associatefd with the Boys Club of Milwaukee and supported by the Rotary Club. A press photo from 1935 shows the boys at the train station with their bed rolls, in this case blankets done up with belts. Evidently the Rotary club treated the boys of the Milwaukee Boys Club to Camp Whitcomb which was located at Lake Keesus. The boys are wearing knickers, but with ankle socks. These boys would have been from families with modest incomes as was generally the case with the Boys Clubs. Note that the boys are wearing knickers. Boys at private summer camps would have more likely worn short pants, often ass part of a camp uniform.










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