Camp Sells, PA

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Male students and staff in the dining pavilion at Camp Sells, c. 1913

Male students seated for a meal on benches at tables in an open air pavilion with several white men, presumably staff, standing at the ends of the tables. A black male staff member, the cook, is standing at the front left.  

Format:
Photographic Print, B&W
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Female staff sawing a log at Camp Sells, c. 1913

White female staff members posed using a two-sided saw on a log, while other staff members, including a black man, observe. Female students can be seen in the background with tents and the edge of the dining pavilion. 

Format:
Glass Plate Negative
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Female students and staff in the dining pavilion at Camp Sells, c. 1913

Female students seated for a meal on benches at tables in an open air pavilion with female staff standing at the ends of the tables. A black male staff member is standing in the center in the background.  

Format:
Glass Plate Negative
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Female students around a campfire at Camp Sells, c. 1913

Female students posed standing and sitting in front of tents. In the foreground several girls pose as if building a campfire. 

Several girls are wearing Native American-style clothing and accessories. 

Format:
Glass Plate Negative
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Female Students at Camp Sells [version 1], c. 1913

Female students posed standing and sitting in their campgrounds, with tents and a fire, at Camp Sells. 

Format:
Glass Plate Negative
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Female Students at Camp Sells [version 2], c. 1913

Female students posed standing and sitting in their campgrounds, with tents and a fire, at Camp Sells. 

Format:
Glass Plate Negative
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Female Students Sitting on Log Bridge at Camp Sells, c. 1913

A posed group at Camp Sells, with female students sitting on a log bridge and standing in the water below. More female students and staff are sitting and standing on the shore in front of tents. A banner with "Camp Sells" is strung between two trees. 

Format:
Glass Plate Negative
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Girls Baseball Team at Camp Sells, c. 1913

Group portrait of nineteen female students, some with long braids and some with baseball equipment, posed in an outdoor setting. 

Format:
Glass Plate Negative
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Male students at Camp Sells [version 1], c. 1913

Male students posed standing and sitting in their campgrounds, with tents and a fire, at Camp Sells. 

Format:
Glass Plate Negative
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Male students at Camp Sells [version 2], c. 1913

Male students posed standing and sitting in their campgrounds, with tents and a fire, at Camp Sells. 

Format:
Glass Plate Negative
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Male students posed watched a violin performance at Camp Sells, c. 1913

Male students posed standing and sitting in their campgrounds in front of the tents observing a male student playing a violin. A "Camp Sells" banner is partially visible in the background. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society's cataloging notes that "in the August 1913 booklet about Camp Sells, the violin player is identified…

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Format:
Glass Plate Negative
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Male students sitting on a log bridge at Camp Sells, c. 1913

A posed group at Camp Sells, with male students sitting on and standing next to a log bridge. More male students and staff are sitting and standing on the shore, some leaning on shovels, in front of tents. A banner with "Camp Sells" is strung between two trees. 

Format:
Glass Plate Negative
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
School Staff on Log Bridge at Camp Sells, c. 1913

A posed group at Camp Sells, with white male and female staff on a log bridge, some carrying supplies. Some female students are sitting further back on the log bridge and standing in the water below. More female students and staff are sitting and standing on the shore in front of tents. A banner with "Camp Sells" is strung between two trees.…

Format:
Glass Plate Negative
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Female students posed behind outdoor cooking grill at Camp Sells, c. 1913

Female students posed in rows, standing in front of the dining pavilion. In the foreground a black man stands beside an outdoor cooking grill with pots and pans on it. Another man stands, wiping his face, beside a pile of wood. At far left a female student in Native-style clothing poses with a boy and arrow. Behind her a female student wearing…

Format:
Glass Plate Negative
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Female students with bow and arrow and rifle at Camp Sells, c. 1913

Female students posed standing and sitting in front of tents. In the foreground one girl in Native-style dress holds a boy and arrow and another is posed aiming what appears to be a rifle. One of the seated girls is wearing a Native-style headband. A white female teacher stands at far right. 

Format:
Glass Plate Negative
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Seventeen male students at Camp Sells, c. 1913

On the grounds at Camp Sells, fourteen male students, a row standing and a row sitting, pose in the foreground and three male students are sitting and standing in the background. 

Format:
Glass Plate Negative
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society