July 23, 1915 Photographs from Camp

In the summer of 1915 Helen and her family left the heat of New York City and ventured to a camp at Schroon Lake in upstate New York. This was quite a distance from Manhattan. Today it would take about 4 hours by car to drive there on our highways and there are no current train routes to the lake. Since I do not have any letters from this summer I do not know the mode of transportation to the lake but I believe they stayed for at least a few weeks vacation. They went with their family and friends as can be seen in some of the photographs.

 

Helen (21 years old) out for a canoe ride with family friend Jay Kraus. 

 

 Florrie (20 years old) sitting on a fence in a field with Jay Kraus.

 

Florrie sitting on a fence in a field. 

 

Beautiful Florrie.

 Beautiful Helen. In the right photo she has her camera case hanging on her side.

 

 Helen in a field with her hat and camera.

   Helen posing in a field.

One thing you can say about the sisters is that they were not camera shy. There are no photographs of Abe, Lillie and the rest of the family but they may have been lost over the years.

There will be some newspaper articles in the next couple of months.