We’ve come to the last installment of Camp Kveller’s retro photo series. Here’s a look into summer camps in the 1970s and 1980s — a time of feathered hairstyles and shorter shorts. (You can see the past photo essays here: 1910s & 1920s, 1930s & 1940s, and 1950s & 1960s.)
Summer camps in the ’70s and ’80s pretty much look like they do now — except for the fashions, of course.
Enjoy!
Camp Tawonga
Campers and Canoes, Center Day Camp, 1970 [Documenting Maine Jewry]
JCC Camp Chi, 1970s
JCC Camp Chi, 1970s or 1980s
JCC Camp Chi, 1970s
JCC Camp Chi, 1970s
Talent Show, Trails End Camp, 1970s or 1980s
Camp Solomon Schechter, 1970s
Camp Ramah New England, 1974
Camp Tawonga
JCC Camp Chi, 1977
Camp Eisner, Late 1970s
Camp Solomon Schechter, 1970s or 1980s
JCC Camp Chi, 1970s or 1980s
Camp Tawonga
Camp Eisner, 1981
JCC Camp Chi, 1980s
JCC Camp Chi, 1980s
Counselors teaching baseball, Trails End Camp, 1980s
Roasting marshmallows, Trails End Camp
Swimathon, Surprise Lake Camp, 1989
Thank you to all the helpful contacts at the various camps: Jessica Lantos of Documenting Maine Jewry, Casey Miller at Trails End Camp, at Camp Tawonga, at Ilana Carp at JCC Camp Chi, Casey Cohen at Camp Tawonga, Nancy Scheff of Camp Ramah, Kip Miller at Surprise Lake Camp, Louis Bordman and Alison Simpson at Eisner Camp, and Josh Niehaus at Camp Solomon Schechter for their help.
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