Camp-Fire Girls saluting the flag – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Camp-Fire Girls saluting the flag, a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Camp-Fire Girls saluting the flag
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Few photographs from the Frank and Frances Carpenter collection place a youth organization so far north, but this 1915 print shows Camp Fire Girls in Juneau, Alaska, offering a flag salute. Camp Fire Girls was founded in 1910 as a national program for girls, emphasizing outdoor activity, handicraft and civic duty, and its members often performed patriotic rituals at public gatherings. In the 1910s Juneau was the territorial capital and a busy gold-mining and fishing port, so a group of girls saluting the American flag there reflects the strong sense of national belonging that organizations like this sought to build in remote communities.
| Created / published | 1915 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951. |
| Subjects | Girls--Alaska--Juneau--1910-1920. Flag salutes--Alaska--Juneau--1910-1920. Flags--American--1910-1920. Camp Fire Girls--Alaska--Juneau--1910-1920.United States--Alaska--Juneau |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 768 × 927 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-208000 |
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