14 Glorious Vintage Summer Camp Photos

Being a grown-up blows.

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Seattle Municipal Archives / Via Flickr: seattlemunicipalarchives

Kids at Camp Long, 1954.

ID: 1374263

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Gene Lester / Getty Images

Camp counselors get ready for the day, 1955.

ID: 1378340

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digitalgallery.nypl.org

Interlochen sometime in the mid-’30s to ’40s.

ID: 1374299

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Flickr: viewerblur

Bible camp, date unknown.

ID: 1374329

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Flickr: goldberg

Camp Waupaca, 1963.

ID: 1374332

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Library of Congress / Via loc.gov

Klassy Kamp, 1947.

ID: 1374349

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shorpy.com

Ballet camp, 1924.

ID: 1374567

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campwaupaca.com

Camp Waupaca, 1970.

ID: 1374616

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Lambert / Getty Images

Canoeing at a girls’ camp, 1960s.

ID: 1378311

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Potter/Express / Getty Images

Reading at a camp for gifted children, 1967.

ID: 1378323

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Leonard Mccombe/Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images

Campers canoeing, 1946.

ID: 1378332

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FPG/Hulton Archive / Getty Images

Dance camp circa 1925.

ID: 1378353

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Underwood Archives / Getty Images

Crafting in 1927.

ID: 1378359

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Underwood Archives / Getty Images

Girl Scouts in a summer art class, 1929.

ID: 1378365