Guide to the Photograph Album of People, Camping, and Travel, Primarily in Southern England, 1906-1908 SPEC.RARE.0342 Finding aid prepared by David Mezick Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections
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2024 December This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2025-11-07T11:02-0500 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard Photograph Album of People, Camping, and Travel, Primarily in Southern England SPEC.RARE.0342 Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections 1 0.236 Cubic feet 1906-1908 Starting around the 1880s, camping and river boating became popular in England, as people would camp on the banks of rivers when taking longer boating trips. Camping continued to grow in popularity in England into the 20th century. The Photograph Album of People, Camping, and Travel, Primarily in Southern England contains black and white photographs, dated 1906-1908, that show people camping, traveling, and boating mostly in Southern England. (1) oversize flat box English Acquisitions Information

Accession No. RARE.2024.0096: Purchased, 2016 August

 Preferred Citation

[identification of item], Photograph Album of People, Camping, and Travel, Primarily in Southern England, SPEC.RARE.0342, Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, Ohio State University

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 Historical Note

Starting around the 1880s, camping and boating, especially on the Thames River, became popular in England. People would camp on the banks of rivers when taking longer boating trips. Camping continued to grow in popularity in England into the 20th century. Thomas Hiram Holding published several books on camping, including The Camper's Handbook in 1908, and founded the Association of Cycle Campers in 1901. Additionally, Robert Baden-Powell published Scouting for Boys also in 1908, starting the Scout movement. These publications are considered the basis of 20th century recreational camping.

 Scope and Contents

The Photograph Album of People, Camping, and Travel, Primarily in Southern England contains black and white photographs, dated 1906-1908, that show people camping, traveling, and boating mostly in Southern England. Also included are photographs of landscapes and buildings, such as churches and castles. Many of the photographs show places in or near Swindon, the Broads, and Devon. The album also includes portraits and group portraits of unidentified people.

Titles in the collection inventory with quotation marks were copied from the album. Some photographs did not have titles in the album and were given titles. Also, pages or photographs with the same or similar titles were grouped together in the collection inventory whenever possible. Pages 11, 29 and 41 do not contain photographs, and there is one loose photograph that was inserted between pages 38 and 39.

 Black-and-white prints (photographs) Boats and boating--England, Southern--20th century Camping--England, Southern--20th century England, Southern--Social life and customs--20th century Persons--England, Southern--20th century--Photographs Photograph albums Photograph albums--England, Southern--20th century Travel--20th century Pages 1-2: "Camp" 1907 Page 3: "Camp" 1906-1907 Page 4: "Camp" 1907 Page 4: "Coate" 1907 Page 5: "The Wood. Camp" undated Page 5: "Coate Reservoir" undated Page 6: Coate circa 1907 Page 7: "Wild Flowers in wood" undated Page 7: Coate undated Page 8: Coate undated Page 8: Unidentified group portrait undated Page 9: "The Arkites" 1907 Page 9: "Sailing. The Norfolk Broads" 1907 Page 9: "Eventite Coate" undated Page 10: "A picnic party. Camp" 1906 Page 10: "Castle Combe" undated Page 10: "The Reservoir. Coate" undated Page 12: "Our Boats at Horning" undated Page 12: "Our Cutter" undated Page 12: "The Staithe. Horsey" undated Page 13: "Our holidays on the Broads" 1907 Page 14: "Saltash Bridge" undated Page 14: Staverton station undated Page 14: "Cornish scenery. Doublebois" undated Page 15: Torquay undated Page 16: Staverton undated Page 16: "Cornish scenery. Doublebois" undated Page 17: "River Dart. Staverton" undated Page 18: "Bathing party. Coate" undated Page 18: "Camp" 1906-1907 Page 19: "River Dart" undated Page 20: "Staverton Church" undated Page 20: "Dartmouth Regatta" undated Page 20: "The Drove. Winter" undated Page 21: "Snow at Coate" 1908 Page 21: Broome 1908 Page 22: "The great snowstorm" 1908 Page 23: "The Drawing Office Football Match. Generals v Loco. Div." 1908 Page 23: "Dartmouth" 1906 Page 24: "Our holidays on the Broads" 1908 August Page 25: "Belaugh" undated Page 25: "Horning" undated Pages 26-28: Portraits undated Pages 30-31: "Camp" 1908 Page 32: "In the wood. Camp" 1908 Page 32: "The Feeder. Coate Reservoir" 1908 Pages 33-34: Camp 1908 Page 35: "Our camping party" 1906 Page 35: "Coate" 1908 Page 35: "In the Wood. Early morn" 1908 Page 36: "Coate" 1908 Page 37: Camp 1906-1907 Page 38: Camp 1906 Group portrait undated Page 39: "Camp" 1906, 1908 Page 39: "Coate Reservoir" undated Page 40: Portraits undated Page 42: Unidentified building undated Page 42: "Tree Study. Shearwater. Warminster" undated Page 42: "Silbury Hill. Wilts" undated Page 43: "Dartmouth Regatta" 1906 Page 43: "Torquay" undated Page 43: "The River Dart" undated Page 44: Unidentified buildings undated Page 44: "Tenby. North Sends" undated Page 44: "Berry Pomroy. Castle" undated Page 45: "Castle Combe" undated Page 45: "River Dart" undated Page 45: "Wraughton Church" undated Page 46: "Pembroke Castle" undated Page 46: "Lamphey Palace" undated Page 47: "Jersey" 1906 Page 47: "Camp" 1906 Page 47: "Swindon. Town Hall" undated Page 48: "Jersey" 1906 Page 49: Portraits undated Page 50: Unidentified building undated Page 50: "Cricklade Church" undated Page 51: Unidentified doorway undated Page 51: "Cricklade Church" undated Page 52: "On the Kennet" undated Page 52: "On the Dart" undated Page 53: Unidentified landscapes undated Page 53: Two men in uniform with horses undated Pages 54-55: Unidentified scenes and landscapes undated Last unnumbered page: Unidentified man and woman undated