Postcard, Picture

Name/Title

Postcard, Picture

Entry/Object ID

1993.96.1

Scope and Content

Postcard with a black-and-white photo of the entrance gateway to Shagbark Camp near Camp Lake, Wisconsin (now Salem Lakes, Wisconsin). The log entryway features two towers on either side of the road with a portal over the road. A large sign on the portal has the camp name on it with a horse in the center. A cupola is on top of the portal. Each tower has shrubbery around it and a large sign portraying a Boy Scout on the left and a Girl Guard on the right. A caption, printed in black on a white lower border, reads: "Gateway to Shagbark" Salvation Army Shagbark Camp, P.O. Camp Lake, Wisconsin 19543. The back of the card has the publisher information printed vertically in the center, splitting the address and correspondence sections. It reads: Original Camera Study / Reproduction Rights Reserved / C.R. Childs Co., 5707 Lake St., Chicago.

Acquisition

Accession

1993.96

Source or Donor

Ackerland, Leone A. (Bass)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Leone (Bass) Ackerland

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Postcard, Picture

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Postcard

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Media

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Dimensions

Height

3-1/2 in

Width

5-1/2 in

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

North & Central Illinois Division / Metropolitan Division

Related Places

Place

Location

Shagbark Camp

City

Salem Lakes

County

Kenosha County

State/Province

Wisconsin

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America