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Camping, 1950s. (Box 49, Folder 18)

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This collection contains photographs from the Harlem Branch (135th Street) of the YMCA. Organized in 1901 by Reverend C. T. Walker of the Mount Olive Baptist Church as the Colored Men’s Branch, this branch first started in mid-Manhattan. It was later moved to the Harlem area and its name changed in 1919 to the One Hundred-Thirty Fifth Street Branch. In 1933 it opened a new building, and two years later took the name Harlem Branch, which had been used by another branch until 1933. In the post World War II era the branch underwent a renaissance that sharpened the YMCA’s credo of ""spirit, mind and body."" Always a haven for writers, the Harlem Y gained recognition for its active theater program. Entertainers and musicians appeared on the Harlem YMCA stage. Local political leaders also made appearances at the Harlem Branch. The national fight for civil rights lead the branch to focus more on poverty and urban issues that affected Y members and people in the Harlem neighborhood. The largest part of the collection consists of professional black and white photographs from noted Harlem photographers Austin Hansen and Walter Baker. There are also a few color photos, negatives and snapshots. Photographic subjects in this folder include
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