Print, Photographic : 1993-258-01

Accession#:

1993-258

Title:

Steep Ravine, Camp

Date:

1930-1940

Catalog Date:

09/24/2002

Category:

8: Communication Artifact

Classification:

Camps and Camping
Steep Ravine

Collection:

SBHS

Description:

This picture shows camps on the beach south of Stinson Beach at Steep Ravine in the1930s. These were the homeless "refugees" of the Depression Years. The encampment is made up of tents, tarps and lean-tos. There are a few people on the beach. See notes.

Event:

On Beach Encampment

Film Size:

35 mm

Frame #:

25/26

Medium:

Photographic Paper

Negative #:

Notes:

On back written in pen: Depression Years-1930s, Steep Ravine at Hot Spring. L.Airey. Also attached is a note: Homeless refugees at Stinson Beach sulphur springs during the last Republican administration. Victims of the Hoover vacuum. No apple trees would grow on this beach. R. H. Sterner

Object ID:

1993-258-01

Object Name:

Print, Photographic

Orig/copy:

Original

Place:

Steep Ravine

Print Size:

6 1/2 x 9

Slide #:

156

Subjects:

Camps and Camping
People
Steep Ravine

Year Range from:

1930

Year Range to:

1940

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