Audubon Camp in Maine Photograph Album, Volume 1: 1930s and 1940s, 1936-1953

This photograph album features photographs of camp instructors, directors, families, and staff on Hog Island and during field trips in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s.

Deer Feeding on Hog Island During the Winter Photograph, 1937

A deer eats food left outside the main camp buliding during the winter of 1937. According to a note on the back, residents Captain and Mrs. Eugene Davis, who lived in the buliding, would feed the deer over the winter until National Audubon Society stopped them in 1939.

Dolores Lowe, Josiah Lowe, and Joe Cadbury During Dinner Potograph, 1938

Campers Having Supper On the Beach Photograph, c. 1939

Campers sit on the beach for supper, singing, and conversation, which a note on the back explains was a regular Sunday night tradition during the camp's early years. Instructor Allan Cruickshank is second from the right in the front row; to his right is Camp Director Carl Buchheister, who is holding hands with his daughter, Harriet Reggio, who is standing behind him.

Campers and Instructors Relaxing Photograph

A group of campers and instructors gather together. Joe Cadbury stands on the far left, Allan Cruickshank is seated fourth from the left, and Lucille Cadbury is seated on the far right.

Lucille Cadbury and a Friend on Little Green Island Photograph, August, 1939

Campers Explore the Woods Photograph, c. 1940

Odell, Helen Cruickshank, Allan Cruickshank, and Goldman Returning from Little Green Island Photograph, August 2, 1940-August 15, 1940

Helen Cruickshank (center left) and Allan Cruickshank (center right) pose for a photograph on board a boat returning from Little Green Island. Campers Hortense Odell (left) and Dan Goldman (right) look on.

Children Gather On the Beach for a Lobster Dinner Photograph, August 2, 1940-August 15, 1940

Gratia Lowe (center) smiles with two other children gathered on the beach for a lobster dinner. Camp Director Carl Buchheister (left) prepares lobster in the background.

Carl Buchhheister and Gratia Lowe During Lobster Dinner Photograph, August 2, 1940-August 15, 1940

Carl Buchheister (left) prepares lobster for a lobster dinner on the beach while Gratia Lowe (left) smiles.

Helen Cruickshank, Buchheister, Allan Cruickshank, and Maloy Returnin From Little Green Island Photograph, August 2, 1940-August 15, 1940

From left to right: Helen Cruickshank looks through Binoculars while Carl Buchheister, Allan Cruickshank, and William Maloy laugh together on board a boat during the return trip from Little Green Island.

1941 Staff and Families Slide, July 1941