Highland Beach, Maryland, YWCA camp for girls. 1930-31.

YWCA camp for girls, Highland Beach Girls, 1930.
Highland Beach was one of the first resort towns for African Americans. Located on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay, it was founded by Charles and Laura Douglass, son and daughter-in-law of Frederick Douglass.
For more information see
History of Highland Beach
Highland Beach, Maryland in the Online Reference guide to African American History
Photo courtesy of Scurlock Studio Records, ca. 1905-1994, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. #618.179056
http://collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?q=record_ID:siris_arc_179056

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