Summer Camp Life | Jewish Historical Society

July is the month when kids start summer camp. For many of us, remembering what camp was like brings back fond memories of our youth and past friendships. Below are photos from our archives celebrating the good old camp days. Help us identify these campers and counselors as well as the dates.

Camp Brae Bank, Kinnelon NJ, summer camp — Getting their sugar high at Camp Brae Bank in Kinnelon.

Camp Brae Bank, Kinnelon NJ, swimming lesson — Taking a swimming lesson at Camp Brae Bank.

Boys playing checkers, YMHA Camp Vacation, Paterson NJ 1948 — A serious game of checkers being played at the YMHA Camp Vacation in Paterson, 1948

YMHA Camp Vacation, Paterson NJ, Matt Harelick Collection, boys examining underwater life — Checking out the underwater life at YMHA Camp Vacation. Photo part of the Matt Harelick Collection.

Camp Veritans, counselor David Fox, Alan Urdang, Glenn Foulds, Hal Kamine (by Fox's left shoulder), Larry Rosenblum (looking at camera) — Counselor David Fox playing his guitar and singing those happy camp songs to his Camp Veritans campers. On David's left side is Alan Urdang and in the back row next to the boy with hat on is Glenn Foulds (Ina Cohen Harris, our JHSNJ president, notes that both were her students. Also, that Alan was brilliant, became an attorney and sadly died very young.

Game of "pile-up" on summer camp counselor. — The upper left image is a game of "pile-up" on the counselor

Bunk Peewees, Passaic-Clifton Y Camp, 1970s — The upper right image is a montage of Bunk Peewees from the Passaic-Clifton Y Camp, mid 1970’s.