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D156448-1
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- 1969-07-15 (Creation)
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Young campers and 19-year-old Kazu Matsuda, staff counselor from Tokyo (in foreground), tote a canoe down the ramp at Camp Seymour in July of 1969. Located in Glen Cove, some 30 minutes from Tacoma, the YMCA-run campgrounds were first established in 1905 on property owned by W.W. Seymour. Mr. Seymour would eventually deed 150 acres to the YMCA for the sole purpose of boys camping. In 1969 Camp Seymour would be used on behalf of many underprivileged youngsters to allow them to experience the joys of summer camping and outdoor activities. Camp counselor Matsuda was part of the "International Counselor Brigade" at Camp Seymour that summer; he was a college student at Monmouth College in Illinois. Photograph ordered by the Tacoma-Pierce County Opportunity & Development, Inc. (TNT 7-20-69, A-28)
Camp Seymour (Glen Cove); Camping--Glen Cove; Canoes--Glen Cove; Matsuda, Kazu;