Boy Scouts at Camp Helpful

Boy Scouts at Camp Helpful

Bathing suits

Boy Scouts

Boys

Camps

Tents

Boys are gathered, most in their swimming suits, at “Camp Helpful,” a Boy Scout camp at Elkmont, using the facilities of Camp LeConte for Boys. The photographer’s son, Clinton Campbell (1920-1997) of Troop 25, is fifth from the right. The photographer, Carlos C. Campbell (1892-1978), was a founding member of the Smoky Mountain Hiking Club (est. 1924) and a charter member of the Great Smoky Mountains Conservation Association (est. 1923). Campbell was an avid hiker and often assisted Jim Thompson with his camera equipment. When Campbell won a folding camera in 1935, he began his own photography journey, taking thousands of photographs and jotting down information about each one in small notebooks. His granddaughter, Rebecca Campbell Arrants, donated this collection of photographs and notebooks from 1934 - 1940 to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Campbell, Carlos C. (Carlos Clinton), 1892-1978

Carlos C. Campbell Collection

1934-08-29

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negatives (photographs)

eng

StillImage

67984

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Elkmont (Tenn.)

Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.)

Sevier County (Tenn.)

3.25" x 4.25"(dimension)

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