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Wrightwood:
A view of the Swartout Valley Lodge at Big Pines Camp in September, 1926. There is a sign on top of the building with the name of the lodge and the words 'Cafe' and 'Store' underneath. The building contained a store, restaurant, soda fountain, and post office. Several automobiles are parked in front of the lodge, with people walking past. They are dressed in knit hats, mittens, snow boots and warm coats. Snow is on the ground and on the hill behind the lodge. One man is carrying a toboggan.
A parade through the arch entryway at Big Pines Camp to begin the Winter Sports Carnival, February 3 & 4, 1934. A man in front is carrying the American flag and several others are carrying skis.
1925 Los Angeles County Superintendent Fred E. Wadsworth (center) talks with two women at a viewpoint located at the summit of the Blue Ridge Mountains near Big Pines Camp. The San Gabriel Valley is present down below in the background.
Wrightwood:
1927 A construction crew is working on the beginnings of the Big Pines swimming pool. The pool is surrounded by hills with pine trees. A pipe runs across the front view.
1925 Campers dance the Virginia Reel near the fireplace of the main lodge at Big Pines Camp. A crowd in the background looks on.
1925 Four men survey in preparation for the masonry construction of the large entrance into Big Pines Camp. From left to right: Los Angeles County Superintendent Fred E. Wadsworth, Los Angeles County supervisor R. F. McClellan, C.J. Herbold, and chief mechanical engineer William Davidson.
Wrightwood:
Plowing 1928
Plowing 1930
Hockey 1930
1927 Christmas Tree
1925
1928
Smithsonian (now JPL)
RobertW:
[My pictures are smaller. Please feel free to replace with larger ones if you have them...]
Playgrounds equipped with approved apparatus:
The name was changed from Big Pine to Big Pines because of the Post Office confusing it with Big Pine, CA off of 395 up north.
Dances were held every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturdays. Moving Pictures were shown on Wednesday at the Recreation Hall:
Some campsites had metered Hot Plates. For 25 cents a camper could get two hours of heat:
Wrightwood:
1934 Winter sports carnival at Big Pines
Ski jump at Big Pines Camp during the Winter Sports Carnival, February 3 & 4, 1934
1928 Ranger on horseback on a tree-lined dirt road with his five dogs following along in Big Pines.
A close-up view of the swimming pool at Big Pines in September 1926
1938 Big Pines Recreation Camp gate attendant
1938 Swartout Valley
1938 Swartout Valley Lodge parking lot
1925
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