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Jews sought to participate as equals in Maine's civic, cultural, social, and recreational life. For much of the 20th century, however, they were often unable to do so fully because of anti-Semitism. Nearly two-thirds of Maine's resorts refused to accept Jewish guests in the 1950s, the highest percentage of any state in the union. Discrimination of this nature persisted into the 1970s.
The Unobskey family owned a clothing store in Calais and helped to support Camp Lown, which opened in 1945 in Oakland, to provide camp opportunities to Jewish families. The camp held daily prayer services, along with Friday night services every week for Shabbat. Camp Lown sought to give its campers an authentic American camp experience each summer while delivering a healthy dose of Jewish culture and religious observance.
About This Item
- Title: Camp Lown campers and staff, Oakland, 1947
- Creation Date: 1947
- Subject Date: 1947
- Location: Oakland, Kennebec County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 16.5 cm x 39 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 2589, vol. 2
- Collection: Unobskey family scrapbooks
- Object Type: Image
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- Camping--Maine--Oakland
- Camps--Maine--Oakland
- Clothing stores--Maine--Calais
- Discrimination--Maine
- Emigration & immigration--United States
- Emigration and immigration--Russia
- Group portraits--Maine--Oakland
- Immigrants--United States--Maine--Calais
- Jews--Maine--Calais
- Prejudice--Maine
- Race discrimination--Maine
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