Photo Gallery 1940

My mother, Beatrice Meirowitz, was at Camp Northrup in August 1940. She had wonderful memories of being there.

Photo of: Betty Olchin (left) and Beatrice Meirowitz (right) standing next to pool. They were best friends in the Bronx and lived in the same apartment building when born. In 1940 they lived a block apart on the north end of the Grand Concourse in the Bronx. They came to Camp Northrop together.
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Also provided are photos of Beatrice's scrapbook that she made while at the camp. This is part of her nature scrapbook, just a bit of it. It is three inches thick. Beatrice's granddaughter is a Botanist with a master's degree in Botany and Environmental Studies and working for the government.

Betty Olchin writing.
Campers on a hike.
Beatrice's scrapbook Beatrice retained an interest in Science, did research with chicken embryos in high school, graduated first in her class from Walton High School, was the first runner up girl at the first Westinghouse Science Talent Search in 1942, which got her into Barnard University at the last minute — accepted in September 1942. She wound up studying Psychology, got a PhD at University of Rochester, and her specialty was manpower training. My mother was knowledgable about gardening.

Mt. Everett fire tower
Girls in the swimming pool.
Betty grew up to be a lawyer.

Northrop certainly had many exceptional campers. Hopefully the fun of learning about nature instilled in them an interest in learning in whatever field for career and for life.