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Camp Cheerful Pics

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Camp Cheerful ca. 1938, courtesy of John Benzing
These are taken from photocopies and are of low quality.
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The Western Union tower stood tall on Fire Island, and nearby Camp Cheerful, below, catered to handicapped boys before the structures were destroyed in the hurricane of 1938. Today, a fenced area enabling researchers to study deer ticks remains at that site.

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