Elizabeth Lyman Lodge, Lake Minnetonka

Elizabeth Lyman Lodge, Lake Minnetonka

Campers arrived by train from the Great Northern station or rode the trolley car to Excelsior and then took a boat across the lake to camp. Room and board for two weeks was $12.00. The lodge also hosted weekend camps for female office and factory workers. Activities included swimming, canoeing, hiking, tennis, baseball, arts and crafts, nature lore, camp fires and "stunts and sings."

Shown are the silhouette cover from a brochure for Lyman Lodge, 1929.

Canoeing photo, ca. 1920s, and text for the canoe test, 1924.

Office and factory workers at camp, ca. 1927 (Rich Photo Service, Minneapolis)

Crafts, ca. 1920s (Rich Photo Service, Minneapolis)

Minneapolis YWCA Records, Social Welfare History Archives