Sanford Bates presenting a check to a group of teenage boys at Tompkins Square Building [i.e. Harriman Clubhouse], Lower East Side, New York City.

Sanford Bates presenting a check to a group of teenage boys at Tompkins Square Building [i.e. Harriman Clubhouse], Lower East Side, New York City.

Crowd outside Boys' Clubs of America exposition at the 1939 New York World's Fair, Flushing Meadows, New York City.

Group of Boys' Club members in front of the Boys' Clubs of America exposition at the 1939 New York World's Fair, Flushing Meadows, New York City.

Robert Ripley and members of the Believe-It-Or-Nots softball team in costume at Madison Square Garden (1925-1968), Midtown Manhattan, New York City.

Members of the Nine Old Men softball team in costume at Madison Square Garden (1925-1968), Midtown Manhattan, New York City.

Robert Ripley and Babe Ruth at Madison Square Garden (1925-1968), Midtown Manhattan, New York City.

Two boys siting in a tree at Willliam Carey Camp, Jamesport, New York.

Boys posed with camp administrator at Willliam Carey Camp, Jamesport, New York.

Boys eating lollipops in the yard at Willliam Carey Camp, Jamesport, New York.

Unidentified man beside a car at Willliam Carey Camp, Jamesport, New York.

Mural depicting two boys on roller skates at the Tompkins Square Building [i.e. Harriman Clubhouse], Lower East Side, New York City.

Artist beside mural depicting two boys on roller skates at the Tompkins Square Building [i.e. Harriman Clubhouse], Lower East Side, New York City.

Mural depicting two boys on roller skates at the Tompkins Square Building [i.e. Harriman Clubhouse], Lower East Side, New York City.

Boy dressed to play baseball at Willliam Carey Camp, Jamesport, New York.

Group of boys waving from bus window at Willliam Carey Camp, Jamesport, New York.

Campers in a landscape drawing class at Willliam Carey Camp, Jamesport, New York.

Boys playing horseshoes at Willliam Carey Camp, Jamesport, New York.

Campers in a landscape drawing class at Willliam Carey Camp, Jamesport, New York.

Boys carrying gardening equipment at Willliam Carey Camp, Jamesport, New York.

Boy playing bugle on a bluff above the beach at Willliam Carey Camp, Jamesport, New York.

Flag raising ceremony at Willliam Carey Camp, Jamesport, New York.

Campers waving and splashing in the water at Willliam Carey Camp, Jamesport, New York.

Boy with two raccoons in a classroom.