The Proposed Lodge to be located at Birch Lake, circa 1949, page 69 of the pdf.

Camp Mather 1949 Plan

This 1949 vintage report is a great reading full of ideas (some perhaps good, some perhaps bad) that were never implemented. This snapshot of mid-century optimism shows how much Camp Mather was valued, the high hopes for its future, and the plans the SF Rec Commission hoped to bring to fruition. 

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P D F  C O N T E N T S :

• pg 3 - Table of Contents
• pg 5 - Introduction
• pg 10 - Part I, History of Camp Mather
• pg 18 - Part II, Present Status of Camp Mather (1949)
• pg 45 - Part III, Proposed Immediate Rehabilitation and Construction
  
• pg 61 - Part IV, Master Plan for Camp Mather
  
• pg 69 - Diagram of proposed Lodge 

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