Items in the Cabin!

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Katheryn was a cousin of grandma.  She was born and educated in Massachusetts.  Her family spent some winters at Grandma's Grandfather's house.  She moved to California and painted mostly landscapes until she started living with Western Native Americans for several years and painted their leading men and women and their ancient customs.  The tribes themselves acclaimed her as one of their own.  The painting on the left is called "Madonna of the Plains" and the other is a painting of the colored trappings used in the ancient Sun Dance.  These aren't the original portraits that hung on this wall in the 1900's but two native American portraits were displayed as seen in the old pictures of the fireplace.

This is a ladle that blacksmiths would use when forging iron.  The dozens of metal brackets used to bar doors and windows, that are currently in the cabin, are hand-forged and original to camp.  They were most likely done on site by a blacksmith while camp was being built in 1902 using this pan.  Supporting this idea, a clump of iron, or "slag" was found in front of the cabin.

CLICK HERE to view a closeup of one of the metal brackets and metal hooks at the cabin that shows they were hand-hammered.  The handmade marks are plainly visible.

The HB Stein is from Hofbrauhaus in what was West Germany and has been around since the mid 1800's making this piece impossible to date.  

The Old Man on the Mountain Stein is a NH collectable that dates from the 

1890s-1910s.  While we can’t be certain, it may have been at camp since the time it was built.

The other Large Stein is from the 1950s and is hand carved with three depictions.  Together they translate to the idea that in this mountain pasture, anything that happens here, stays here. It’s from an old Tyrolean folk song that especially refers to happenings of a romantic or sexual nature.  

The wooden piece was found in the woods and is a bobbin from an old factory that was just north east of the cabin in the early 1900's.

The pictures are wife and husband, the third generation owners of Camp Tipi Mitawa.  Camp is currently in its fourth generation of family ownership.

The conch shell was found during a camp voyage to the ocean in Maine in the 1960's.  The shell was found on the beach there and has been on the mantle since then.

The picture on the right is of two of the current owners of camp taken back in  2002 when the woman on the right received her Masters.

The picture on the left was a mystery for the last 60+ years and was finally solved in September 2025 by dating the picture and subject and comparing it to possible people in camp's log book.  It is definitively Thelma , best friend of camp's second generation owner, someone who literally vacationed at camp for decades. She visited camp for the first time in 1902 and the picture dates back to the mid 1910's, meaning it has looked over camp's living room for 110+ years.

This picture was hung as a playful and frustrated nod to the previous mysterious picture

(See Random Pictures I).

It was part of a box lot purchased at the famous  Auction Barn in 1978.  Family added a snarky line on the back of the picture and hung it as an answer to the long standing mysterious photo.

In the early days of camp, a poster from the early 1900's of Buffalo Bill's Wild West hung at this spot and had Annie Oakley as a main feature.  It lasted nearly 90 years but had to be discarded due to its condition.  This canvas pair was hung in 2024 as a tribute to the original poster.   

Credit: Circus World Museum.  

CLICK HERE to learn more about Buffalo Bills' Wild west Show, Annie Oakley, and how they may relate to Camp.

This bag is waterproof when zipped up and contains guest log books.  Nellie Parker Lewis, a great friend of Aunt Hatte and one of the most frequent visitors to Camp, gave the original log book to Aunt Hatte in August 1902.  Aunt Hatte then wrote on Page One:

 "All guests of camp please register".

That request is still followed to this day over 120 years later.  Please continue it with the new log books whenever you can during your visit.

This bag contains a Portable Speaker.  It is a JVC Speaker and connects easily to any smartphone using Bluetooth.  It has a long battery life and the charging cable (micro-USB) is in the bag.

The bag also contains a Portable CD Player.  It connects easily to the portable speaker and can be taken anywhere - the porch, the lake, etc.

CLICK HERE for simple connection instructions.