Amazing Photographs of Hostelling History: Part 2

Welcome back for Part 2 of the Amazing Photographs of Hostelling History posts! I hope that you enjoyed the first two sets of pictures that we posted. Perhaps you enjoyed them so much that you've already looked at the last two sets on our Flickr page. If not, keep reading and enjoy some of my personal favorite pictures from Helen's trips to Israel, Russia and Japan, just to name a few!

Hostelling around the World 1956-1958
Travels include: Italy, Austria and Israel (1956), Russia and Belgium (1958)

    

Clock Tower in Venice (1956), Feeding Pigeons in St. Mark's Square (1956)

Heidelberg, Germany, 1956. Helen's group at the hostel

Beersheba, Israel, 1956. Market on a Thursday

Russia, 1958

     

Spain, 1960

Hostelling around the World 1967-1970

Travels include: Japan (1967-68), Switzerland and Germany (1969-70)

     

Japan, 1967. Youth hostel on Nichinan Kaigan coast

   

International Hostellers Rally, Japan 1968 (left), Japan 1967 (right)

 

London, 1969

     

Switzerland, 1970

I hope that you have enjoyed this rare look into Hostelling History. All of the original photos together are available,  here. Also, a huge thank you to Helen Pomerance Johnson for donating all of these wonderful resources to HI-Chicago and letting us see the world through your eyes!

Written by Intern Jess Scherer