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Joy Camps Counselors

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Description: Page from Sue Ann Hackett Scrapbook displaying several photographs. Includes different counselors standing and sitting, who were working at Joy Camps in th...
Historical Object

Joy Camps Counselor "Miss Rusty"

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Description: Page from Sue Ann Hackett Scrapbook displaying several photographs of Joy Camps counselor "Miss Rusty." Includes Miss Rusty handling the net on a tennis co...
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Joy Camps Counselors Group Portrait

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Description: Page from Sue Ann Hackett Scrapbook displaying two photographs. The top is a group portrait of the counselors who worked at Joy Camps in the summer of 1949...
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Various Scenes Joy Camps

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Description: Page from Sue Ann Hackett Scrapbook displaying several photographs of Sue Ann Hackett's camp friends in the summer of 1949. Includes a girl wearing a swimm...
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Joy Camps Beaver Point Trip

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Description: Page from Sue Ann Hackett Scrapbook displaying several camp photographs. Includes the "Riding Committee meeting" (including the Dalmatian "Lindy"), campers...
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Joy Camps Beaver Point Trip and Other Scenes

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Description: Page from Sue Ann Hackett Scrapbook displaying several photographs of Joy Camps activities. Includesa young camper with a hatchet and piece of wood; two ca...
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Joy Camps Pioneer Party Costumes

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Description: Page from Sue Ann Hackett Scrapbook displaying three photographs from the Pioneer Party at Joy Camps. Campers are in outdoor settings dressed in costumes. ...
Painting

Forming the Bow or Stem

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Description: An Indian man sits in front of a dwelling forming a bow or stem for a canoe that he's making. In the background is a wigwam (or wetu).
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Completed Bow or Stem

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Description: An Ojibwa man shows a completed bow or stem for a canoe that he's constructing. Behind the man is a wigwam (or wetu).
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Cutting Cedar For Ribs

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Description: An Ojibwa Indian man is splitting cedar wood to make ribs for the canoe he's constructing.
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Splitting Cedar for Framework

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Description: An Ojibwa man splits a cedar trunk with a wooden tool. The cedar is to be used to build the framework for a canoe. A woman is seated nearby.
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Homeward Bound

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Description: An Ojibwa man and woman prepare to transport rolled bark back to their home to use in the construction of a canoe.
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Tying With Wigub

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Description: An Ojibwa man sits on the ground tying cedar materials with wigub as a woman looks on. The cedar will be used in the construction of a canoe.
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Rolling Up the Bark

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Description: An Ojibwa man kneels on the ground to roll up cedar bark that will be used in the construction of a canoe.
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One Large Sheet

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Description: An Ojibwa man and woman peel bark from a tree to use in the construction of a canoe.
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Removing Bark

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Description: An Ojibwa man and woman split and peel bark from a tree for use in the construction of a canoe.
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Slitting the Bark

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Description: An Ojibwa man and woman slit the bark on a tree as they prepare to peel it off for use in the construction of a canoe.
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Felling the Tree

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Description: An Ojibwa man prepares to fell a tree to use in the construction of a canoe.
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Jack Pine Roots For Sewing

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Description: An Ojibwa man pulls up jack pine roots to sew bark on a canoe that he's making.
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Coiling Jack Pine Roots

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Description: An Ojibwa woman coils jack pine roots as she prepares to pack them. The roots will be used in the construction of a canoe.

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