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Y.M.C.A. Camp

Date: 1914
Description: The Young Men's Christian Association Camp. A man is sitting on the lawn near a small bridge on the left. In the background along the right are buildings. ...
Postcard

Tourist Camp, Devil's Lake State Park

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Description: Colorized postcard of a tourist camp at Devil's Lake State Park. Features a scene of men, women and children among picnic tables, automobiles. Tents are pi...
Postcard

Boulder Lake at Camp Manitowish

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Description: Colorized postcard of Boulder Lake. Pine trees are in the foreground and islands are below in the background. Caption reads: "Boulder Lake at Camp Manitowi...
Map or Atlas

Frost's Woods : [on the South Side of Lake Monona, Dane County, Wisconsin]

Date: 1927
Description: Blueprint-style map of Frost Woods on the shore of Lake Monona. The map indicates the locations of Indian mounds, an Indian camp, and various plants. There...
Map or Atlas

Northern Wisconsin Lakes

Date: 1925
Description: This map shows state trunk highways, county trunk highways, railroads, canoe trails, lakes, and free public camp sites. The map on the reverse also shows a...
Postcard

Winnebago Dairy Farm

Date: 10 18 1939
Description: Postcard submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. On the front of the postcard is the slogan: You can 'whip' our cream but you can't...
Map or Atlas

Emergency Conservation Camps as of January

Date: 1936
Description: This 1936 Wisconsin Conservation Dept. map shows the locations of state forestry Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camps, closed state forestry CCC camps, ...
Map or Atlas

Forest and Park Activity Map as of December 15, 1937 : [Wisconsin]

Date: 1937
Description: This Wisconsin Conservation Department map shows the locations of state forests, national forests, county forests, state nurseries, Indian reservations, st...
Map or Atlas

Northern Forest State Park : Vilas County - Wisconsin

Date: 1926
Description: This Wisconsin Conservation Commission map from the 1920s shows roads, railroads, campsites, lookout towers, and privately owned lands in Northern Forest S...
Map or Atlas

Peninsula State Park, Door County, Wisconsin

Date: 1916
Description: This Wisconsin Conservation Commission map from 1916 shows Peninsula State Park in the Town of Gibraltar, Door County, Wisconsin. Depicted are open and pla...
Map or Atlas

Peninsula State Park, Door County, Wisconsin

Date: 1916
Description: This version of a 1916 Wisconsin Conservation Commission map shows Peninsula State Park in the Town of Gibraltar, Door County, Wisconsin. Depicted are open...
Map or Atlas

Map of Sawyer County, Wisconsin

Date: 1902
Description: This 1902 map of the eastern portion of Sawyer County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range system, sections, roads, farm houses, camps, school houses, ...
Map or Atlas

Northern Wisconsin Lake Region : Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad

Date: 1926
Description: This 1926 map depicts resorts and camps, lakes and streams, railroads, and roads in portions of Vilas, Iron, Oneida, Price, and Lincoln counties in Wiscons...
Map or Atlas

Bayfield County : Top o' Wisconsin

Date: 1967
Description: This tourist brochure for Bayfield County, Wisconsin, from 1967 includes a map of the county showing towns, cities and villages, highways and roads, railro...
Map or Atlas

Map of Shawano County, Wisconsin

Date: 1900
Description: Shows lands belonging to Wisconsin Timber and Land Co., towns, post offices, saw mills, creameries, camps, churches, schools, farm houses, town halls, rail...
Map or Atlas

Vilas County's First Settlements, Resorts, Camps, Trading Posts, and Historic Roads

Date: 1953
Description: This mid 20th century map of Vilas County and northeastern Oneida County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, sections, cities and villages, rail...
Map or Atlas

Map of the Wisconsin River Valley

Date: 1890
Description: Shows vacant state land, government land, townships, and selected farms, camps, saw mills, etc. in Vilas and Oneida Counties, and part of Iron County. "For...
Map or Atlas

Map of Florence County, Wisconsin

Date: 1907
Description: Shows roads, railroads, lakes, rivers, churches, and camps.
Historical Object

Joy Camps Postcards

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Description: Page from Sue Ann Hackett Blue Album displaying four Joy Camps postcards of different colors with different scenes depicted on each. Each postcard reads, "...
Postcard

U. Smile Camp

Date: 1920
Description: View from field of flowers towards U. Smile Camp, with four log cabins in a row on the left, another in the background, and another building next to it wit...

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