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Aldo Leopold

Date: 1940
Description: Caption on negative sleeve: "Aldo Leopold and son Luna (standing); Mrs. Leopold and two daughters Nina and Estella (kneeling). 'Shack' in background." The ...
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Swimming Race at Camp Wakanda

Date: 1923
Description: Boys line up on pier for swimming race at Camp Wakanda.
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Eben and Roseline Peck Cabin

Date: 1877
Description: Photograph of a painting of the exterior of the Eben Peck cabin by Mrs. E.E. Bailey. The location of this original painting is unknown.
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Eben and Roseline Peck Cabin

Date: 1837
Description: Photographic print of an amateur painting, probably representing the "first house in Madison, Wisconsin." The Peck Cabin, one of the many free variations o...
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Slabsides

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Description: 'Slabsides,' the Adirondack-style, rustic cabin and studio of naturalist John Burroughs, constructed by Burroughs and his son, Julian, near his nine acre R...
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Bedford Springs Cabin

Date: 1860
Description: View of an old cabin, built in 1860, on the grounds of the Bedford Springs Hotel. In the foreground is a dirt road, and a pedestrian is walking near the fe...
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Tourist Cabins

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Description: View across road toward a row of four tiny, identical tourist cabins, with more cabins in the background.
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Cowboys Outside of Their Cabin

Date: 1905
Description: A view of cowboys posing outside of their log cabin dwelling. Three stand against the wall, while four sit. The sitter on the right has a banjo. In the lef...
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Pioneer Town

Date: 1872
Description: Distant view of the fledgling town showing a few log cabins, large tent buildings, saddled horses, pedestrians and a horse-drawn wagon.
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Nordland Camp for Boys

Date: 1940
Description: A view of a cabin and the tent grounds of Nordland Camp for boys, operated as an auxiliary of the German-American Bund, the American Nazi Organization. A f...
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Sig at the Shack

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Description: Sigurd F. Olson at the "shack" near his Ely home where he did most of his writing.
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Inside the Shack

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Description: Interior view of "the shack" behind his home where conservation advocate and writer Sigurd F. Olson wrote his books.
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United States Naval Training Camp

Date: 1918
Description: A view of uniforms hanging on a clothesline and cabins in a wooded area at the United States Naval Training Camp.
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Camp Woodland

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Description: Two women converse on a dirt path between wood and canvas cabins at Camp Woodland. Some of the structures have potted plants in front of them.
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Camp Occiuepet

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Description: View across water toward the cabins and boathouse at Camp Occiupet. Two boys stand on the shoreline while readying a boat for launch, and another boy sits ...
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Gibson's Grove on Lake Buell

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Description: A man and woman sit in front of a cabin in Gibson's Grove on Lake Buell. Multiple benches and chairs stand on the lawn looking over the water.
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Cobbossee Colony (Camp) Boardwalk and Log Cottages

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Description: The Cobbossee Colony (Camp?) Boardwalk leads past multiple log cottages in a wooded area.
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Wyonegonic Camp Cabin with Fireplace And Teepee

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Description: A wooden cabin with a stone chimney stands at Wyonegonic Camp, the oldest girls' camp in the United States. The cabin is surrounded by trees and a tipi sta...
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Campers and Tents

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Description: Two tents and two cabins stand in a clearing surrounded by trees. Adults and children sit and stand in the doorways of the dwellings.
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Camp St. John Exercise Drill

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Description: A group of boys at Camp St. John performs an exercise drill while wearing pajamas. The group is gathered on a hilltop in front of cabins and farmhouses. O...

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