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Making Coffee at Camp

Date: 
Description: View of a man kneeling by a kettle over a campfire. Identified as camping at Perry Creek.
Book or Pamphlet

The Buckeye Catalog with Calendar — January & December

Date: 1895
Description: Front and back cover of catalog, for the months of January and December. January features a buck running through the woods, with the year "1894" over a lar...
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Group of People Near a Campfire

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of young men and women sitting near a campfire.
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Outdoor Cooking for a Picnic

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Description: Outdoor view towards a man leaning over a campfire, with a group of men sitting at a picnic table in the background.
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Group at Apostle Island

Date: 1915
Description: View looking towards shoreline of three men and one woman setting up a fire on the rocks for a picnic. There is a picnic basket on the log on the right, an...
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Bear Island Picnic

Date: 1916
Description: Group of people at picnic on Bear Island.
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Bear Island Picnic

Date: 08 22 1916
Description: View along shoreline towards people at a Bear Island picnic. A man stands near the water, and two women and a another man are among the logs along the shor...
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We Saw You at Hobo Party

Date: 07 25 1961
Description: Costumed Jimmy Mick (6) eating a long strand of molten marshmallow at the Hobo Party held in Wirth Ct. Park.
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We Saw You at Hobo Party

Date: 07 25 1961
Description: Soot-smudged Dorothy Phelan (3) eating a charcoal toasted marshmallow at the Wirth Ct. Park Hobo Party.
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We Saw You at Hobo Party

Date: 07 25 1961
Description: Kathy Ellis (4) is shown using an insulated stick to push her marshmallows over the fire at the Hobo Party at the Wirth Ct. playground.
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Chippewa Woman Cooking Bear Meat

Date: 1907
Description: Chippewa woman standing outdoors stirring one of three pots suspended over an open fire.
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Sue Ann Hackett on Outdoor Camping Trip

Date: 1950
Description: Sue Ann Hackett kneeling and holding a tin cup on an outdoor camping trip. There is a tarp in the foreground with dishes and food containers. Birch trees a...
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Man and Woman with 100 Pickup

Date: 1973
Description: A man and woman are eating in front of a campfire. A red 100 pickup is parked on the left. In the background is a tent. The campsite is set up on the shore...
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Carson Gulley and Louie Shepard Cooking Out

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Description: Carson Gulley and Louie Shepard cooking out along the Wisconsin River at Prairie du Sac.
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House at St. John's

Date: 1907
Description: View of a house and yard. There is laundry hanging out to dry and, in the foreground, a cooking pot over a fire.
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Joe Makes Lunch

Date: 1916
Description: Joe Paris making drop cakes for lunch at The Gang's camp.
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Drying Blankets

Date: 1911
Description: From L-R: Howard T. Greene, Bill Marr, and Doc Copeland holding a blanket over a campfire to dry it. The shoreline is on the right.
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Lunch by the Lake

Date: 07 27 1911
Description: The Gang eating their lunch by French Lake. Their canoes are pulled up on the shoreline.
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Island Camp

Date: 1911
Description: A view across Pickerel Lake of The Gang's camp on an island. There is a tent set up and smoke is wafting up from a campfire.
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Drying the Blankets

Date: 1911
Description: Clay Judson (in the foreground) and Doc Copeland hanging up blankets to dry after a rain shower.

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