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Group Portrait at Camp Virgin Lake

Date: 1933
Description: Large group portrait, including six cooks, of people of the 643rd Company, C.C.C. at Camp Virgin Lake.
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Native American Mother

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Description: A Chippewa mother with two children at Minocqua, Wisconsin. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepared by Paul Vanderbilt, the first ...
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Railroad Handcar

Date: 1908
Description: An early gasoline-powered handcar being used on the Minneapolis, St. Paul, & Sault Ste. Marie line for an inspection tour. The employees are (left to right...
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Deer Hunters at Harshaw

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Description: A group of men pose with guns and deer carcasses on the railroad platform at Harshaw.
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Wisconsin Tourism Sign

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Description: Group of resort and hotel owners gathered in front of a Wisconsin tourism sign that reads: "Relax In Wisconsin." There is a building in the background.
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Teacher and Young Children

Date: 1939
Description: A portrait of Winnifred Ahrens Spring holding hands with a young girl and a young boy, standing outside of the doorway of a building. Winnifred was a kinde...
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Playing in the Classroom

Date: 1939
Description: A group of students playing in their kindergarten classroom with a large train model.
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Kindergarten Students

Date: 1939
Description: Kindergarten students laying on the floor in a row, possibly for nap time.
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Group of Students Near Fireplace

Date: 1939
Description: A group of kindergarten students posed sitting and standing near the fireplace in their classroom. The fireplace is surrounded by tiling depicting fairy ta...
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Students at Nap Time

Date: 1939
Description: A group of students laying down on the floor of their kindergarten classroom, probably for nap time. In the background there is a fireplace surrounded with...
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Five Kindergarten Students

Date: 1939
Description: A group of five kindergarten students sitting around a table doing work near the fireplace in their classroom. The fireplace is surrounded by tiling depict...
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Fourteen Kindergarten Students

Date: 1939
Description: A group of fourteen kindergarten students posed in their classroom, standing and sitting with their arms above their heads. Behind them is a window with a ...
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Kindergarten Class

Date: 1939
Description: A group of kindergarten students posed sitting and standing outside. Each child is holding a rolled up paper.
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Students and Teacher

Date: 1939
Description: A group portrait of eleven kindergarten students and their teacher, Winnifred Ahrens Spring, standing outside of a building, probably the West Side School.
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013 - Indian Teepee on Shorefront

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Description: Exterior view of Indian tipi (teepee) with several campers sitting on the ground in front. Original caption notes: "One of the two attractive Indian tipis ...
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020 - Another Interior of "Living Cabin" IV

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Description: Interior view of one of the "living cabins" with several campers relaxing on bunk beds. Original caption notes: "Note spaciousness, comfortable bunks, ampl...
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025 - Adirondack Lean-To with Campers

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Description: Exterior view of Adirondack Lean-to with several campers gathered around the stone fireplace. Some of the campers are holding or carrying an axe, a pocket ...
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029 - Group of Campers Posed on Horseback

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Description: Group portrait of campers on horseback. One of the camp counselors is posed standing in the middle of the group. There is a lake is in the background. Orig...
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033 - Young Campers Posed with Horses

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Description: Group portrait of three young campers standing and holding the reins of three horses. Original caption notes: "Riding is one of the most popular sports. En...
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039 - Campers Practicing Archery

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Description: Row of six posed campers in archery stance with arrows loaded in their bows pointed towards the sky. Original caption notes: "Our three most popular Land S...

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