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Settlement Along A Railway with Locomotive

Date: 1900
Description: A camp or settlement located along a railway in Iron County, WI. Residents and a dog are pictured in the foreground, with a locomotive in the background ne...
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Lions Club Aids YWCA Day Camp

Date: 06 28 1960
Description: Donald Franklin, left, presenting a check for $400 to Mona Manson, as the club's contribution toward improving Camp Maria Olbrich, the YWCA day camp on Lak...
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Fellowship Farm Children's Camp

Date: 1945
Description: A casual group portrait of children of pacifist families at Fellowship Farm. Written on back: "Back row: Virginia Bright, Jeanine Graham(?) holding Charles...
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Athletic Field, Young Men's Christian Association Camp

Date: 08 01 1911
Description: Text on front reads: "The Athletic Field, Young Men's Christian Association Camp. Lake Geneva, Wis." A group of young men exercise on on a large athletic f...
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Olin Day Camp Activities

Date: 07 15 1958
Description: A group of kids admire a mushroom that Francis Burns found on a log at the Olin day camp.
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Olin Day Camp Activities

Date: 07 15 1958
Description: Camp director Jo Mancuso shows Jeff Anderson, Ann Grosse, and Charles Starr how to tie a "clove hitch" knot at the Olin day camp.
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Olin Day Camp Activities

Date: 07 15 1958
Description: David Lehman, with a clothespin in his mouth, shows Sue Ann White and Linda Anderson how to hang a lunch up away from ants.
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Olin Day Camp Activities

Date: 07 15 1958
Description: Instructor Jean Loy watches Mark Anderson touch a match to some wood for a bonfire.
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Indian Canp [Camp] Hayward Wis.

Date: 1910
Description: View of multiple structures in winter, with bare trees and stumps among them. A wigwam/wiigiwaam is visible in the distance, and a tipi is closer. A log st...
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Camp Osoha for Girls

Date: 1921
Description: Text on front reads: "Shore Line, Camp Osoha for Girls, Trout Lake, Wisconsin." On reverse: "Trout Lake, Wisconsin. A distinguished camp for girls 6 to 18 ...
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Hunting Club

Date: 07 07 1908
Description: Text on front reads: "Hunting Club, Seymour, Wis." A group of men are posing with their guns and a dog around a table in a hunting camp.
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First Lesson in Wrestling

Date: 1936
Description: Text on front reads: "First Lesson in Wrestling, Camp Highlands, on Plum Lake, Sayner, Wisconsin." A teacher begins a class in wrestling with a group of st...
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Audubon Camp

Date: 06 07 1966
Description: Text on front reads: "Audubon Camp, Sarona, Wis." A view of the headquarters buildings, house on the left, parked cars on the right, barn in the background...
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The Beach, Audubon Camp

Date: 06 24 1964
Description: Text on front reads: "The Beach, Audubon Camp. Sarona, Wis." A view of a wooden dock and lake from the shore. Three people are in a canoe, with a floating ...
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Moon Beach Camp

Date: 1950
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Interior of the Lodge – Moon Beach Camp. Rt. 1, St. Germain, Wisconsin." Comfortable chairs and a sofa are grouped in front o...
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Cabin; Whispering Pines Methodist Camp

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Description: Color postcard view of a cabin called "Cedar" at the Whispering Pines Methodist Camp on Spirit Lake.
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Camp Nine Mile

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Description: Slightly elevated view of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp. There are buildings to the left and right of the road, and trees are in the backgroun...
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Civilian Conservation Corps 660th Company State Forestry S-79

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Description: Camp Mercer sign spelled out with stones on a small, built-up hill. Camp buildings and parked cars are in the background.
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Camp Kiwanis

Date: 1933
Description: Group portrait of Kiwanis Club members and several boys assembled in front of the Camp Kiwanis cabin in Lincoln Park. The boys may be part of Boy Scout Tro...
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Spring Formal at Indianola

Date: 05 16 1936
Description: Group portrait of Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority with dates at spring formal in lodge building at Camp Indianola.

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