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Making Maple Sugar

Date: 1919
Description: A child is standing on a log lying on the ground in a clearing. There is a barrel on the left, and a campfire in the background.
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Production of Maple Syrup

Date: 1927
Description: Man in "sugar bush" (grove of maples) boiling down maple sap in production of maple syrup. Probably Wisconsin.
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Four Men Around a Campfire

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Description: In a field with houses in the background, four men are gathered around what appears to be a campfire, from which smoke is visible. Two men are sitting, two...
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Boy Scouts Klondike Derby

Date: 01 13 1952
Description: Three boy scouts prepare soup over a campfire during the Boy Scout Klondike Derby at Glenway Golf Course.
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Making Maple Syrup

Date: 04 1957
Description: LuRay Arms and Otis Arms tending a fire while making maple syrup outdoors.
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The Arms Men Making Maple Syrup

Date: 04 1957
Description: Three men from the Arms family making maple syrup outdoors. From left to right are: Lewis, Bernard, and Otis Arms.
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Hauling Maple Sap

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Description: Three men hauling maple sap to an outdoor, wood-burning stove using two horses. One man is standing and holding the reins to the horses while the other two...
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Cooking Maple Sap

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Description: Two men are cooking maple sap over a wood burning cauldron in a clearing. One man is feeding the fire with logs while the other man is pouring in the sap. ...
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Pouring Maple Sap into Vat

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Description: Harvey Blue, standing next to a wood burning fire pit. He is pouring maple sap into a large vat, which is in a forest clearing.
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Making Coffee

Date: 11 16 1925
Description: Abelessa, Chapuis and De Prorok make coffee.
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Along the Rock River

Date: 1976
Description: "Snowmobiles make their way along the Rock River."
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Theresa Lions Club Cleanup Day

Date: 1976
Description: "Theresa Lions Club members have a cleanup day on the Rock River."
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Picnic, Flag and Automobile

Date: 1920
Description: A group of men and women sit on the ground as they enjoy a picnic, eating and drinking. A dog is lying on the picnic blanket. An automobile with a flag mou...
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Killing Hogs

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Description: Rheinhardt Schmidt, August Krueger, Alex Goetsch, and Fred Hannaman standing in front of farm buildings, next to hogs hanging from a tree.
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Underside of a Trestle Bridge

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Description: View through the support structure of a trestle bridge. On the shoreline in the background a woman, girl, and another person are standing around what appea...
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Neighborhood House Hosteling Scrapbook: The Gang

Date: 1946
Description: Group of girls in jackets, sitting or kneeling, perhaps illuminated by a campfire; some are holding cups. This image is from a hosteling scrapbook kept by ...
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Group of Men Near Tents

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Description: Six men posing standing around two tables next to two tents. In the foreground is a stovepipe coming out of the ground.
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Emergency Mass Feeding Demonstration

Date: 10 14 1954
Description: As part of a emergency mass feeding demonstration and course of instruction at Franklin Field, Eldred Heiser ladles soup from a large kettle to Isabelle Hy...
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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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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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