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Girl Scouts at Camp Indianola

Date: 10 10 1941
Description: Eight Girl Scouts are standing on and near a tree at the edge of Lake Mendota, with the Madison skyline in the background at Camp Indianola.
Painting

On Horicon Lake in the State of Wisconsin

Date: 1860
Description: In April of 1860 Hölzlhuber took the railway from Milwaukee to Lake Horicon to visit the small town that was developing on its shore. Since the settlers we...
Postcard

Y.M.C.A. Camp

Date: 1914
Description: The Young Men's Christian Association Camp. A man is sitting on the lawn near a small bridge on the left. In the background along the right are buildings. ...
Photograph

Pickering Camp

Date: 1920
Description: C.R. Pickering Camp on Mill Creek, in winter with snow on the ground. On the opposite shoreline is a shelter on the hill overlooking the creek, with a set ...
Photograph

Hallelujah Campgrounds

Date: 1925
Description: A view of the 7-acre Hallelujah Campground which was located at the corner of Janesville Street and South Perry Parkway in the Village of Oregon. According...
Photograph

Brownie Day Camp

Date: 06 28 1949
Description: Two girls at Brownie Day Camp at Burrows Park. Standing near a boat on the shore of Lake Mendota is Shelia Sullivan, left, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Su...
Photograph

Brownie Day Camp

Date: 06 28 1949
Description: Four girls wading in Lake Mendota. They were attending the Brownie Day Camp at Burrows Park. Left to right: Marilyn Dvorak, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred...
Photograph

Copper Mining Camp

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of a copper mining camp with desert hills in the background. Caption reads: "Greatest Copper Camp in the World, Ely, Nevada."
Map or Atlas

Frost's Woods : [on the South Side of Lake Monona, Dane County, Wisconsin]

Date: 1927
Description: Blueprint-style map of Frost Woods on the shore of Lake Monona. The map indicates the locations of Indian mounds, an Indian camp, and various plants. There...
Manuscript

Frost's Woods Article

Date: 07 05 1928
Description: Article entitled "Several Indian Families Now Encamped at Frost's Woods, Ancient Camp Site" about Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Indians camping on the shores of Lak...
Map or Atlas

Northern Wisconsin Lakes

Date: 1925
Description: This map shows state trunk highways, county trunk highways, railroads, canoe trails, lakes, and free public camp sites. The map on the reverse also shows a...
Photograph

Green Bay Food Company Camp

Date: 1966
Description: Buildings along an unpaved road served as a camp for migrant farm workers working for the Green Bay Food Company.

In 1946, more than 4,000 farmworkers fr...

Map or Atlas

Northern Forest State Park : Vilas County - Wisconsin

Date: 1926
Description: This Wisconsin Conservation Commission map from the 1920s shows roads, railroads, campsites, lookout towers, and privately owned lands in Northern Forest S...
Map or Atlas

Map of Sawyer County, Wisconsin

Date: 1902
Description: This 1902 map of the eastern portion of Sawyer County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range system, sections, roads, farm houses, camps, school houses, ...
Map or Atlas

Northern Wisconsin Lake Region : Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad

Date: 1926
Description: This 1926 map depicts resorts and camps, lakes and streams, railroads, and roads in portions of Vilas, Iron, Oneida, Price, and Lincoln counties in Wiscons...
Map or Atlas

Bayfield County : Top o' Wisconsin

Date: 1967
Description: This tourist brochure for Bayfield County, Wisconsin, from 1967 includes a map of the county showing towns, cities and villages, highways and roads, railro...
Map or Atlas

Map of Shawano County, Wisconsin

Date: 1900
Description: Shows lands belonging to Wisconsin Timber and Land Co., towns, post offices, saw mills, creameries, camps, churches, schools, farm houses, town halls, rail...
Map or Atlas

Vilas County's First Settlements, Resorts, Camps, Trading Posts, and Historic Roads

Date: 1953
Description: This mid 20th century map of Vilas County and northeastern Oneida County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, sections, cities and villages, rail...
Map or Atlas

Map of the Wisconsin River Valley

Date: 1890
Description: Shows vacant state land, government land, townships, and selected farms, camps, saw mills, etc. in Vilas and Oneida Counties, and part of Iron County. "For...
Map or Atlas

The Great North Woods Tourist and Fishing District of Wisconsin : Ideal Location for Summer Homes

Date: 1939
Description: This brochure was intended for tourists and shows resorts, lakes and railroads in northwestern Wisconsin and part of Michigan’s upper peninsula. Also inclu...

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