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McCormick Family at Island Lake Camp

Date: 1888
Description: McCormick family group portrait at Island Lake Camp in Northwestern Wisconsin, owned by Dr. William C. Gray (editor of "The Interior") and the McCormicks. ...
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Girl Scouts Around a Camp Fire

Date: 10 10 1941
Description: Eight Girl Scouts kneeling around a campfire inside a campfire ring at Camp Indianola.
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Olin Park Tourist Camp

Date: 1925
Description: The Olin Park tourist campground on the shore of Lake Monona in Madison.
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Wally Byam Airstreamer

Date: 06 1959
Description: Two men with cameras around their necks stand near a couple in a Plymouth pulling an airstream camper through a gate. The sign on the gate in the backgroun...
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Chuckwagon and Cook on the Range

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Description: View of a camp with a cook standing at the back end of a chuckwagon with a large bowl in front of him. To the left is a pile of logs, along with some pots....
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Tents Along Beach

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Description: Tents line a beach along the Atlantic Ocean. Foliage covers the foreground and several people and vehicles can be seen throughout the camp.
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YMCA Camp Wakanda

Date: 08 04 1953
Description: A scene at YWCA's day camp at Camp Wakanda, located on a shore of Lake Mendota. Five boys play a Skee ball game on "Carnival Night." Left to right: Michael...
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Parade Grounds at Camp Delta

Date: 1938
Description: Landscaped grounds under large white pine trees in the foreground, buildings in the background. A man is walking along the stone-lined road on the left, an...
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Free Tourist Park

Date: 1925
Description: The entrance to the Carthwaite Park tourist camp and picnic grounds. There is a sign for a filling station 1 mile ahead. A car is parked inside the grounds...
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Fishing Good at "Rustic Knoll"

Date: 06 1926
Description: A man poses holding a fish in both hands. Two boys wait at the service window of a log cabin.
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Camp Indianola

Date: 1929
Description: A group of young boys with their male camp counselors are sitting and standing around the split-rail fence. There is a log cabin and a cornfield in the bac...
Historical Object

095 - Campers on Horseback

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Description: Page from Joy Camps photo album displaying four photographs. The top left is of a single rider on horseback. The top right photograph shows three "Pioneer ...
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113 - Young Campers Leaning Against Fence

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Description: Several younger campers leaning against wood fence, near wooded area. They all appear to be wearing jodhpurs.
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Two Men and a Dog

Date: 1935
Description: Two men are sitting along a fence, and a large dog is lying near them. There is a building in the background. Caption on back of print reads: "May/June 103...

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