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| Date: | 10 10 1941 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 07 30 1955 |
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| Description: | Three hearing impaired children leaving in a car for "The Retreat," a summer camp near Wautoma, Wisconsin. The trip is sponsored by the Parents Council for... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | The villa at the Young Men's Christian Association Camp. A group of girls and boys are sitting on the lawn on the left and two more people are sitting on t... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| 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. ... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 06 28 1949 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 06 28 1949 |
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| 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... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a copper mining camp with desert hills in the background. Caption reads: "Greatest Copper Camp in the World, Ely, Nevada." |
| Date: | 07 22 1952 |
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| Description: | Director Dorothy Torranee looks on as nurse Marion Natvig puts a sling on camper JaNelle Rolfsmeyer during first aid class at Brownie Hoyt Park Day Camp. |
| Date: | 07 22 1952 |
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| Description: | A school bus driver and three campers are standing next to the bus which transports campers to and from the Brownie Day Camp at Hoyt Park. Left to right: S... |
| Date: | 06 21 1952 |
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| Description: | Sisters Christine and Karen Nielsen make yarn rope during craft time at the Brownie Hoyt Park Day Camp. |
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| Description: | About a dozen men stand in the woods by a large tent. The carcass of a deer is hanging from one of the trees. A horse stands nearby. There are some traces ... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 07 05 1928 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | A central Wisconsin labor camp consisting of a row of wooden framed building with asphalt siding which housed migrant laborers. At the center, three childr... |
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