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Hotdog Cookout

Date: 05 15 1965
Description: Girl Scouts cooking hotdogs over an open fire. The Great Blue Heron council weekend campout was held at Hartland Sportsman's Club grounds.
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Cook Out

Date: 09 07 1963
Description: Husband and wife prepare meal on top of a campfire grill.
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Carnival at Taliesin

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Description: Tents, people in costume, and food tables at a carnival on the grounds of Taliesin. Taliesin was the Wisconsin residence of Frank Lloyd Wright and the Tali...
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View of the Dining Tent

Date: 1876
Description: Quite possibly this is the "View of the Dining Tent" listed in the "Centennial Views of the City of Madison, July 4th, 1876. Views of Chicago Light Guard" ...
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Indian Protest

Date: 08 02 1971
Description: Site of a demonstration by Lac Courte Oreilles Chippewa against the Northern States Power Company dam on the Chippewa Flowage, Sawyer County. There is an A...
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Fourth of July Refreshment Tent

Date: 06 02 1944
Description: Fourth of July refreshment tent in Westmorland neighborhood, with Mrs. Vincent Domini, William T. Hammill, Mrs. Hammill, and Mrs. Elmer Nielson.
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Unpacking Apples

Date: 04 23 1970
Description: A group of people eat and help unload crates of apples from a U-Haul trailer in the campground area of the Sound Storm music festival during the constructi...
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Soldiers at the Mess Tent

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Description: Soldiers have a meal while sitting on the grass outside the mess tent, possibly at Camp Douglas.
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Woman and Very Tall Man

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Description: A young woman and a very tall man stand together in front of the cookhouse wagon. She is holding a bottle of soda and offering him a hotdog; he has his arm...
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Meeting of FLN Members

Date: 08 1957
Description: A group of Algerian National Liberation Front members gather in a tent for a meeting. Some of the men are wearing turbans and some are wearing caps. They a...
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Politics Wisconsin Style

Date: 08 1990
Description: Grilling burgers and corn on the cob, all washed down with beer... a typical menu for a Wisconsin political fundraiser. This event was for State Senator Ru...
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Eating in a Tent

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Description: Group of men and one boy posed sitting on benches on either side of a long table for a meal in an open-sided tent on the banks of a river. In the backgroun...
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Cooking on Mirro Cookset while Camping

Date: 08 01 1967
Description: Donald Soehnlein took this photograph while on vacation in the Bitterroot Mountains, near Lola, Montana. It depicts his wife Nina and son James cleaning up...
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Mess Hall and Tents

Date: 1918
Description: Soldiers standing around portable stoves at the mess hall for American troops. Also shows the bench seated tables and tents used by soldiers.
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Group of Men Eating in a Tent

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Description: Group portrait of five men sitting around a table inside a tent eating.
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Meal at Camp Douglas

Date: 1914
Description: Group portrait of a number of soldiers, and a young boy, at Camp Douglas having a meal on an improvised table near a tree. One of the men has a dog on his ...
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Man and Woman with 100 Pickup

Date: 1973
Description: A man and woman are eating in front of a campfire. A red 100 pickup is parked on the left. In the background is a tent. The campsite is set up on the shore...
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Covering Flour Supplies

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Description: Covering up flour supplies in the desert.
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Everything in One Bowl

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Description: Turkish soldiers eating out of a common bowl.
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W.A. Holt and Others Eating Meal Under a Tent

Date: 1901
Description: Under a tent, three men are eating a meal prepared by cook Bob Morris, who is standing beside the table. In the foreground is a tree stump which is loaded ...

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