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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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Mess Hall, Camp Madison

Date: 1935
Description: View between rows of tables inside the mess hall of Camp Madison. This was the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp created at the Arboretum of the Unive...
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Camp Madison, 2670th Company

Date: 1935
Description: View of several cabins in winter. A path has been cut through snow to the camp. This is Camp Madison, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp located at...
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Retirement Party for Madison YMCA General Secretary

Date: 06 13 1957
Description: Three attendees at the retirement party for retiring general secretary of the Madison YMCA, Loren Cockrell, at Camp Wakanda. From left are H. F. Brandenbur...
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Kiddie Kamp Koncert Characters from Mother Goose

Date: 06 18 1934
Description: Howard Hoesly, Nancy Truog, Winston Sala, Arlene Herrick, Tim Harrington dressed as Mother Goose characters for the Kiddie Kamp Koncert at the Madison Woma...
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Retirement Party for Madison YMCA General Secretary

Date: 06 13 1957
Description: Velma Geraldson (left) and her neighbor Lois Wille were in attendance at the retirement party for retiring general secretary of the Madison YMCA, Loren Coc...
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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.
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Retirement Party for Madison YMCA General Secretary

Date: 06 13 1957
Description: The retiring general secretary of the Madison YMCA, Loren Cockrell, and his wife Margaret, are greeted by the man who will succeed him, William Schultz (ri...
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Retirement Party for Madison YMCA General Secretary

Date: 06 13 1957
Description: Dr. George Heathcote, chairman of the event, is filling the soft-drink punch bowl at the retirement party for retiring general secretary of the Madison YMC...
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Children Eating at Kiddie Camp

Date: 07 09 1931
Description: Children eating at Kiddie Camp.
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Madison's First Camp Week

Date: 05 23 1950
Description: Five youth from the East Side Youth Activities Center make posters for the contest being held in connection with Madison Camp Week. The girls in the pictur...
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University Student Campers

Date: 1885
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison students and chaperons during a camping trip at Livesy Springs on the north shore of Lake Mendota. On the left side stands ...
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Four Kids

Date: 07 10 1935
Description: Four kids at the Capital Times family welfare Kiddie Camp, 3910 Mineral Point Rd.
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Children in a Big Sandbox

Date: 07 17 1933
Description: A large group of children plays in a sandbox at The Capital Times Kiddie Camp.
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YMCA Camp Water Fight

Date: 07 21 1954
Description: Youth having a water fight in Lake Mendota at a YMCA camp.
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Girl Showering in Bathing Suit at Camp

Date: 07 17 1933
Description: Young girl in bathing suit standing under the shower at "The Capital Times" Kiddie Camp.
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Easter Seal Sales Help the Handicapped

Date: 03 10 1952
Description: Looking at scrapbooks of Camp Wawbeek are four pupils who attend the special orthopedic department at the Washington school in Madison. Camp Wawbeek, locat...
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Kiddie Camp Group

Date: 07 10 1935
Description: Kiddie Camp group of 48 children prepared to attend the 10th annual Capital Times Family Welfare Kiddie Camp.
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Kiddie Camp Fair

Date: 07 29 1934
Description: Children dressed as "balloon man," "Violet and Daisy, Siamese twins," "African bushman" and "Humpty Dumpty" for Kiddie Camp Fair.
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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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