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087 - Campers Climbing into Truck with Canoes on Top

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Description: A camper is climbing a short ladder into the back of a Dodge truck where other campers are seated. Another camper waits in line, with a camp counselor look...
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125 - Joy Camps Group Portrait of Younger Campers

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of younger campers and counselors (undated). Original caption notes: "Our youngest Cabin group during the season just passed. These ...
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132 - Camp Craft Activities

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Description: Page from Joy Camps photo album displaying four photographs. Original caption notes: "Scenes from camp craft activities during 1940..." (the remainder of t...
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143 - Campers Working in Farm Field

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Description: Page from Joy Camps photo album displaying two photographs. In one, a number of campers are kneeling, working in a farmer's field. A tractor and line of tr...
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038 - Camper Preparing to Serve Tennis Ball

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Description: Camper poised with racket to serve tennis ball. Her racket is raised in the air, and she is holding two tennis balls in her left hand. Original caption not...
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039 - Campers Practicing Archery

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Description: Row of six posed campers in archery stance with arrows loaded in their bows pointed towards the sky. Original caption notes: "Our three most popular Land S...
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040 - Camper Aiming Bow and Arrow

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Description: Profile view of archer kneeling in the grass on one knee, with bow and arrow ready and pointing towards the sky. Original caption notes: "Our three most po...
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043 - Two Girls Playing Baseball

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Description: Two campers playing baseball, with one girl sliding into base and the other girl holding the ball. Original caption notes: "Our three most popular Land Spo...
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073 - Cast of Paul Bunyan Pageant

Date: 1941
Description: Group portrait of the cast of the Paul Bunyan pageant. All of the campers are in costume, and are arranged in a semi-circle around some of the implements u...
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More Scenes from Joy Camps Lower Kaubashine Canoe Trip

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Description: Page from Sue Ann Hackett Blue Album displaying several scenes from canoe trip. Includes photographs of campers at a campfire with a tent in the background...
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119 - Joy Camps Directors and Chief Whirling Thunder

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Description: Page from Joy Camps photo album displaying three photographs. In one photograph Barbara Ellen Joy, camp owner and co-director, cooks over a large grill are...
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041 - Two Campers Posing with Fencing Outfits and Gear

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Description: Two campers pose wearing fencing outfits and holding epees, with protective headgear sitting on the ground. They are standing on a court or concrete pad. O...
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042 - Several Campers Posed in Fencing Stance

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Description: Two sets of fencing partners are posed in fencing stance, holding epees, and wearing protective clothing. Their headgear is sitting on the court near their...
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129 - Group Portrait of Cabin IV

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of campers and counselors, with cabin in the background. Original caption notes: "Cabin IV — the older of the two groups making up C...
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141 - Three Young Campers with Toys

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Description: Three young campers sit in a shady, grassy area, each with a toy. One has a stuffed animal horse, one has a toy canoe, and one has a toy sail boat. All thr...
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151 - Young Swimmer Sitting on Dock

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Description: Close-up of a young camper sitting on a dock wearing a swimming suit, and holding a floating device shaped like a fish or seahorse. She has her hair in two...
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Sue Ann Hackett with Friends

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Description: Page from Sue Ann Hackett Blue Album displaying several photographs. Includes dock on lake, with distant shoreline, Sue Ann with a friend and her mother, o...
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Kitchen Scenes from Lake Katherine Trip

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Description: Page from Sue Ann Hackett Blue Album displaying three photographs from the Lake Katherine trip. Includes photographs of campers in the makeshift kitchen wi...
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121 - Array of Camp Outfits

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Description: Page from Joy Camps photo album displaying a group portrait and a swatch of blue cloth from the official camp uniform. Original caption notes: "Our camp ou...
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063 - Young Campers Fishing in Boats

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Description: Page from Joy Camps photo album displaying two photographs. The left one is a view over water towards two young campers fishing in a rowboat. The right one...

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