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Man at Chautauqua

Date: 1906
Description: A man in bow tie and suspenders sits in front of a small tent. Next to him is a rocking chair with a sign on it that says "Don't you see I'm Lonely." Writt...
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University of Wisconsin Tent Colony

Date: 07 18 1946
Description: A woman and child cooking on a small gas stove in a tent at the University of Wisconsin tent colony, also known as Camp Gallistella on the south shore of L...
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Camp Wakanda Activity

Date: 07 27 1948
Description: Camp Wakanda campers are shown working on making moccasins. Left to right: Thomas Dean, son of Dr. and Mrs. Frank Dean, 4 Paget Road, Peter Stuhldreher, so...
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Camp Wakanda Activity

Date: 07 27 1948
Description: Four campers hike along a trail at Camp Wakanda, left to right: Raymond Nagel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Nagel, 2810 Dahl Street, Carl Fosmark, son of Dr. ...
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Camp Wakanda Activity

Date: 07 27 1948
Description: Three campers under the Camp Wakanda emblem, the Giant Eagle, at the camp's council ring are, left to right: Robert Hesse, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hesse...
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Brownie Day Camp

Date: 06 28 1949
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...
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Madison's First Camp Week

Date: 05 23 1950
Description: Three members of the camp advisory committee of the Community Welfare Council, sponsor of Madison's first Camp Week, look at literature and materials displ...
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Roaring River Pavilion

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Description: Elevated view of children and adults relaxing and socializing at a camp in the woods. The camp has a large, open, log building, and a flag is hanging in th...
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Camp-girls Buying Ice Cream

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Description: Camp-girls buying ice cream cones from a woman at the Camp Sherwood Shoppe. Candy bars and lollipops are on the counter, and a Camp Sherwood pennant is in ...
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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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Brownie Day Camp

Date: 07 22 1952
Description: Camper Jeanette Braxton prepares to grill food at an outdoor fireplace as one of the activities at the Brownie Hoyt Park Day Camp.
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Brownie Day Camp

Date: 06 22 1952
Description: Campers Marilyn Homes, left, and Patricia Brown, right, learn to read a sundial at the Brownie Hoyt Park Day Camp.
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Brownie Day Camp

Date: 07 21 1952
Description: Barbara Arnett, Oregon, pours a cup of cold water for Mary Ellen Jordan, Waunakee, at the "cup tree," used at the Brownie Hoyt Park Day Camp to store campe...
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Girl Scouts Play Day

Date: 05 15 1954
Description: Joan Mani and Annetta Evert arrange a spot for cooking over a fire in the sand during the annual seventh and eighth grade play day of the Black Hawk Counci...
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Girl Scouts Play Day

Date: 05 15 1954
Description: Three campers stand near the lakeshore at the Girl Scouts play day at the Black Hawk Council's Camp Brandenburg. From left are: Judy Wrysinski of Mt. Horeb...
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Girl Scouts Play Day

Date: 05 15 1954
Description: Two campers working on a trail during the seventh and eighth grade Girl Scouts play day at the Black Hawk Council's Camp Brandenburg. Lois Lischeske of Mad...
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Camp Maria Olbrich, YWCA Teen Camp

Date: 07 07 1954
Description: Two campers at Camp Maria Olbrich, a YWCA camp on the shore of Lake Mendota near Fox Bluff, sit on a log while making sketches. The girls are Susan Meyer (...
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Camp Maria Olbrich, YWCA Teen Camp

Date: 07 07 1954
Description: Judith Kayser, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Kayser of 3 Bayside Drive, is one of the waterfront activities counselors at the YWCA's Teen camp on Lake M...
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Camp Maria Olbrich, YWCA Teen Camp

Date: 07 07 1954
Description: Evelyn Howe, daughter of Professor and Mrs. Herbert Marshall Howe, 2022 Chadbourne Avenue, practices archery at Camp Maria Olbrich, a YWCA Teen Camp locate...
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Campers at a Table

Date: 1921
Description: Two men are sitting on benches at a table in front of a fishing camp log cabin in northern Wisconsin. Both men are wearing hats, and the man on the right h...

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