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Picnic by the Water

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Description: Cars are parked on the right near the water. Two people are sitting at a picnic table near the shoreline, and a third person is holding a pot over a campfi...
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Swimmers and Boat in Siskiwit Lake

Date: 1935
Description: View of six boys and men swimming in Siskiwit Lake by a wooden boat. In the background is the shoreline and trees.
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Lakeside Park

Date: 1932
Description: Children and adults enjoy a sunny day at the Lake Winnebago shore in Lakeside Park in Fond du Lac.
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School Picnic

Date: 1931
Description: Teacher Marian Violet Metcalf, center, stands among her students as they prepare to roast marshmallows at the school picnic. Picnic baskets and a large mar...
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Fishing

Date: 1931
Description: View across water towards a group of pupils from the Dyer School fishing from the banks of a stream "about a mile south of school." They are using long can...
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Picnic Grove

Date: 1930
Description: Students of the Mayo School, District No. 1, have gathered with their families for a picnic at a grove on the Deerskin River. Automobiles are parked under ...
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Lifting Nets on Lake Superior

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Description: Four fishermen in a boat lift nets on Lake Superior. The far shoreline is in the background.
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Rib Mountain Ski Lodge

Date: 02 19 1949
Description: Rib Mountain Ski Lodge. There are a number of skiers on the left, and people stand near the lodge. Cars are parked on the right.
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Camp Randall

Date: 11 14 1936
Description: Elevated view of Camp Randall. Badger game final score: Cincinnati 7, Wisconsin 27.
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Games at Taliesin

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Description: A group of people playing a game at Taliesin. Some of them are kneeling on the ground.
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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...
Historical Object

Olivia Monona Exhibitor ID Card

Date: 1933
Description: Exhibitor identification card for opera singer Olivia Monona who worked as a representative of the Stayform Company at the Century of Progress World's Fair...
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Champs '39-'40

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Description: Group portrait of ten young women on a basketball team. Two women on the left are holding a basketball that has "Red's" written on it, and a woman in the c...
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Tobogganing

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Description: A large group of children are piled onto a toboggan. Other children are standing behind the toboggan on the left, and one young woman is standing on the ri...
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Tobogganing

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Description: View down hill toward a group of children walking up the hill in the snow. The children at the back of the line are dragging a toboggan. There appears to b...
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Dr. Birge at Trout Lake

Date: 1930
Description: Dr. Birge sitting in a boat, probably at Trout Lake. The outboard motor on the boat has been tilted out of the water. A wooded shoreline is in the distance...
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Fellowship Farm Children's Camp

Date: 1945
Description: A casual group portrait of children of pacifist families at Fellowship Farm. Written on back: "Back row: Virginia Bright, Jeanine Graham(?) holding Charles...

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