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Three Hearing Impaired Children Leave for Camp

Date: 07 30 1955
Description: Three hearing impaired children leaving in a car for "The Retreat," a summer camp near Wautoma, Wisconsin. The trip is sponsored by the Parents Council for...
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Eau Claire Tourist Cabins

Date: 1929
Description: Bartlett's Cabin Camp on Highways 10 &12 near Eau Claire.
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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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Baraboo Campground

Date: 1925
Description: The free tourist campground in Baraboo. Although similar free facilities were clustered in resort areas, by 1926 the Highway Commission engineer could rep...
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Baraboo Campground

Date: 1925
Description: Free public campground at Baraboo, one of 200 such facilities then made available to the traveling public by Wisconsin municipalities.
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Camp Wakanda

Date: 07 22 1947
Description: Sailing instructor at YMCA Camp Wakanda Harry Stuhldreher Jr. is shown steering a sail boat on Lake Mendota with (L to R) Timothy Rice, Dick Lower, and Ran...
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Boys at Camp Wakanda

Date: 07 22 1947
Description: Six boys enjoying their grass covered lean-to in front of a campfire at YMCA Camp Wakanda. L to R in the foreground are: John Omernik, John Stephens, John ...
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Contributors to Camp Wawbeek

Date: 12 12 1947
Description: 'Roundy' Coughlin receiving a check for $1,085 from eleven contributors for "Roundy's Fun Fund". The money is to be used for Camp Wawbeek which is located...
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Camp Wakanda Activity

Date: 07 27 1948
Description: Camp Wakanda YMCA campers activities include boxing. Two boys boxing with large boxing gloves are Lawrence Fish, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Fish, 842 Terr...
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Roundy Couglin and Show Troupe

Date: 06 23 1949
Description: Group portrait of Roundy Couglin and members of the Dodson Imperial Shows at Camp Wawbeek, where they had gone to entertain the 93 children camping there. ...
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Brownie Day Camp

Date: 06 28 1949
Description: Three girls doing craft work at the Brownie Day Camp at Burrows Park. Left to right, Barbara Jean Jull, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Jull, 2434 East Jo...
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Brownie Day Camp

Date: 06 28 1949
Description: Four girls wading in Lake Mendota. They were attending the Brownie Day Camp at Burrows Park. Left to right: Marilyn Dvorak, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred...
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Group of Ho-Chunk Men and Boys

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Description: A group of Ho-Chunk men and boys standing in front of two canvas tents set up at a Ho-Chunk gathering, possibly a cranberry camp. The smiles on their faces...
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Ho-Chunk Women and Girl Making Fry Bread

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Description: Alice Cloud and Mrs. Mallory making frybread at a cranberry camp at Trow’s Marsh. The marsh extends from south of Merrillan to north of Millston. Frybread ...
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Wally Byam Airstreamer

Date: 06 1959
Description: Two men with cameras around their necks stand near a couple in a Plymouth pulling an airstream camper through a gate. The sign on the gate in the backgroun...
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Madison's First Camp Week

Date: 05 23 1950
Description: Members of the Y-Teen group of the YWCA talk over summer camp plans with Patricia Powell, YWCA staff member who will be in charge of musical activities at ...
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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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Madison's First Camp Week

Date: 05 23 1950
Description: Four Girl Scouts and Brownies register for summer camps with Mrs. Mary Grindrod, a member of the scout staff. The girls are, from left: Roxie Ann Bjelde, B...
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YWCA Camp for Working Girls

Date: 06 01 1950
Description: Four young working women who plan to attend the YWCA camp for working girls on Lake Mendota 12 miles from the Capitol are pictured, left to right, with a s...
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Girl Scouts at Camp Greenwood on Picnic Point

Date: 07 06 1950
Description: Girl Scouts gather outdoors at Camp Greenwood, a day camp at Picnic Point for Intermediate Girl Scouts between the ages of 10 and 14. The Girl Scouts pictu...

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