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Boy at Bat

Date: 06 20 1963
Description: Helmeted boy swings a bat at city of Brown Deer's recreation department baseball camp.
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Alice in Dairyland, Mary Ellen Jenks

Date: 09 02 1953
Description: Mary Ellen Jenks, the 1953 Alice in Dairyland, visits a Boy Scout camp, where she is surrounded by admiring scouts and a member of the navy.
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Chapel at Willerup Camp in Cambridge

Date: 1926
Description: Caption reads: "Chapel at Willerup Camp — Lake Ripley — Cambrdige. Wis." The camp was named for the Danish immigrant minister, Christian B. Willerup, who e...
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Camp Ammon

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Description: Entrance to "Camp Ammon," the Boy Scout camp at the Wisconsin State Fair. The camp was named for the director of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture.
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After the Fair is Over

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Description: William Kammoeller, a 4-H Junior Fair camper, waiting in the Youth Building for the car to take him home.
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Young Men's Christian Association Camp

Date: 1905
Description: The villa at the Young Men's Christian Association Camp. A group of girls and boys are sitting on the lawn on the left and two more people are sitting on t...
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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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Pickering Camp

Date: 1920
Description: View across water towards the C.R. Pickering Camp on Mill Creek, in summer. The shelter is on a hill overlooking the pond.
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Pickering Camp

Date: 1920
Description: C.R. Pickering Camp on Mill Creek, in winter with snow on the ground. On the opposite shoreline is a shelter on the hill overlooking the creek, with a set ...
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Technical Service Team at Camp Interstate

Date: 1936
Description: An outdoor portrait of the Technical Service Team at Camp Interstate. From left to right are Kunsman, Hollister, Podolske, Preston, Greaves, Hurd, Solberg,...
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Camp Stella

Date: 1913
Description: Camp Stella on Sand Island of the Apostle Islands. View includes tents, lamp post, bridge and flag pole.
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Koinonia Children's Camp at Highlander

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Description: Group portrait of eleven children practicing archery in the woods of the Highlander Folk School. Part of the Koinonia Children's Camp program. Fourth from ...
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Clinton Youth at Highlander Folk School

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Description: Four girls hiking up a mountain as an excursion during the Clinton Youth session at Highlander Folk School. Clinton Youth was a Unitarian work camp from th...
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Unitarian Work Camp Participants

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Description: Group portrait of participants of the Unitarian Work Camp at the Highlander Folk School. The central male figure is identified as Fred Lasse.
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Relaxing During Koinonia Children's Camp

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Description: Group of boys and one man relaxing in a lean-to at the Highlander Folk School, behind the nursery school. Part of Koinonia Children's Camp. David Tate seen...
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Koinonia Children's Camp Group Portrait

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Description: Group of children in front of a tent. Part of Highlander Folk School's Koinonia Children's Camp.
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Koinonia Children's Campers in Lake

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Description: Children swimming in a lake as part of Highlander Folk School's Koinonia Children's Camp.
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Koinonia Children's Campers in front of Library

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Description: Group portrait of children and adults, some carrying stuffed animals, in front of the library at the Koinonia Children's Camp. Ruthie Hartford in the cente...
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Boys at Koinonia Children's Camp

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Description: Three young boys and a man in front of a tent. Part of Highlander Folk School's Koinonia Children's Camp. David Tate on left.
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Unitarian Work Campers Cleaning School Grounds

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Description: Two work campers at the Highlander Folk School cleaning the school grounds. The boy in front is using a scythe to clear brush.

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