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Black Earth Tourist Park

Date: 1925
Description: The tourist park in Black Earth. Typically such facilities were free for motorists.
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Family Camping

Date: 1925
Description: A Native American (possibly Ho-Chunk) family rests at their campsite under a large tree. There is a bucket suspended over a small campfire.
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Tourist Free Campground

Date: 1925
Description: An information station advertising: free camping, with hot sandwiches and coffee, and tents and cots for sale. On a utility line pole, there are signs for ...
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Free Tourist Park

Date: 1925
Description: The entrance to the Carthwaite Park tourist camp and picnic grounds. There is a sign for a filling station 1 mile ahead. A car is parked inside the grounds...
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Tourist Free Camp Ground

Date: 1925
Description: A log cabin and park car at the Tourist Free Camp Ground. The cabin has a sign that reads, "New Glarus Settled 1845."
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Marinette Tourist Camp

Date: 1925
Description: Stand of pine trees and pitched tents, with automobiles, in the Marinette Tourist Camp.
Map or Atlas

Official Map of Wisconsin State Highways Showing Type and Condition

Date: 1925
Description: This map shows road surfacing, camp sites, rivers, lakes, county boundaries, and cities. Original caption reads, "Compliments Hotel Witter Tour Information...
Map or Atlas

Our Own Map Official Road Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1925
Description: The map shows the entire state with portions of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Michigan. The map shows concrete, gravel, all weather earth, clay, and sand ...
Photograph

Algerian Expedition Camp

Date: 1925
Description: Members of the Algerian Expedition in the desert under the shelter of a tent open at the sides and front. The men are on the ground in sleeping bags. A hat...

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