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Aldo Leopold

Date: 1940
Description: Caption on negative sleeve: "Aldo Leopold and son Luna (standing); Mrs. Leopold and two daughters Nina and Estella (kneeling). 'Shack' in background." The ...
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Swimming Race at Camp Wakanda

Date: 1923
Description: Boys line up on pier for swimming race at Camp Wakanda.
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Bible Camp

Date: 08 15 1947
Description: Group portrait of children and adults at a Free Methodist Church bible camp, with cabins in the background, taken for Reverend James Shaw. The site had bee...
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Bible Camp

Date: 08 15 1947
Description: Outdoor group portrait of children and adults at a bible camp, with cabins in the background, taken for Reverend James Shaw. The site was the Hallelujah Ca...
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Eleazer William's ("Lost Dauphin") Cabin Site

Date: 1900
Description: A young girl and a woman working a field with horses. Trees and buildings are in the background.
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Overlooking Devil's Lake

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Description: An elevated view of Devil's Lake with a cabin in the foreground.
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Cabin at Devil's Lake

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Description: Three men rest outside a large cabin in a densely wooded area at Devil's Lake.
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Cabins at Al's Place on the Turtle Flowage

Date: 1933
Description: Modest cabins located along shoreline of Turtle Flowage on a cloudy day.
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Cabins and Boats at Al's Place on the Turtle Flowage

Date: 1935
Description: View from water of vacation cabins and boats along lake shoreline of Turtle Flowage. The roof of the building on the right says: "Al's Place / Lunches — Ca...
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Cars Parked by House

Date: 1933
Description: Old cars parked in tall grass next to a house with a porch; a gas pump is on the right. There is a smaller dwelling with a car parked next to it on the lef...
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Cottage at Schilleman's Sylvan Resort

Date: 1938
Description: A cabin located in woods consisting of young birch and pine trees, a wooden chair situated under the trees. Sylvan Retreat was located near Lac du Flambeau...
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Hall's Resort on Chippewa Lake

Date: 1935
Description: View across road of an automobile parked next to a building that has a gasoline pump in front of it by the dirt road of County Trunk B. There is a hand-pai...
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Entrance to Scheer Bros. Boulder Lodge

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Description: A woman stands next to a boulder along a drive leading to cabins. "BOULDER LODGE" is printed on the boulder. Boulder Lodge is located on Ghost Lake.
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Boulder Lodge on Ghost Lake

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Description: A car parked by resort cabins on cutover land. There is a birdhouse perched on a tall pole in the yard.
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Boulder Lodge

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Description: A woman sitting on a horse near cabins at Boulder Lodge.
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Slabsides

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Description: 'Slabsides,' the Adirondack-style, rustic cabin and studio of naturalist John Burroughs, constructed by Burroughs and his son, Julian, near his nine acre R...
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Bedford Springs Cabin

Date: 1860
Description: View of an old cabin, built in 1860, on the grounds of the Bedford Springs Hotel. In the foreground is a dirt road, and a pedestrian is walking near the fe...
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Cowboys Outside of Their Cabin

Date: 1905
Description: A view of cowboys posing outside of their log cabin dwelling. Three stand against the wall, while four sit. The sitter on the right has a banjo. In the lef...
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Nordland Camp for Boys

Date: 1940
Description: A view of a cabin and the tent grounds of Nordland Camp for boys, operated as an auxiliary of the German-American Bund, the American Nazi Organization. A f...
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United States Naval Training Camp

Date: 1918
Description: A view of uniforms hanging on a clothesline and cabins in a wooded area at the United States Naval Training Camp.

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