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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...
Postcard

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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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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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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Camp St. John Exercise Drill

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Description: A group of boys at Camp St. John performs an exercise drill while wearing pajamas. The group is gathered on a hilltop in front of cabins and farmhouses. O...
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Camp Gregory Flag Lowering

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Description: A group of boys and young men salutes while gathered in a semi-circle around a pole during the lowering of the American flag at Camp Gregory. There are tw...
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Camp St. John Flag Raising

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Description: A group of uniformed campers stands in formation at Camp St. John while watching the raising of the American flag. Three cabins stand to the left and tree...
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Y.W.C.A. Camp

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Description: Four female campers stand and sit around a Y.W.C.A. camp cabin furnished with several beds and a dressing table.
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Camp Lenoloc Arts and Crafts Cabin

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Description: Girls gather around the entrance to the log Arts and Crafts cabin at Camp Lenoloc. The cabin is elevated and surrounded by trees.
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Camp Sherwood Basket Making

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Description: A group of campers sits on the porch of a cabin while making baskets at Camp Sherwood. Several others sit on a dock or wooden walkway leading from the cabi...
Postcard

Tourist Camp

Date: 09 01 1928
Description: Photographic postcard view of the Bruce Tourist Camp. A dirt road curves into the camp, with a large sign at the entrance, and cabins, picnic tables and ma...
Postcard

Wonderspot Cabins

Date: 07 10 1950
Description: Photographic postcard view of two cabins surrounded by a lawn and trees at the Wonderspot Resort. Caption reads: "Wonderspot Cabins, Bruce, Wis."
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The Landing at Minokemeg Camp

Date: 1938
Description: View from pier of group of children and a man on the sandy shore of Buffalo Lake.
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Parade Grounds at Camp Delta

Date: 1938
Description: Landscaped grounds under large white pine trees in the foreground, buildings in the background. A man is walking along the stone-lined road on the left, an...
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Whip-Poor-Will Camp

Date: 1937
Description: View from water of cabins and boats near shoreline of inland lake.
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Camp Mercer on the Manitowish River

Date: 1934
Description: View of the cabins or bunkhouses of Camp Mercer across the Manitowish River.
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Cabin at Pigeon Lake Organization Camp

Date: 1937
Description: View of a cabin and picnic table at Pigeon Lake Organization Camp in the Chequamegon National Forest. The cabin is surrounded by trees, and in the distance...
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Green Bay Food Company Camp

Date: 1966
Description: Buildings along an unpaved road served as a camp for migrant farm workers working for the Green Bay Food Company.

In 1946, more than 4,000 farmworkers fr...

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Central Wisconsin Labor Camp

Date: 1967
Description: A central Wisconsin labor camp consisting of a row of wooden framed building with asphalt siding which housed migrant laborers. At the center, three childr...

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