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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 ...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Girls in YWCA Camp Bunks

Date: 07 06 1944
Description: Young girls posing on the top and bottom bunks at YWCA's Camparia Olbrich on Lake Mendota. In the upper bunk, left to right: Kathryn Eye, Barbara Fellows,...
Photograph

Boy Scout Troop 5

Date: 06 14 1944
Description: Outdoor group portrait of Boy Scout Troop 5, with Scoutmaster J.J. Feeney and Assistant Scoutmaster Bill Lavin. Photograph was taken in front of their new ...
Postcard

Poplar Tourist Cabins

Date: 1940
Description: Automobiles parked outside the Poplar Tourist Court.
Photograph

Girl Scouts at Camp Brandenburg

Date: 07 23 1945
Description: Four girl scouts and a camp counselor starting a fire in a camp fireplace as they start to prepare dinner at Camp Brandenburg near Springfield Corners. Pi...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Dr. Orwood Campbell's Cabin

Date: 1943
Description: Cabin located in the woods of Madeline Island.
Photograph

Barney Johnson Cabin in the Woods

Date: 1940
Description: One-story house with a stone chimney in the woods.
Photograph

Soldiers Washing Feet

Date: 1942
Description: Three soldiers from the 14th Infantry are sitting on a bench and washing their feet in their helmets in a wood cabin with a screen to the outside. One of t...
Photograph

Panama Camp Construction Workers

Date: 1942
Description: The camp construction executive and workers gather to pose for a group portrait in Panama. The executive is sitting in a chair and the workers are gathered...
Photograph

Soldier in Shower

Date: 1942
Description: A soldier from the 14th Infantry taking a shower with his pants on at a military base in Panama. The soldier is shirtless and has his arms raised behind hi...
Photograph

Soldier with Dog

Date: 1942
Description: A soldier at a base in Panama sitting with the base's mascot, a small dog. The dog has matted, muddy fur and is sitting on wooden steps. A few steps above ...
Photograph

Panamanian Men and American Woman

Date: 12 1942
Description: A Panamanian boy is standing between two indigenous Panamanian men. They are all wearing face paint and flowers in their hair. One of the men and the boy a...
Map or Atlas

Door County : Tourist Map of Door County, Wisconsin, with Directory of Summer Resorts

Date: 1940
Description: This tourist map of Door County, Wisconsin, lists the points of interest and tourist hotels, cabins and cottages in the area. Ferry schedules to Washington...
Postcard

The Highlands

Date: 07 21 1949
Description: Text on the front reads: "The Highlands, Hy. 41 and 20, 21 miles south of Milwaukee, P.O. Sturtevant, Wis. - Phone: 18W." Additional text on the reverse: "...
Postcard

Cabin Among the Northern Pines

Date: 03 30 1945
Description: Text on front reads: "Cabin Among the Northern Pines, Greetings for Tomahawk, Wisconsin." On reverse: "Here in the Northland are found numerous scenes such...

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