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Woman with Towel

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Description: A woman stands with a towel near a campsite. Various other towels are hanging from the surrounding trees.
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Woman at Campsite

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Description: A woman stands near two tents at a campsite and holds a coffee pot.
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Outdoor Meal

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Description: A group of men and women eat at a table underneath a tent awning.
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Group Under Tent Awning

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Description: Three women and a man rest under a tent awning.
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Group in front of Tents in Clearing

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Description: A group of three women and three men relaxing near tents decorated with foliage and American flags. One of the men is holding a bicycle.
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Powwow Encampment

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Description: Ho-Chunk awnings and tents with a few individuals nearby, including a child in a light-colored dress, and a woman with a long braid sitting in the grass. P...
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Clam Camp Housing

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Description: Clam camp housing and tents with forest in the background. Four men are sitting on the right, in the center are two women, one standing and one sitting, an...
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Campsite at Merrill Springs

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Description: The Jonas' campsite at Merrill Springs. There are two tents pitched in a grove of trees. Two women and two men are outside the tents.
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Two Women Pose for an Outdoor Photograph

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Description: Two women pose for an outdoor photograph at the Jonas' campsite at Merrill Springs. One woman sits on a stool with her needlework while another kneels behi...
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Badminton Game at Campsite

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Description: Four individuals, presumably the Jonas family, play badminton at their campsite. A horse grazes behind the individuals playing badminton.
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Camp Woodland

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Description: Two women converse on a dirt path between wood and canvas cabins at Camp Woodland. Some of the structures have potted plants in front of them.
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Campers before their Tents

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Description: Several women and children wearing dresses or swimming suits gather around two tents set up in a wooded area. A dirt road passes through the foreground.
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Couples Camping at Mt. Tom Camp

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Description: Three couples posing for a group portrait in front of tents at Mt. Tom Camp. The woman sitting at center is holding a bouquet of flowers, and clothing is h...
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Camp Kennington

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Description: Campers relax in front of their tents in a wooded grove at Camp Kennington. The women and children are wearing light-colored dresses, and the man is wearin...
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Amacoy Lake Resort

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Description: A mother, father, and son pose outside of a cabin at Amacoy Lake Resort. The woman and boy are holding pint berry boxes of fruit.
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University of Wisconsin Tent Colony

Date: 07 15 1954
Description: Professor J. Duke Elkow and his family stand at their "summer home" at the University of Wisconsin tent colony on Lake Mendota.
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Migrant Worker Housing

Date: 1969
Description: A migrant worker family stands in front of a parked vehicle and a cabin that serves as temporary housing in a Wautoma labor camp. Some of the children are ...
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Cottage at Little Mountain Resort

Date: 1930
Description: A group of men and women pose on the lawn outside their cottages at the Little Mountain Resort.
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Entrance to the Pine Grove Camp

Date: 1928
Description: View from driveway with stone columns, over road towards the entrance gate to the Pine Grove Camp. People are standing near an automobile, tents and an out...
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"Hoosier Lodge for Hoosier Hospitality" US Hwy 12

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Description: View down dirt road of the tourist camp with cottages. There is a building for men's and women's showers in the foreground, and a building marked "Toilet" ...

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