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Loggers Dining at Camp

Date: 1907
Description: Loggers at dinner in the woods north of Glen Flora. The man in the center is filing his saw.
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Ojibwa Lodge

Date: 1906
Description: Ojibwa chief's lodge from Lac Courte Orielles Reservation set up at the 1906 Wisconsin State Fair. Note both reed and bark coverings on the lodge. A number...
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Raftsman's Series No. 1404; Laying Up For Wind And Drying Out

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Description: Group of eight men sitting on shore around a fire, with the river and a boat in the background.
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Family Camping Trip

Date: 09 06 1988
Description: Family members gather around a campfire to enjoy biscuits and sausages cooked on the grill at Naga-Waukee Park.
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Camping with an International Travelall

Date: 1971
Description: Color advertising photograph of a family singing by a campfire near a Travelall 1010 truck and a Mallard camper. A man is in the foreground chopping wood f...
Book or Pamphlet

International Travelall Tow Wagons

Date: 1971
Description: Front cover of an advertising brochure for International Travelall tow wagons with the slogan: "Get away from it all." Features color photograph of a campi...
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Cyanotype of Chippewa Indians

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Description: Cyanotype print of Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians near Bradley Junction which is near Minocqua. The group is standing in front of a wigwam, and a woman in the r...
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Cyanotype of Chippewa Indians

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Description: Cyanotype print of Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians near Bradley Junction, near Minocqua. A man wearing a suit and hat is standing in the background.
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Production of Maple Syrup

Date: 1927
Description: Man in "sugar bush" (grove of maples) boiling down maple sap in production of maple syrup. Probably Wisconsin.
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Fish Boil Fire

Date: 1967
Description: Outdoor view of two pots used for a fish boil. One pot is engulfed in flames and children are running from the area.
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Fueling Fish Boil Fire

Date: 1967
Description: A man fueling a fire for a fish boil, as people look on.
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2nd Wisconsin, Company C

Date: 1862
Description: Non-commissioned officers of Company C of the 2nd Wisconsin. From left to right they are W.S. Rouse, R. Ash, G.E. Smith, N.H. Whittemore, O.F. Crary, and J...
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Homeless Man near Fire

Date: 1969
Description: Overhead view of a homeless man sitting by a fire in a large barrel.
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Laundry at Highlander

Date: 1935
Description: Early 1930s laundry group that helped staff members. Dorothy Carlson at right.
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Picnic by the Water

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Description: Cars are parked on the right near the water. Two people are sitting at a picnic table near the shoreline, and a third person is holding a pot over a campfi...
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Four Men Around a Campfire

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Description: In a field with houses in the background, four men are gathered around what appears to be a campfire, from which smoke is visible. Two men are sitting, two...
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Man Cooking Over Open Fire

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Description: A man wearing an apron cooks over an open fire at a campsite near a tent. Smoke or sunlight obscures the image.
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Men Having a Picnic

Date: 06 1927
Description: Edward J. Rickers with UW nightwatchman "Gramps," on a Lake Mendota outing. They are seated on the grass together with a picnic lunch and a campfire. There...
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Ho-Chunk Women and Girl Making Fry Bread

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Description: Alice Cloud and Mrs. Mallory making frybread at a cranberry camp at Trow’s Marsh. The marsh extends from south of Merrillan to north of Millston. Frybread ...
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Group around Campfire

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: A group of young audience members crowd around a campfire in the camping area of the Sound Storm music festival.

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