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Fixing Dinner at Camp

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Description: View of four girls fixing dinner over a campfire. Two pots hang from a spit over the fire and a girl carries an armful of logs. Behind them, a tent can be ...
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Pocono Lake Preserve

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Description: A tent holding two cots stands in the woods. Caption reads: "A Cam p in the Wood, Pocono Lake Preserve."
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Wintering in Florida

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Description: A man holds a gun while standing near a table in a campsite surrounded by palm trees. Caption reads: "Wintering in Florida."
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Preparing for the Hunt

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Description: Hunters on horseback prepare for a hunt in front of a campsite with many trees and tents.
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Obama Supporters

Date: 10 10 2008
Description: A couple of Obama supporters in a makeshift bed across from John McCain rally line.
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Tourist Campground

Date: 1924
Description: View across lawn of automobiles parked beneath trees at a tourist campground. A group of people are standing near a picnic table.
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Allen Park

Date: 04 13 1925
Description: Elevated view over the Illinois River towards Allen Park, a free tourist camp. Tents are set up along the bank of the river, and a bridge spans the water i...
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YMCA Camp Wakanda

Date: 08 04 1953
Description: A scene from YMCA's day camp at Camp Wakanda, located on the shore of Lake Mendota. Left to right: John Kaiser, David Williamson, and Mark Foster, standin...
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YMCA Camp Wakanda

Date: 08 04 1953
Description: Fritz Ragatz (foreground) and (from left) Billy Garrott, Frank Kellogg, and Jack Kendall sitting in front of the fireplace in one of the cabins at YMCA's C...
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Tourist Free Campground

Date: 1925
Description: An information station advertising: free camping, with hot sandwiches and coffee, and tents and cots for sale. On a utility line pole, there are signs for ...
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Free Tourist Park

Date: 1925
Description: The entrance to the Carthwaite Park tourist camp and picnic grounds. There is a sign for a filling station 1 mile ahead. A car is parked inside the grounds...
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Tourist Camp Grounds

Date: 1924
Description: Looking down from a hilltop of a car parked under a tree. The campground is populated with well-dressed families walking down a path, and their parked cars...
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Fishing Good at "Rustic Knoll"

Date: 06 1926
Description: A man poses holding a fish in both hands. Two boys wait at the service window of a log cabin.
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Soldiers Build a Tent

Date: 1942
Description: Two soldiers from the 14th Infantry building a "wiki-up", or place to sleep while on patrol, in a jungle in Panama. One man has a cigarette in his mouth.
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Gallop Inn Resort on Elk Point

Date: 1931
Description: Men and women, some in bathing suits, pose in front of the Gallop Inn Resort restaurant.
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Camping Grounds at Gogebic Park

Date: 1936
Description: View of tents, benches, cars and trees at the camping grounds at Gogebic Park.
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Camping Family with Travelette

Date: 1963
Description: A family camps alongside a body of water with an International Travelette.
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Camp Maria Olbrich, YWCA Teen Camp

Date: 07 07 1954
Description: Five girls prepare a meal around a campfire at Camp Maria Olbrich, a YWCA Teen Camp on the shore of Lake Mendota near Fox Bluff. Left to right are: Carol ...
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Two Men in front of Tent

Date: 1935
Description: View of one man wearing a suit and tie sitting on a cot in front of a canvas tent. Another man wearing a dress shirt and tie is standing next to him in fro...
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Saskatchewan Family on Camping Trip

Date: 1930
Description: Outdoor family photograph of a mother, father, daughter and two sons. They are standing in between a canvas tent and an automobile with a Saskatchewan lic...

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