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| Date: | 05 26 1945 |
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| Description: | Outdoor group portrait of Boy Scouts, Troop #16 from Blessed Sacrament Church, at Four Lakes Council Camporee in Olin Park. |
| Date: | 08 29 1933 |
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| Description: | Kiddie Camp children around campfire, watching frankfurters roast in a pot over the fire, tended by Oswald B. Neesvig, president of Madison Packing Co. Mos... |
| Date: | 05 27 1944 |
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| Description: | Boy Scouts at the Dane District Boy Scout Camporee at Olin Park shown grouped about their tents. |
| Date: | 06 25 1945 |
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| Description: | Large group of boys standing in a line on a pier at YMCA Camp Wakanda on Lake Mendota. |
| Date: | 07 10 1951 |
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| Description: | A scene at Camp Greenwood on Picnic Point for intermediate Girl Scouts. Attempting to erect a tent, are left to right: Constance Selsrud; Elaine Weitzman, ... |
| Date: | 08 04 1953 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 08 04 1953 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 07 07 1954 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Page from the Tansy Camp Fire Girls album kept by Neighborhood House, with groups of girls posing at the end of a pier, in front of tents, on the remains o... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Group of boys standing in line, holding empty plates to be filled by a cook, wearing a chef's hat, who is standing behind a half-door with a pan in one han... |
| Date: | 11 02 1961 |
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| Description: | Cold weather sent a YWCA camping experience indoors for the 49 girls attending. Those in line for camp-type food of wieners and baked beans include Annette... |
| Date: | 11 02 1961 |
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| Description: | Jennifer Jueds is shown enjoying milk and a hot dog as she relaxes on her "bed" in the gymnasium of the YWCA. She is one of 49 girls who spent 24 hours cam... |
| Date: | 11 02 1961 |
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| Description: | Patty McCutchin is shown attentively listening to a story while resting on a bedroll in the gym of the YWCA. Other pajama-clad girls are nearby reading or ... |
| Date: | 11 02 1961 |
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| Description: | Betsy Silber and Ann Simmons are shown in lively conversation in their sleeping bags on the floor of the YWCA gym. Cold weather sent 49 girls inside for th... |
| Date: | 09 11 1964 |
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| Description: | Boy Scout with backpack getting ready for a Camporee which will take place Oct. 2 - 4, 1964. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Campers on Picnic Point. Tents are set up along the shore, under the trees. A few campers are in front of their tents. A canoe is barely visible on the rig... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | View down worn path towards several tents pitched on platforms along a slope. The caption on the back reads: "Tents for summer school students in the Eagle... |
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