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| Date: | 08 1937 |
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| Description: | Camping trailers and automobiles are parked in a wooded area. Several trailers have awnings over the windows. The caption on the negative envelope reads" "... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | View across park towards a boy dwarfed by Norway pines in the campground at Bradley Park. There are several tents in the background and a car is parked on ... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Two smiling men, one carrying long fishing poles and the other a set of paddles, are walking away from their campsites while two women are working at a pic... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A woman wearing a bandana on her head is sitting at a picnic table talking with another woman who is standing in front of a tent-style camping trailer. Bot... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Members of the Algerian Expedition in the desert under the shelter of a tent open at the sides and front. The men are on the ground in sleeping bags. A hat... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | An unidentified man is posing outdoors wearing a straw hat, long-sleeved shirt and slacks, with a bark basket worn as a backpack. He is carrying a tackle b... |
| Date: | 06 1938 |
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| Description: | Three men are preparing supper over a small campfire at the edge of a wooded area. At right, two men are tending to food cooking in frying pans, while the ... |
| Date: | 07 21 1954 |
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| Description: | Three boys receiving craft instruction in how to braid thongs for use in making a pair of "Indian" moccasins from Dick Carman (right). The boys (left to ri... |
| 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... |
| Date: | 02 1959 |
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| Description: | Two men cooking food wrapped in foil on a grate over a fire outdoors. One man's sleeve has a patch that reads: "Family Camping, MFCA Milwaukee." A child is... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Four boys wearing light-colored summer clothes are posing beside a car with camping gear tied above the rear bumper. There is a second car parked ahead of ... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from steep hillside towards a campsite along a road, with a large willow tree in the background behind the tents. Power poles and lines are a... |
| Date: | 05 1968 |
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| Description: | A Boy Scout or Scout Leader, with "Madison Wis 101" on his shoulder patch, making pancakes in a skillet over an open fire. Beside the skillet is a coffee p... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Four young women are posing sitting on the ground in front of a large tent. One man is standing behind the women at left, while another is sitting on a tre... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Tent St. Evangelical Camp Grounds, Lomira, Wis." A man is standing in a wooded area with rows of tents on the right and left. Two cam... |
| Date: | 08 13 1908 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Tabernacle, Evangelical Camp Grounds, Lomira, Wis." Adults and children pose in front of the Tabernacle at the Evangelical Camp Groun... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "First Lesson in Wrestling, Camp Highlands, on Plum Lake, Sayner, Wisconsin." A teacher begins a class in wrestling with a group of st... |
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