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Trees for Tomorrow Environmental Center

Date: 1960
Description: Aerial view of the Trees for Tomorrow Environmental Center, with buildings, grounds, roads, and the Eagle River. Founded in 1944.
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Making Coffee at Camp

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Description: View of a man kneeling by a kettle over a campfire. Identified as camping at Perry Creek.
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Man Sitting Near a Tent

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Description: Outdoor portrait across a wooden table with wash bins towards a man sitting in front of a tent at a campsite.
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Class Room Building Kamp Kenwood on Lake Wissota

Date: 1950
Description: Exterior view of the classroom building at Kamp Kenwood on Lake Wissota. Caption reads: "Class Room Building Kamp Kenwood on Lake Wissota, Chippewa Falls, ...
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A Hunter and His Dog

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Description: View towards a European American man posing standing and holding a gun. Behind him is a table and a tent, and behind him on the left is a dog.
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YWCA's Camp Maria Olbrich

Date: 05 31 1961
Description: Peggy Moore is shown with the new sign which will mark the entrance to the YWCA's Camp Maria Olbrich on Lake Mendota.
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Porter's Park

Date: 1890
Description: Stereograph view from footbridge with rustic railings of a small boy wearing a large hat standing at the end of the footbridge. A group of adults and anoth...
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Holiday Home

Date: 1950
Description: View across lawn towards a car parked in front of the main building at Holiday Home Camp. The rambling wood frame building has several sets of stairs leadi...
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Blue Bird Cottage

Date: 1945
Description: A simple wood frame cottage is built into the slope of the hill above Geneva Lake at Holiday Home Camp. A second building is seen in the background.
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Scouts Pushing Car in Snow

Date: 1938
Description: Scouts at a winter camp push a car stuck in deep snow. Trees are in the background.
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Sue Ann Hackett in Daniel Boone Costume

Date: 1950
Description: Sue Ann Hackett standing outdoors in her first-prize Daniel Boone costume, along with badge prize attached to her belt. Sue Ann is holding a sign on a stic...
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Western Canoe Association Members

Date: 1894
Description: Outdoor group portrait of Western Canoe Association members lounging in front of their tent camp. They are all wearing caps or hats. Near the center of the...
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Indianola

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Description: View of the entrance to Camp Indianola on the north shore of Lake Mendota, which was one of the nation's oldest camps. In the background across the lawn is...
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Chippewa Camp

Date: 1930
Description: A lantern slide reproduction of a printed image of a Chippewa camp. Two dogs, center, are facing the camera. Two birch bark covered tipis are on the left; ...
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Champion Ginkgo Tree

Date: 1979
Description: A specimen of Ginkgo biloba judged to be the largest example of the species in Wisconsin in 1979. It was located at Covenant Harbor Camp at Lake Gen...
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Cabin; Whispering Pines Methodist Camp

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Description: Color postcard view of a cabin called "Cedar" at the Whispering Pines Methodist Camp on Spirit Lake.
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Fred LePenske

Date: 1907
Description: Fred LePenske sitting on a wooden crate having a meal at his group's campsite.
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Camps

Date: 1907
Description: The travelers camp near the Northern Pacific Ridge. Canoes are docked at the edge of the river, and a pile of logs are in the foreground.
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Half Way Camp

Date: 1914
Description: Several members of The Gang resting outside the log cabins at Half Way Camp on Tom Lake, north of Chicago Bay. There is a carriage on the right.
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Camp One

Date: 1916
Description: The Gang's first camp of the trip, set up near Glidden. There are two tents set up in a field, and a house is in the far background.

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