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Ole Emerson's Lumber Camp Bunkhouse

Date: 1902
Description: Lumbermen in their bunk house at Ole Emerson's lumber camp. Several of them have pipes in their mouths and their socks are hanging to dry.
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Entrance to Scheer Bros. Boulder Lodge

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Description: A woman stands next to a boulder along a drive leading to cabins. "BOULDER LODGE" is printed on the boulder. Boulder Lodge is located on Ghost Lake.
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Nordland Camp for Boys

Date: 1940
Description: A view of a cabin and the tent grounds of Nordland Camp for boys, operated as an auxiliary of the German-American Bund, the American Nazi Organization. A f...
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Camp Woodland

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Description: Two women converse on a dirt path between wood and canvas cabins at Camp Woodland. Some of the structures have potted plants in front of them.
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Camp Occiuepet

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Description: View across water toward the cabins and boathouse at Camp Occiupet. Two boys stand on the shoreline while readying a boat for launch, and another boy sits ...
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Campers and Tents

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Description: Two tents and two cabins stand in a clearing surrounded by trees. Adults and children sit and stand in the doorways of the dwellings.
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Lumberjacks in the Bunkhouse

Date: 1904
Description: Lumberjacks posing together in a bunkhouse at Ole Emerson's lumber camp. There are lanterns hanging from the ceiling. Two of the men are holding fiddles (v...
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Amacoy Lake Resort

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Description: A mother, father, and son pose outside of a cabin at Amacoy Lake Resort. The woman and boy are holding pint berry boxes of fruit.
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Lumber Camp Scene

Date: 1911
Description: Group portrait of loggers and support staff in a lumber camp. In front (holding dog) is T.J. Thompson, a man that traveled using a sled pulled by his dog. ...
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Migrant Worker Housing

Date: 1969
Description: A migrant worker family stands in front of a parked vehicle and a cabin that serves as temporary housing in a Wautoma labor camp. Some of the children are ...
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Murray's Cabins — Jct. 12 & Cty Trunk M

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Description: The main entrance to the Murray's Cabins Resort. On the right, two women are sitting in chairs next to a dog sitting on top of a table. The arched gate ent...
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Continental Cabin Camp No 16 — Highway 12

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Description: View from other side of road towards the Continental Cabin Camp and Texaco station along Highway 12. There are people standing near two parked cars.
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019 - Interior of "Living Cabin" IV

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Description: Interior view of several campers posing inside one of the "living cabins." One of the girls is sweeping the cabin floor. Original caption notes: "Note spac...
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020 - Another Interior of "Living Cabin" IV

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Description: Interior view of one of the "living cabins" with several campers relaxing on bunk beds. Original caption notes: "Note spaciousness, comfortable bunks, ampl...
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025 - Adirondack Lean-To with Campers

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Description: Exterior view of Adirondack Lean-to with several campers gathered around the stone fireplace. Some of the campers are holding or carrying an axe, a pocket ...
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135 - Cabin IV at Bedtime

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Description: Large group of campers outside their cabin, dressed in pajamas and bathrobes. Some of them are using dippers with metal pails; on the far left a row of dip...
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Hunters on the Pond

Date: 1910
Description: View across water towards a group of seven men posing on a dock in front of a small hunting shack in the middle of a marsh. Ducks hang on stringers attache...
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Several Camp Scenes from Sue Ann Hackett Blue Album

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Description: Page from Sue Ann Hackett Blue Album displaying several photographs. Includes one of the cabins (exterior view), Miss Rusty (one of the Joy Camps counselor...
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Scenes from Joy Camps, with Nametag

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Description: Page from Sue Ann Hackett Blue Album displaying several photographs and name tags for clothing. Includes one of the cabins (exterior view), and some of Sue...
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Sue Ann Hackett with Friends

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Description: Page from Sue Ann Hackett Blue Album displaying several photographs. Includes dock on lake, with distant shoreline, Sue Ann with a friend and her mother, o...

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