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After the Fair is Over

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Description: William Kammoeller, a 4-H Junior Fair camper, waiting in the Youth Building for the car to take him home.
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Unitarian Work Camp Participants

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Description: Group portrait of participants of the Unitarian Work Camp at the Highlander Folk School. The central male figure is identified as Fred Lasse.
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Koinonia Children's Campers in Lake

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Description: Children swimming in a lake as part of Highlander Folk School's Koinonia Children's Camp.
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Koinonia Children's Campers in front of Library

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Description: Group portrait of children and adults, some carrying stuffed animals, in front of the library at the Koinonia Children's Camp. Ruthie Hartford in the cente...
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Unitarian Work Campers Cleaning School Grounds

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Description: Two work campers at the Highlander Folk School cleaning the school grounds. The boy in front is using a scythe to clear brush.
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Koinonia Children's Camp Archery

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Description: Koinonia Children's campers at the Highlander Folk School participating in archery.
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Milking a Cow at Children's Camp

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Description: Barbara King, 5-years-old, milking a cow and feeding a cat at the Highlander Folk School Children's Camp.
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Swimming in Lake Highlander

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Description: Youth project and children's campers swimming in Highlander Lake
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Refugees Learning Hebrew at a Displaced Persons Camp

Date: 08 18 1946
Description: Refugee children learning Hebrew at a displaced persons camp school; Germany. Saul Sorrin was interviewed as part of the Wisconsin Survivors of the Holo...
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Women in an ORT School Learn Dressmaking

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Description: Women learning the dressmaking trade at an ORT school in a displaced persons camp; Germany. Saul Sorrin was interviewed as part of the Wisconsin Survivo...
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Refugee Child Acting in a Play

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Description: Portrait of a refugee child acting in a play at a Displaced Persons camp; Germany. Saul Sorrin was interviewed as part of the Wisconsin Survivors of the...
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Craft Class

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Description: Girls sitting at a picnic table enjoy an outdoor craft class at Camp Alobregate. A building with a stone chimney is in the background.
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YMCA Camp Wakanda

Date: 07 04 1953
Description: A scene from YWCA's day camp at Camp Wakonda, located on a shore of Lake Mendota. During craft time, Gerald Peck, James Foster, and Russell Bright paint sm...
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9th Annual Wisconsin Students' Association Student Leadership Conference

Date: 09 25 1958
Description: University of Wisconsin faculty members and students meet at the YMCA Camp Wakanda for the 9th annual Wisconsin Students' Association (WSA) student leaders...
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9th Annual Wisconsin Students' Association Student Leadership Conference

Date: 09 26 1958
Description: University of Wisconsin faculty members and students met at YMCA Camp Wakanda for the 9th annual Wisconsin Students' Association (WSA) student leadership c...
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139 - First Aid Bandaging at Joy Camps

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Description: Two campers kneel on a blanket on the ground, demonstrating bandaging. Several other campers are gathered around the blanket, some on the ground, some stan...
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Olin Day Camp Activities

Date: 07 15 1958
Description: Instructor Jean Loy watches Mark Anderson touch a match to some wood for a bonfire.
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Olin Day Camp Activities

Date: 07 15 1958
Description: Camp director Jo Mancuso shows Jeff Anderson, Ann Grosse, and Charles Starr how to tie a "clove hitch" knot at the Olin day camp.
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First Lesson in Wrestling

Date: 1936
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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