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Refugees in a Food Warehouse at a D.P. Camp

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Description: Refugees stand behind supplies in a food warehouse at a displaced persons camp; Germany. Saul Sorrin was interviewed as part of the Wisconsin Survivors...
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Ice Cream Being Sold at a Displaced Persons Camp

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Description: Ice cream being sold outside of a "beer-bar" at a Displaced Persons camp; Germany. Saul Sorrin was interviewed as part of the Wisconsin Survivors of the...
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Ho-Chunk Women and Girl Making Fry Bread

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Description: Alice Cloud and Mrs. Mallory making frybread at a cranberry camp at Trow’s Marsh. The marsh extends from south of Merrillan to north of Millston. Frybread ...
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Camping

Date: 1960
Description: A campsite at Hiawatha National Forest. Men and women sits at a picnic table, while children sit by the campfire.
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Neighborhood House: Boys in Meal Line at Camp

Date: 1929
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...
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109 - Various Scenes Joy Camps

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Description: Page from Joy Camps photo album displaying seven photographs. Scenes depicted: canoes and campers on a lake; campers on a wooden footbridge; campers cookin...
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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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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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Fred LePenske

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

Date: 1916
Description: A candid, outdoor portrait of Joe Paris, the camp cook.
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Canadian Rangers' Camp

Date: 1911
Description: Two Canadian Rangers eating a meal by the campfire at their camp on Eden Island by Quetico Lake.
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Splitting Wood

Date: 08 1911
Description: The Gang split wood for the cooking fire at their camp by Sturgeon Lake.
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Making Pie

Date: 1909
Description: The camp cook, Joe Paris, rolling out pie crust on a wooden box at a camp.
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Cooking at the Camp

Date: 1909
Description: One of the boys watching as one of the men is cooking over the fire in "the kitchen" at their camp.

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