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Raftsman's Series Unnumbered: Eating On Board

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Description: Stereograph of a group of raftsmen eating at a table onboard a lumber raft near the shoreline.
Photograph

Carnival at Taliesin

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Description: Tents, people in costume, and food tables at a carnival on the grounds of Taliesin. Taliesin was the Wisconsin residence of Frank Lloyd Wright and the Tali...
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Reverend Carl Christian Aas Home

Date: 1873
Description: The home of the Reverend Carl Christian Aas (1843-1898), with the family posing around a table in front of a fence in the foreground. There is a rocking ho...
Photograph

Blackhawk Council of Girl Scouts Roundup

Date: 05 07 1955
Description: Five Girl Scouts bringing food supplies to their leaders, Mrs. William J. Chapin of Madison (on the left), and Mrs. Ernest Just of Sauk City (on the right...
Photograph

Bear Island Picnic

Date: 1916
Description: Group having a picnic on Bear Island of the Apostle Islands. Group includes Cora A. Hull, Mrs. Chute, John Webb, Bob Webb, Mrs. Webb, Mrs. Austin, and Mr. ...
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Apostle Island Picnic

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Description: Group having a picnic on the shore of an Apostle Island. There is a large sailboat behind the group.
Painting

Residence of Mr. Daniel Lewis

Date: 1881
Description: Watercolor painting of farm and farmhouse, residence of Mr. Daniel Lewis.
Photograph

Curiosities In Springdale, Wisconsin

Date: 1874
Description: "Curiosities in Springdale, Wisconsin." A view of Nellie Springen, perhaps with her family, at a rocky outcropping enjoying coffee.
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Picnicking near Lake Superior

Date: 1914
Description: Four individuals, sitting in the shade near a table during a picnic on Madeline Island. Includes Elizabeth Nesbet (Mrs. S.C. Marty, Sr.), Gertrude Capser (...
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Algerian FLN Members Having Tea

Date: 08 1957
Description: Algerian National Liberation Front members laughing while having tea. Two men are leaning against a large boulder inside a cave. There are cups at their fe...
Photograph

FLN Members Having Tea

Date: 08 1957
Description: Algerian members of the National Liberation Front sitting at the entrance of a cave having tea. Rifles are leaning against the rocks behind them. The men a...
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FLN Member Making Tea

Date: 08 1957
Description: An Algerian National Liberation Front member watches a tea kettle over a fire. He is sitting in between two boulders and has a scarf around his neck.
Photograph

Picnic in the Forest

Date: 1938
Description: View looking down hill of two men and two women having a picnic at a table in the forest. Three automobiles are parked nearby. In the background are trees ...
Document

M. Quinn Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of M. Quinn, "Dealer in Pine Lands," with two men in front of a tent at a campsite, one of whom is cooking over a campfire and the other is sitt...
Photograph

Jones Cottage on the 'Island'

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Description: Eight men are posing outside the porch of a cottage which is surrounded by trees. There are blankets and clothes hanging on the clothesline. A work table w...
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School Picnic

Date: 05 14 1931
Description: Students from the Eagle Corners School, District No. 3, Township of Eagle, roast marshmallows over a fire at Barett's Hill (spelled Barrett's on the revers...
Photograph

Man Cooking Over a Camp Fireplace

Date: 1930
Description: Man cooking over a camp fireplace in a wooded area.
Photograph

022 - Dining Porch

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Description: Interior view of the Dining Porch, which ran the entire length of the Main Lodge. View from porch is to the southeast, with a view of Lake Raymond (now kno...
Photograph

132 - Camp Craft Activities

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Description: Page from Joy Camps photo album displaying four photographs. Original caption notes: "Scenes from camp craft activities during 1940..." (the remainder of t...
Historical Object

Camp Craft at Joy Camps

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Description: Page from Sue Ann Hackett Blue Album displaying scenes of Joy Camps camp craft activities during Beaver Point trip. Includes fires and lashings, campers ea...

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