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| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Two men cook at griddles while another leans on an open door to one of many tents at a Civil War army camp. |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Quite possibly this is the "View of the Dining Tent" listed in the "Centennial Views of the City of Madison, July 4th, 1876. Views of Chicago Light Guard" ... |
| Date: | 07 1875 |
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| Description: | Chicago Traveling Club encamped at McBride's Point at Maple Bluff on Lake Mendota near Madison. An African American sits at the left foreground with pans ... |
| Date: | 05 13 1894 |
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| Description: | Jessie Thwaites seated outdoors near a tent wiping dishes. |
| Date: | 06 03 1894 |
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| Description: | Ten-year-old Fredrik, Jessie's brother William Daniel Turvill,and Reuben Gold Thwaites, have a meal at a campsite at Crooked Creek. |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | "The Southern Prisons of U.S. Officers: Scenes from life as a prisoner of war, with explanations--sketched by Lieut. & Top Eng'r O.R. Dahl, 15th Wisconsin ... |
| Date: | 07 08 1896 |
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| Description: | An informal group is seated under an awning in the garden of the Fairchild house at 302 Monona Avenue (later renamed Martin Luther King Boulevard). Picture... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | A group of men sharing a meal at a fishing camp near Thunder Lake. |
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