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Encampment of the Travellers on the Missouri River

Date: 1832
Description: Travellers setting up camp along the Missouri River.
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Camp Ne-Un-Gah Ah-Rue-Chu

Date: 07 1873
Description: Adams and Juneau Counties: Camp Ne-Un-Gah Ah-Rue-Chu (Mosquito Bite), in Adams County; four men are lounging under a tent.
Photograph

Camping with the International Scout

Date: 1972
Description: Color advertising photograph of two men setting up camp in a wooded area. The men have two 1972 International Scouts, one a 4x4 with the top removed (foreg...
Photograph

Boy Scouts Raise the Flag at Campground

Date: 1972
Description: Color photograph of Boy Scouts raising a flag as others stand at attention during a ceremony. Tents and a 1972 International Scout pickup are in the backgr...
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Campsite with Fire

Date: 08 1927
Description: Man tending to a campfire while a woman is preparing a meal on a picnic table by a tent. A car is parked next to the campsite and a dog is sniffing at a te...
Photograph

Weiner Roast at Kiddie Camp

Date: 08 29 1933
Description: Kiddie Camp children around campfire, watching frankfurters roast in a pot over the fire, tended by Oswald B. Neesvig, president of Madison Packing Co. Mos...
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Chicago Traveling Club

Date: 1878
Description: A tent of the Chicago Traveling Club with a sign on it saying "Always Hungry," and men with walking sticks, straw hats and a flute lounging on the ground i...
Photograph

Chicago Traveling Club at McBride's Point

Date: 07 1875
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 ...
Photograph

Men and Women by Tents

Date: 1879
Description: A group of interestingly dressed men and women posed before a line of tents. The men are wearing uniforms, possibly those of a band. Fishing poles and cha...
Photograph

Camp on the Youghiogheny River

Date: 05 06 1894
Description: Setting up camp on a bank of the Youghiogheny River. William Turville holds a canvas bag of bedding, while Jessie hands her son Fredrik a satchel from the ...
Postcard

Tourist Camp, Lakeside Park, Lake Winnebago

Date: 1934
Description: Tourist camp at Lakeside Park on Lake Winnebago.
Photograph

Group of Men in Woods

Date: 06 01 1947
Description: Six men seated in a circle in a wooded area at Island Lake, Ontario, Canada.
Photograph

Camping Party at Devil's Lake

Date: 07 1876
Description: A camping party rests at the top of a bluff at Devil's Lake State Park.
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Woman with Towel

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Description: A woman stands with a towel near a campsite. Various other towels are hanging from the surrounding trees.
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Kitchen Crew

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Description: Four men wearing white aprons attend to kitchen duties outdoors at a campsite. There is a tent in the background.
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Man Cooking Over Open Fire

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Description: A man wearing an apron cooks over an open fire at a campsite near a tent. Smoke or sunlight obscures the image.
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Group Under Tent Awning

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Description: Three women and a man rest under a tent awning.
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Women Waving from Wagon

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Description: Three women wave as they sit on a wagon pulled by a horse.
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Men Resting in Tent

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Description: A group of young men rest inside of a tent. One man plays a harmonica while others listen and or read.
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Camping Scene with International Harvester Scout

Date: 1961
Description: A man is unloading camping goods from the back of an International Harvester Scout parked in a wooded area, while another man is sitting in front of a tent...

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