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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 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 ...
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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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Camp at Crooked Creek

Date: 06 03 1894
Description: Ten-year-old Fredrik, Jessie's brother William Daniel Turvill,and Reuben Gold Thwaites, have a meal at a campsite at Crooked Creek.
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Making Coffee

Date: 11 16 1925
Description: Abelessa, Chapuis and De Prorok make coffee.
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

Man Cooking Over a Camp Fireplace

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

Campfire Cooking

Date: 1910
Description: Franklin E. Bump, brother-in-law of Dr. Smith, and one of his children cooking on a fire pit in front of their campsite. The campsite is situated in the wo...
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...
Photograph

Scout Camper

Date: 1963
Description: A man reclines on the bed of the extended Scout camper, watching a woman cooking breakfast on the stove. Butter, eggs, milk, coffee and donuts are visible ...
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Cooking on a Campfire

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Description: Three men are sitting around a campfire cooking meat and hash on iron skillets. There are trees and a lake in the background.
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Camp Sidney Cohen Family Campout

Date: 02 1959
Description: Two men cooking food wrapped in foil on a grate over a fire outdoors. One man's sleeve has a patch that reads: "Family Camping, MFCA Milwaukee." A child is...
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Klondike Flapjacks

Date: 05 1968
Description: A Boy Scout or Scout Leader, with "Madison Wis 101" on his shoulder patch, making pancakes in a skillet over an open fire. Beside the skillet is a coffee p...
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Two Men Camping with Scout and Trailer

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Description: Two men are cooking at a campfire. Behind them is a parked Scout truck which has a trailer attached to the back. Two rifles are leaning against the side of...

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