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Jigsaw Puzzle

Date: 04 17 1957
Description: An elderly woman, Josephine Fell, is the "adopted grandmother" to a Girl Scout that visits her and works with her on a puzzle at Rosemary's Nursing Home in...
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Preparing for Scout-O-Rama

Date: 04 16 1958
Description: Boy Scouts lash together lengths of wood as they put up an exhibit about pioneering for Scout-O-Rama.
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Girls Scouts and Dormitory

Date: 08 30 1954
Description: A group of girls, including several Girl Scouts in uniform, photographed in the youth residence hall at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Boy Scout Hijinks

Date: 1946
Description: Elevated view during a meal at the Wisconsin State Fair, where a crowd of Boy Scouts mug for the camera.
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Officers of Scout Leaders Club

Date: 09 28 1944
Description: Officers of the Scout Leaders Club learning to build fires, making tin can stoves, and using outdoor equipment. Left to right are: Mrs. Eldred Tygum (Willn...
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Girl Scouts at Camp Brandenburg

Date: 07 23 1945
Description: Four girl scouts and a camp counselor starting a fire in a camp fireplace as they start to prepare dinner at Camp Brandenburg near Springfield Corners. Pi...
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Girl Scouts at Camp Brandenburg

Date: 07 23 1945
Description: Three girl scouts and the camp director chatting while sitting on a cot in a tent at Camp Brandenburg near Springfield Corners. Pictured left to right: Mar...
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Boy Scouts

Date: 1946
Description: Three young men in uniform, most likely boy scouts, standing with a model airplane. The men are being filmed for television at the Iowa State Fair.
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Girl Scout Troop 46 East Jr. High School

Date: 03 12 1949
Description: Margaret Brigham, 2814 Lakeland Avenue, is shown giving her ice skates a good cleaning as part of the Girl Scout project on care of property and equipment.
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Recreation Student Teaches Brownies

Date: 11 23 1949
Description: University of Wisconsin recreation student Barbara Burrell teaches Brownies to play "Duck, Duck, Goose." Shown are Dudgeon School Brownies Troop 102: Maril...
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Nakoma Girl Scouts, Troop 42

Date: 12 16 1949
Description: In preparation for Christmas, Girl Scout Troop 42 of Nakoma School made 30 stuffed animals for children at the Washington Orthopedic school, and 100 Christ...
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Madison's First Camp Week

Date: 05 23 1950
Description: Three members of the camp advisory committee of the Community Welfare Council, sponsor of Madison's first Camp Week, look at literature and materials displ...
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Madison's First Camp Week

Date: 05 23 1950
Description: Four Girl Scouts and Brownies register for summer camps with Mrs. Mary Grindrod, a member of the scout staff. The girls are, from left: Roxie Ann Bjelde, B...
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Cub Scouts Donating Toys to Empty Stocking Fund

Date: 12 02 1950
Description: Cub Scouts from Pack 304 place toys for less fortunate boys and girls under a Christmas tree at St. Mark's Lutheran Church. The toys will go to the Wiscons...
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Cub Scouts Pack Donated Toys to Empty Stocking Club

Date: 12 07 1951
Description: Members of Cub Scout Pack #304, sponsored by St. Mark's Lutheran Church, place toys under their Christmas tree that will be donated to the Empty Stocking C...
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Lowell School Cub Scouts With Christmas Toys

Date: 12 15 1951
Description: Four members of the Lowell School cub scout pack are shown with toys they have collected and repaired for the Wisconsin State Journal's Empty Stocki...
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Queen of Peace Cub Scout Pack 315, Den 4

Date: 02 21 1952
Description: Members of Cub Scout Pack 315, Den 4, at Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church are shown at their annual Blue and Gold Banquet. They are standing behind ...
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United Givers Fund Officials And Boy Scouts

Date: 07 28 1954
Description: Two United Givers campaign fund officials inspect a Boy Scout project, a model log home. Left to right: William E. Corder, Scout executive; F. Leon Sanna, ...
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Brownies with Japanese Dolls and Kimonos

Date: 03 10 1958
Description: Eighteen members of Van Hise School's Brownie Troop No. 187 wearing kimonos and Brownie uniforms while watching an adult show a Hina Doll, a ceremonial dol...
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Neighborhood House: Boys at The Roost

Date: 1929
Description: Group of boys getting ready for bed in a corner of The Roost in Piper's Woods (a 10 acre woods located a mile and a half past Forest Hill cemetery on the S...

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