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Jessie Thwaites Wiping Dishes

Date: 05 13 1894
Description: Jessie Thwaites seated outdoors near a tent wiping dishes.
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Franciscan Missionaries of Mary

Date: 1912
Description: Girls at camp read around the fire at Camp St. Helene with the Franciscan missionaries of Mary. A forty-eight star flag, plants, and a religious statue can...
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Pocono Lake Preserve

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Description: A tent holding two cots stands in the woods. Caption reads: "A Cam p in the Wood, Pocono Lake Preserve."
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Wintering in Florida

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Description: A man holds a gun while standing near a table in a campsite surrounded by palm trees. Caption reads: "Wintering in Florida."
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International Scout Hauling Camper

Date: 1973
Description: View towards lake and mountain with an International Scout hauling a camper parked next to the shoreline. A man, woman, and three children are gathered beh...
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Wisconsin Thematic Panel 12-18

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Description: She didn't quite make clear what we were going to find when we got here
on the outer edge of worry
It wasn't Chinamen and it wasn't wild rice
A ha...
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Riverview Free Campground

Date: 1927
Description: The campsites among the trees and tall grass at Riverview Campground. A few tents are set up, and a group of guests are around a picnic table.
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089 - Campers Posed with Canoes on Shoreline

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Description: View from shoreline looking down at six campers on the shoreline of the lake. Four of the girls are standing on the shoreline, and two more girls are sitti...
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Scout with Trailer Camper and Covered Wagons

Date: 1978
Description: Scout and a Coachmen pop up camping trailer parked in a field in a valley. A row of covered wagons are behind the Scout and the camping trailer. In the bac...
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Scout wih Camper

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Description: Three-quarter view from front of passenger side of Scout with camper top parked outdoors. A man is standing looking at rocks set on the hood.
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Western Canoe Association Members at Picnic Point

Date: 1894
Description: Seven members of the canoe association are posed around an eighth member, who is lying face down on a padded cot, covered with ferns. Ferns have been strat...
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Trip East with Aunt Ella

Date: 1926
Description: Elevated view from steep hillside towards a campsite along a road, with a large willow tree in the background behind the tents. Power poles and lines are a...
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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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