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Posing By the Swimming Hole

Date: 10 24 1943
Description: Three officers of General Walter Krueger's staff stand on a log in front of a swimming hole located on Goodenough Island, in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (p...
Photograph

Rustic Cabin at Birchcliff Hotel

Date: 1926
Description: View from wooden bridge of a log cabin in the woods towards group of people. Two women standing at the end of the bridge, another woman stands on the front...
Photograph

Main Lawn at Pine Glen Properties

Date: 1931
Description: View across lawn of a group of women and one man. The guests of the hotel are relaxing under the trees on the lawn of the resort. A man and a woman are hol...
Postcard

Log Cabin, Dixie Lodge

Date: 1943
Description: Photographic postcard view of a log cabin in the woods. Caption reads: "Log Cabin, Dixie Lodge, Balsam Lake, Wis."
Postcard

Ridge-Birchwood Cottages — Kangaroo Lake

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Description: Photographic postcard view of a cottage surrounded by trees and a lawn. A man and woman are sitting in lawn chairs near an oval-shaped stone bordered group...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 124-131

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Description: Sunday was the day when, to a stranger,
almost nothing happened. But to us
it was the best day of all
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 343-350

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Description: Years ago, there was a man-sound from the hills, and a lifetime later
its aged and legendary echo
Photograph

Shelter at Bernard's Park

Date: 1930
Description: View across lawn towards a large shelter at Bernard's Park filled with people. Other people relax at picnic tables in under trees in the foreground.
Photograph

Men Relaxing by a Lake

Date: 1908
Description: Unidentified ground-level view of three men laying in the grass relaxing by the shore of a lake.
Photograph

Tennis at the Birchcliff Hotel

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Description: Two men playing tennis on the Birchcliff Hotel tennis court. Another group of guests are playing croquet on the lawn in the background. People relax on cha...
Photograph

Group of People Playing Croquet

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Description: People playing croquet on a lawn next to tennis courts. In the background on the left, people are relaxing under trees across the road. Cottages are in the...
Photograph

A Day in the Park

Date: 1903
Description: Family group enjoying themselves on the lawn in Tenney Park.
Photograph

Wilbur J. Cohen and His Brother

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Description: Wilbur J. Cohen holds an ax over his brother's neck. His brother has put his head on a log stump. The location is Wilbur Cohen's home in Silver Spring, Mar...
Postcard

Mann's Resort, Trout Lake

Date: 08 06 1911
Description: A postcard sent by C.L. (Neal) Harrington to his sister Alice Harrington in Hurley, Wisconsin. A young man is standing near a fence on the right, and behin...
Photograph

069 - Three Campers Seated on Outdoor Cabin Steps

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Description: Three campers relax outdoors on the front steps of a cabin. Two of the campers, one holding a stuffed animal, are sharing a book. The third camper, seated ...
Photograph

074 - Camp Counselor Reading to Four Young Campers Outdoors

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Description: A camp counselor, seated in an Adirondack chair, wearing a white shirt, dark shorts, and saddle shoes, reads to four young campers who are gathered around ...
Photograph

Beach Scene

Date: 06 16 1953
Description: View of a crowd of people, mostly in swimsuits, at what might be Vilas Beach on Lake Wingra. There is a concession stand in a building in the background. A...
Historical Object

112 - Joy Camps Younger Camp Pioneers

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Description: Page from Joy Camps photo album displaying five photographs. Young campers are captured in various activities, all near wooded areas. One camper in one pho...
Photograph

114 - Group of Young Campers on Seesaw

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Description: Group of younger campers sitting and standing on a wood seesaw near trees.
Historical Object

115 - Younger Campers at Joy Camps

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Description: Page from Joy Camps photo album displaying four photographs of younger campers. In one photograph campers are standing on a dock near two boats. In two pho...

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