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045 - Joy Camps Boat Fleet

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Description: View from shoreline from pier of campers in boats on the water. Rowing crews and kayaks are in the foreground. Original caption notes that this image offer...
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046 - Young Woman in Birch Bark Canoe

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Description: Young woman in birch bark canoe on a lake close to the shoreline. She is holding a paddle.
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047 - Young Women in Canoe with Oars

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Description: Group portrait of four young campers posed near the shoreline in a Joy Camps canoe displaying the Joy Camps logo (boat displays lettering and numbering "JC...
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048 - Girls and Camp Counselors in Canoes

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Description: Large group portrait of campers and counselors sitting in a row of fourteen Joy Camps canoes, side-by-side in a lake. A raft floats in the water behind the...
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049 - Young Women in Rowboat on Lake

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Description: View across water of five young women in a rowboat near the shoreline.
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091 - Four Scenes from Joy Camps Waterfront

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Description: Page from Joy Camps photo album displaying four photographs. At the top left is a birch bark canoe on a covered stand with paddles on racks. At upper right...
Historical Object

093 - Joy Camps Water Activities

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Description: Page from Joy Camps photo album displaying five photographs. On the left is a Snipe setting sail with a camper and Miss Camp aboard. The top middle photogr...
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142 - Swimming Class at Joy Camps

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Description: Water scene, with many campers in swimsuits lined up on a dock, some standing, some sitting. A number of campers are also in the water, wearing swim caps. ...
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145 - Rowboat with Camp Counselor and Camper

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Description: Close-up of a camp counselor and young camper in a rowboat on the water. They are looking at each other and smiling. Both are wearing white shirts and dark...
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Camping Ground at Fish Lake

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Description: View along shoreline towards three boys sitting in a rowboat, and another boy sitting on the shore. A number of empty rowboats are pulled up on the shore b...
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Rowing on Lake Archibald

Date: 1899
Description: A foursome is boating on Archibald Lake. William Leonard Burnap, standing up in the boat, is wringing water out of something with his hands. The man sittin...
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Wallace Rumsey Rowing on Archibald Lake

Date: 1902
Description: A close-up of Wallace Rumsey rowing on Archibald Lake. Photo album page heading reads: "The recreations of Uncle Wallace."
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Emily McDonald Rowing

Date: 08 03 1905
Description: With her back to the camera, Emily McDonald is rowing a boat on Archibald Lake. Large rocks and grasses are in the foreground. Caption reads: "Emily McDona...
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Ellen Holt and Mr. Delbridge in Boats on Archibald Lake

Date: 1905
Description: View from boat across water towards a group of five out in two boats on Archibald Lake. On the left, Harriet Stroh is rowing while Ellen Holt is sitting an...
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Washington Park Lagoon

Date: 1950
Description: View of people fishing and boating in Washington Park Lagoon. Three boys are fishing with long bamboo poles from the bank on the left, and two boys are in ...
Postcard

Lac Courte Oreilles

Date: 08 18 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Lake Court Oreilles, Reserve Wis." A man in a rowboat looks out over the lake from a tree lined bay.

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