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Family Gathering on Basswood Island

Date: 1916
Description: Picnic on the shores of Basswood Island, Apostle Islands. Those picnicking include Harriet Webb, C.A. Hull, H.W. Rodgers, Mrs. J. Austin, Elizabeth Baker, ...
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Swimming Race at Camp Wakanda

Date: 1923
Description: Boys line up on pier for swimming race at Camp Wakanda.
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Steamboat Rock

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Description: Steamboat Rock, with two children playing at the edge of the river.
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Girls near High Rock and Romance Cliff

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Description: View down sandy beach towards Miriam and Ruth Bennett wading in river near Romance Cliff at a sand bar above High Rock.
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Boys Diving off Bulkhead of Powerhouse

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Description: A large group of boys are standing and sitting on the bulkhead of a powerhouse before a flood. The boys could dive under one side of the structure and swim...
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At the Beach

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Description: A woman and three children, all wearing hats, dresses, and shorts, are at the beach, playing in the sand. Two of the children have toy buckets. Behind them...
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Boys Playing in Water

Date: 1931
Description: Three boys playing in the water near the shoreline with their pants rolled above their knees. A fourth boy is squatting on the grassy shore, poking one of ...
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Children in Rowboats on Shoreline

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Description: Along a wooded shoreline, three children (probably J. Robert Taylor's two daughters and son)are in two boats playing. In one boat a young boy in white is ...
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Bis Sitting in Shallow Water

Date: 1918
Description: Florence (Bis) Lloyd Jones sits in the water at the edge of a lake, probably Lake Monona, wearing inflatable water wings.
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New Bath House

Date: 1938
Description: View of the new bath house at Devil's Lake State Park, taken from the pier. Two small boats are pulled up to the shore and two girls are wading in the wate...
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Children on a Rocky Beach

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Description: View toward children playing on a beach among large rocks, with beach houses and trees in the background.
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Boys Playing in Wreckage

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Description: A view across water towards a group of boys playing in and around the water near a shoreline. Many of the boys are barefoot. They are surrounded by wreckag...
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The Slide at Pease Resort

Date: 1938
Description: A large slide at Pease's Resort on the shore of the Upper Eau Claire Lake. Children are in the water near stairs that go up the hill.
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Swimmers

Date: 1905
Description: Four boys skinny dip in Lake Mendota.
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Monona Lake Assembly

Date: 1886
Description: Women and children, who are members of the Monona Lake Assembly, relax beneath the trees at the Monona Lake Assembly grounds. There are tents and small bui...
Historical Object

111 - Camp Pioneers of Joy Camps

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Description: Page from Joy Camps photo album displaying five photographs. Young campers are participating in a number of activities, including tennis, seesawing, boatin...
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William O. Petersen

Date: 1928
Description: William O. Petersen, youngest son of William F. and Alma Schmidt Petersen, plays at the Geneva Lake shore. There is a picnic basket in the background and a...
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Family Playing in Long Lake

Date: 1967
Description: A family is playing in the water at a beach. The mother is sitting in the shallow water at the shoreline, holding her baby. Another child is standing next ...
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Playing on the Beach on the Wisconsin River

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Description: View from rock cliff looking down at four girls standing on a beach in a square, throwing a beach ball to each other. The older girls are standing in the w...
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Family Playing on a Beach at Long Lake

Date: 1967
Description: A woman and a baby are sitting in the shallow water on a sandy shoreline. A man and child are playing with a beach ball nearby further out in the water. Th...

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