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Girl Scouts Around a Camp Fire

Date: 10 10 1941
Description: Eight Girl Scouts kneeling around a campfire inside a campfire ring at Camp Indianola.
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Girl Scouts at Camp Indianola

Date: 10 10 1941
Description: Eight Girl Scouts are standing on and near a tree at the edge of Lake Mendota, with the Madison skyline in the background at Camp Indianola.
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Chicago Traveling Club at McBride's Point

Date: 07 1875
Description: Chicago Traveling Club encamped at McBride's Point at Maple Bluff on Lake Mendota near Madison. An African American sits at the left foreground with pans ...
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Girls at Camp Maria Olbrich

Date: 07 06 1944
Description: Five girls in a row boat on Lake Mendota at the YWCA's Camp Maria Olbrich. Seated left to right: Volala Still, Jane Botham, Doris Elliott, Gloria Trader, a...
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Girls on a Pier at Camp Maria Olbrich

Date: 07 06 1944
Description: Five girls sitting on a pier on Lake Mendota at YWCA's Camp Maria Olbrich. From left to right: Edith Gannon, Sally Smith, Mary Ellen Segerson, Turabelle O...
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YMCA Camp Wakanda Campers

Date: 06 25 1945
Description: Large group of boys standing in a line on a pier at YMCA Camp Wakanda on Lake Mendota.
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YMCA Camp Wakanda Campers

Date: 06 25 1945
Description: A counselor, Marty Steiner, is shown with three campers: Richard Pope, Michael Donagan and Robert Winslow, in a sailboat at YMCA Camp Wakanda on Lake Mendo...
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Lake Katrina at Camp Brandenburg

Date: 07 23 1945
Description: Scenic view of Lake Katrina at Girl Scout Camp Brandenburg near Springfield Corners. Several girl scouts are below in the distance on a pier, and in the sh...
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Girl Scouts at Camp Brandenburg

Date: 07 23 1945
Description: Girls scouts boating on Lake Katrina at Camp Brandenburg near Springfield Corners. Pictured pushing the rowboat is Mary Lou Steinike. In the rowboat from l...
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Mt. Horeb Swimming Class

Date: 08 03 1945
Description: A Red Cross instructor with a children's swimming class at the Bluemounds swimming pool. The instructor is George Steiner, assistant principal at Madison W...
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Milwaukee Yacht Club

Date: 08 01 1914
Description: Milwaukee Yacht Club, located at the foot of E. Layfayette Street on Lake Michigan. Numerous sailboats are in the harbor, and individuals are on the pier.
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Camp Wakanda

Date: 07 22 1947
Description: Sailing instructor at YMCA Camp Wakanda Harry Stuhldreher Jr. is shown steering a sail boat on Lake Mendota with (L to R) Timothy Rice, Dick Lower, and Ran...
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Mendota Yacht Club Members

Date: 08 09 1947
Description: A few of the children of Mendota Yacht Club members, seated on the terrace at the James Payton house, 409 N. Blair Street. Left to right: Mark Nesbit, Jimm...
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YWCA Winter Activities

Date: 01 04 1950
Description: Instructor Doris Greene, at right, teaches swimming class to seven young women as part of the YWCA Winter Activities program. At the edge of the pool are (...
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YWCA Winter Activities

Date: 01 04 1950
Description: Instructor Patricia Patterson, 621 North Frances Street, teaches the correct technique for the side stroke to Alice Well, 2 Langdon Street, who is seated o...
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Girl Scouts at Camp Greenwood on Picnic Point

Date: 07 06 1950
Description: Girl Scouts carry water up a hill to their camp site at Camp Greenwood, a day camp at Picnic Point for Intermediate Girl Scouts between the ages of 10 and ...
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Inland Lakes Yachting Association Regatta

Date: 08 24 1950
Description: "Jay-Flight" (H-6), the C Class sailboat owned by John and Jerry Frautschi, sons of Mr. amd Mrs. Walter (Dorothy) Frautschi of 31 Paget Road, made the best...
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Inland Lakes Yachting Association Regatta

Date: 08 24 1950
Description: "The Albatross IV," a sailboat owned by Terry Lentz of Pewaukee, is shown with its crew during one of the races of the 49th Annual Regatta of the Inland La...
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Madison Soap Box Derby, Mineral Point Racers

Date: 07 22 1951
Description: Outdoor group portrait of Soap Box Derby racers from Mineral Point.
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Mendota Yacht Club

Date: 08 04 1951
Description: Four youth, members of the Mendota Yacht Club, in a sailboat on Lake Mendota. The sailboat is being towed by another boat. Other sailboats can be seen in t...

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