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Female Snake Charmer

Date: 1935
Description: A female snake charmer with the Cole Brothers Circus, watched by two children.
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Young Men's Christian Association Camp

Date: 1905
Description: The villa at the Young Men's Christian Association Camp. A group of girls and boys are sitting on the lawn on the left and two more people are sitting on t...
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Boy Scout Camporee at Olin Park

Date: 05 27 1944
Description: Boy Scouts at the Dane District Boy Scout Camporee at Olin Park shown grouped about their tents.
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Three Boys with Fireworks

Date: 07 04 1902
Description: Three boys holding fireworks stand near a tent or open-sided awning in a backyard near a house.
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Three Ho-Chunk Children in a Field

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Description: Three Ho-Chunk children posing for a group portrait in a field known as Browneagle Bottoms. The children are, left to right, Maude Browneagle (WeHunKah), L...
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Panoramic Ho-Chunk Group Portrait

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Description: A panoramic group portrait of Ho-Chunk men, women, and children, possibly gathered for a powwow. They are posed standing and sitting in a field in front of...
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Syl Raking Lawn

Date: 1900
Description: Syl raking a lawn wearing a sailor suit with a cap. In the background are steps leading up to a small porch. A small tent or open-sided awning is pitched i...
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Camp Wanasquetta

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Description: A view of boys reading and relaxing underneath a semi-permanent canvas-roofed tent on a platform at Camp Wanasquetta.
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Girls Around the Maypole with Flowers

Date: 1913
Description: Group of girls holding fabricated flowers around a maypole at an annual school festival in Belwood Park. A large group of fellow students and teachers look...
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Vehicles Parked at Agricultural Instruction Meeting

Date: 1915
Description: View down road of horses with horse-drawn carriages parked on the left near what appears to be a park. On the right automobiles are parked along near comme...
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University of Wisconsin Tent Colony

Date: 07 15 1954
Description: Professor J. Duke Elkow and his family stand at their "summer home" at the University of Wisconsin tent colony on Lake Mendota.
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Children's Class of the Milwaukee Turners

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Description: Children’s class of the Milwaukee Turners, gathered outside in a park. George Brosius appears on the platform and several people are wearing band uniforms....
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Small Group in front of a Tent

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Description: Two women, a boy, and a man playing the trumpet are posing sitting in front of two men and two women standing in front of a tent, wooden building, and fenc...
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Group of People Gathered at a Big Top Tent

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Description: Group portrait of people gathered in front of a big top tent. The men are wearing suits, and the women and girls are wearing dresses and have flowers on th...
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On the Knoll, Summer Encampment, Young Men's Christian Association College

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Description: View of tents along a dirt road at the YMCA College summer camp. Each tent is raised up on platforms, with steps up to the entrance. A woman and children a...
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Wild West Show, Madison

Date: 1900
Description: Four children on the left are standing and looking through the open door of a stagecoach, in which a man, (obscured by the side of the coach) is sitting wi...
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Group of Children at Sunday School

Date: 1935
Description: One of two images under the headline: "How Children Keep Busy in Alaskan Tent Colony." Original caption reads: "How do the children live in the Wisconsin-M...
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4-H Fair

Date: 07 21 1954
Description: A boy is lining up his bull for judging in the Waukesha County Junior Fair. The event is taking place in a tent. Spectators in folding chairs are sitting o...
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Tabernacle, Evangelical Camp Grounds

Date: 08 13 1908
Description: Text on front reads: "Tabernacle, Evangelical Camp Grounds, Lomira, Wis." Adults and children pose in front of the Tabernacle at the Evangelical Camp Groun...
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Outagamie County Fair

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Seymour Fair 1907." Elevated view of fairgoers at the grounds with horses, buggies and automobiles. An exhibit building is on the lef...

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