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Family Camping

Date: 1890
Description: A family campsite with a woman and three boys standing next to a canvass wall tent. In front of the tent is a campfire with pots, and a log with a hatchet ...
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Ojibwa Lodge

Date: 1906
Description: Ojibwa chief's lodge from Lac Courte Orielles Reservation set up at the 1906 Wisconsin State Fair. Note both reed and bark coverings on the lodge. A number...
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Family Camping Trip

Date: 09 06 1988
Description: Family members gather around a campfire to enjoy biscuits and sausages cooked on the grill at Naga-Waukee Park.
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International Travelall

Date: 1971
Description: Color advertising photograph of a family enjoying a campfire near their Travelall 1010 truck and Mallard camper. The father of the family strums his guitar...
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Camping with an International Travelall

Date: 1971
Description: Color advertising photograph of a family singing by a campfire near a Travelall 1010 truck and a Mallard camper. A man is in the foreground chopping wood f...
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Cyanotype of Chippewa Indians

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Description: Cyanotype print of Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians near Bradley Junction which is near Minocqua. The group is standing in front of a wigwam, and a woman in the r...
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Cyanotype of Chippewa Indians

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Description: Cyanotype print of Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians near Bradley Junction, near Minocqua. A man wearing a suit and hat is standing in the background.
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Fish Boil Fire

Date: 1967
Description: Outdoor view of two pots used for a fish boil. One pot is engulfed in flames and children are running from the area.
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Fueling Fish Boil Fire

Date: 1967
Description: A man fueling a fire for a fish boil, as people look on.
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Mayville Cheerleaders

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Description: Three cheerleaders from Mayville High School perform in front of a bonfire.
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Food, Tobacco, Agriculture Workers Cookout

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Description: Food, Tobacco, Agriculture Workers cookout. Second from left, Marny, the Pre-Education director.
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Laundry at Highlander

Date: 1935
Description: Early 1930s laundry group that helped staff members. Dorothy Carlson at right.
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Picnic by the Water

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Description: Cars are parked on the right near the water. Two people are sitting at a picnic table near the shoreline, and a third person is holding a pot over a campfi...
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Ho-Chunk Women and Girl Making Fry Bread

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Description: Alice Cloud and Mrs. Mallory making frybread at a cranberry camp at Trow’s Marsh. The marsh extends from south of Merrillan to north of Millston. Frybread ...
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Winnebago Indian Camp

Date: 1920
Description: Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Indian camp with woman seated on the ground making fry bread. There is a kettle over the fire, with a tripod holding a pot for cookin...
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Pueblo Native American Women

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Description: Three Pueblo Native American women, standing outside of an adobe structure and around a fire pit.
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Angel in the Woods

Date: 1930
Description: A model posed as an angel sits on the ground in front of a sylvan backdrop, warming her hands over a fire. She wears wings and a dress of diaphanous materi...
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Fixing Dinner at Camp

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Description: View of four girls fixing dinner over a campfire. Two pots hang from a spit over the fire and a girl carries an armful of logs. Behind them, a tent can be ...
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Group at Alabama Barbecue Pit

Date: 02 22 1915
Description: A group of men, women, and children gathered around an outdoor barbecue pit as meat roasts. The barbecue took place at Louis Frank Sessions' farm during a ...
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Making Maple Syrup

Date: 04 1957
Description: LuRay Arms and Otis Arms tending a fire while making maple syrup outdoors.

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