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Group of Campers at McBride's Point
1879
A group of campers at McBride's Point at Maple Bluff on Lake Mendota near Madison, Wisconsin. They are equipped with German exercise equipment (exercise pins, "kegels"), a horn (like a miniature al...
Campers at McBride's Point
1873
A group of campers at McBride's Point at Maple Bluff on Lake Mendota. They are equipped with German exercise equipment (exercise pins, "kegels"), a horn (like a miniature alpen horn), an axe and ar...
Children on Picnic at Lakeshore
1870
Large picnic group, mainly children, at lakeshore, possibly McBride's Point in Maple Bluff on Lake Mendota near Madison.
Chicago Traveling Club at McBride's Point
July 1875
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 and utensils for cooking. One man has a fl...
Norwegian Sunday School Picnic
1873
A Norwegian Sunday school picnic, perhaps held at Maple Bluff on Lake Mendota. The original stereograph is in the collection of the Norwegian-American Historical Society in Northfield, Minnesota.
Members of the Chicago Traveling Club
1875
Members of the Chicago Traveling Club are encamped on the shores of Lake Mendota and are posed with their tents, guns, cooking equipment, boat, paddles, shovels and an American flag. Many of the me...
