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Campers at McBride's Point
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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 archery equipment.
1873
Dahl, Andreas Larsen, 1844-1923
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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
1879
View of campers and tents at McBride's Point at Maple Bluff on Lake Mendota near Madison.
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.
Maple Bluff Camp
1873
Stereograph of a group of people posing by the lakeshore of Maple Bluff with tents in the background. One of the woman is holding an archery bow, two women are sitting in chairs and holding a open ...
