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YMCA Camp Wakanda
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A scene at YMCA's day camp at Camp Wakanda, located on a shore of Lake Mendota. Counselor Rick Dettloff, standing on a pier, steadies a canoe for Jerry Hannifan, left, and Jay Hintz.
August 3, 1953
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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