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Camp Douglas
1912
Bird's-eye view of Camp Douglas with several tents set up at center. Surrounding bluffs are in the distance.
Camp Randall Memorial Arch Dedication
June 19, 1912
Day of the dedication of the Memorial Arch for Camp Randall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. University Heights, with the Buell and Gilmore houses, is visible in the distance. A large...
Camp Randall, from the N. E.
1862
Photograph of a watercolor of a view of Camp Randall, from the northeast. Scene set on rolling hills, shows tents, buildings, horses and military members in formation. Numbered captions at bottom r...
Soldiers at the Mess Tent
Soldiers have a meal while sitting on the grass outside the mess tent, possibly at Camp Douglas.
Summer School Camp
after 1955
View down worn path towards several tents pitched on platforms along a slope. The caption on the back reads: "Tents for summer school students in the Eagle Heights woods. Used in the late 1950s."
Aerial View of Camp Randall
circa 1947
Aerial view of one hundred ninety government surplus trailers, parked near Camp Randall, provided temporary housing for World War II veterans and their families.
