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Atlas Mill

Date: 1910
Description: Atlas Mill, a Kimberly-Clark Company mill.
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John Street Bridge

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Description: View of the John Street Bridge on the right crossing over the Fox River.
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Picnic on Apostle Island Beach

Date: 1914
Description: Group of people on an Apostle Island log-strewn beach. Outing included Johnie Webb, Mrs. Webb, Herbert Turman and Herbert Rogers.
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Picnic on Bear Island

Date: 1916
Description: Group of people gathered for a rustic picnic on Bear Island, Apostle Islands, Lake Superior. Image includes Mrs. J.L. Abernathy, Cora A. Hull, Mrs F.B. Chu...
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Border Lake Outfitters

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Description: Border Lakes Outfitting Company, Sigurd Olson's summer business that provided guides and equipment for wilderness vacations.
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Fox River Canal

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Description: View of the side of a barge owned by the Pluswood company on the Fox River Canal. The boat is seen through the trees on the lawn of the Charles A. Grignon ...
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Dredge Winneconne

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Description: View across water of the dredge "Winneconne" on the Fox River canal. Although undated the photograph was probably taken during the 1940s. The "Winneconne"...
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Cranberry Reservoir

Date: 1939
Description: Reservoir used to store water for raising cranberries. A large group of people are walking around the perimeter towards automobiles parked in the distance....
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Lunch by the Lake

Date: 07 27 1911
Description: The Gang eating their lunch by French Lake. Their canoes are pulled up on the shoreline.
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Carl in a Canoe

Date: 1911
Description: Young Carl paddling his canoe on the water. A tree-lined shore is in the background.
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Old Steamer Wreckage

Date: 1911
Description: Wreckage from an old steamboat partly submerged in a lake.
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Entering Batchewaung Lake

Date: 1911
Description: The Gang lifting their canoes through a narrow, shallow passage into Batchewaung Lake. The passage is lined with rocks. One of The Gang is leaning on a pad...
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Kasakokwog Island

Date: 1911
Description: A small island with tall trees in Kasakokwog Lake, which was called Anna Lake by the rangers. The far shoreline is in the background.
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Fallen Tree on Quetico River

Date: 1911
Description: The Gang guiding their canoes through a shallow portion of the Quetico River near a dam. There is a fallen tree across the river.
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Canoes at Quetico Lake

Date: 1911
Description: A serene view from shoreline through trees towards Quetico Lake. Two canoes are at the shoreline.
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Wild Rice

Date: 1911
Description: A view of wild rice near Sturgeon Lake.
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Tanner Lake

Date: 1911
Description: The Gang canoes on Tanner Lake.
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Log House

Date: 1911
Description: The ruins of an abandoned log house. The roof has fallen in.
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Indian Women in Canoes

Date: 1911
Description: Indian women paddle their canoes on Rainy Lake. Other people and dogs are on the shore.
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Rainy Lake

Date: 1911
Description: View across water towards a large rock outcropping on Rainy Lake.

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