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Historic House Tourists

Date: 1945
Description: Visitors to the historic Charles A. Grignon House (built 1837-1839), probably during the 1940s. The visitors are seated on a corner of the front porch unde...
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Pulling Stumps with Cletrac Tractor

Date: 1920
Description: A man uses a Cletrac crawler tractor to clear land on a farm. The caption beneath the photograph reads: "Pulling stumps and clearing land are important job...
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Posed Group of Young Adults

Date: 1916
Description: Posed group of eight young adults in an outdoor (woods or park?) setting.
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Three Men Posing in Farmhouse Yard

Date: 1914
Description: Three men standing in a farmhouse yard.
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Orchard Toast

Date: 1910
Description: Posed line of alternating men and women in an orchard standing drinking cider of beer drawn from a keg in the center. Three young children are sitting on t...
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Model T in Winter

Date: 1910
Description: Residential street in winter, with a Model T Ford driving uphill.
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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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Gathering Blueberries

Date: 1911
Description: The boys gathering wild blueberries in the woods.
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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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Drying the Blankets

Date: 1911
Description: Clay Judson (in the foreground) and Doc Copeland hanging up blankets to dry after a rain shower.
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Quetico River Dam

Date: 1911
Description: The Gang guiding their canoes through a shallow passage by a dam on the Quetico River. The passage contains many logs and rocks.
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The Gang in the Quetico River

Date: 1911
Description: Five of The Gang standing among rocks and logs in the shallow portion of the Quetico River. They are standing next to their canoes, which are loaded with s...
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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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Quetico River Dam

Date: 1911
Description: The Gang guiding canoes through shallow water past a dam in the Quetico River.
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Tanner Lake

Date: 1911
Description: The Gang canoes on Tanner Lake.
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The Push Car

Date: 1909
Description: The Gang happens upon a mine push car at a mining site on Presque Isle. They are using the car to portage some of their supplies and gear.
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The Wannigan

Date: 1909
Description: One of the men launching a wannigan onto the Presque Isle River.
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The Cascades

Date: 1909
Description: One of The Gang guiding his canoes through a rough spot of rocks and cascades on the Presque Isle River.
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Toasting Marshmallows

Date: 08 04 1909
Description: A group of Holt and Rumsey children are toasting marshmallows over a fire outdoors. Names from left to right: Donald Holt, Eleanor Holt, Jeannette Holt, Mo...
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W.A. Holt and Mr. McDonald Crossing the River

Date: 1909
Description: View from shoreline towards W.A. Holt and Mr. McDonald, dressed in suits, walking across a fallen tree trunk which serves as a bridge over a river. They ar...

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