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Exterior View of YMCA

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Description: Caption reads: "Y.M.C.A., Washburn, Wis."
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Lifting the Nets on Lake Superior

Date: 1937
Description: Four men in a large row boat lifting fishing nets on Lake Superior near Cornucopia.
Photograph

Unloading Coal in Washburn

Date: 1936
Description: Unloading coal from a large ship in Lake Superior onto land near Washburn. There is a large conveyor that has lights glowing in the dark sky. A large pile ...
Postcard

Old Rittenhouse Inn

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Description: Photographic postcard of an exterior view of the Old Rittenhouse Inn.
Postcard

Le Chateau Boutin

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Description: View of the exterior of Le Chateau Boutin during peak fall color.
Print

Apostle Islands Visit

Date: 07 2001
Description: David Obey poses with Park Ranger Geoffrey Smith on the left and Martin Hanson on the right. They are standing on the beach with water and land in the back...
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As We Say Farewell

Date: 07 2020
Description: Mary Burke standing on the front porch of the main lodge at Forest Lodge on Lake Namakagon. The front porch is surrounded by ferns. Written on the back of ...
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Cow Palace and Apartment

Date: 2002
Description: The Cow Palace, a wooden cow barn and apartment at Forest Lodge on Lake Namakagon. Flower boxes are situated on the apartment portion of the cow palace. Th...
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Dining Room in the Main Lodge at Forest Lodge

Date: 1996
Description: The dining room in the main lodge, with chinked log walls, wood ceiling beams, two curtained windows and a curtained doorway leading to the living room. In...
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Exterior View of the Guest House at Forest Lodge

Date: 1993
Description: A side view over an expanse of mowed lawn toward the Forest Lodge guest house showing the screen porch and side entrance. The guest house is a two-story ve...
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Great Room in Guest Houst at Forest Lodge

Date: 1996
Description: A wood paneled two-story room with log support beams, a chandelier, two large casement windows, a nearly two story triple sash window at the end of the roo...
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Forest Lodge Boathouse

Date: 1997
Description: View of a two-story vertical-log structure surrounded by a lower deck and an upper deck with a pipe railing. There are ten double-hung windows, two wood do...
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Boathouse Second Floor Interior

Date: 1997
Description: The interior of the Forest Lodge boathouse on Lake Namakagon. The walls are lined with reed-type fiber and the floor is hardwood. Three-sides of the second...
Photograph

Main Lodge Entrance

Date: 08 2000
Description: Driveway and sidewalk leading to the front door of the main lodge at Forest Lodge. The main lodge is a single story horizontal log house with a cedar shake...
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Guest House at Forest Lodge

Date: 08 2000
Description: View of the two-story vertical log guest house with a screen porch, an outside stairway leading to the second story, and a variety of summer foliage surrou...
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Living Room in Main Lodge

Date: 2000
Description: Horizontal white-chinked log walls with two mounted animal skins. A white sofa with red piping and red pillows is positioned in front of a table with a sma...
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Living Room at Main Lodge

Date: 2000
Description: White-chinked log walls with a framed map of Forest Lodge property. Dark wood furniture including a rocking chair, bench, side table, and an upholstered ch...
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Bedroom at Main Lodge

Date: 2000
Description: Two canopy twin beds with green turquoise quilted and embroidered canopy's and bedspreads. A wood chair with a woven seat is next to the bed as well as a t...
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Main Lodge Side View

Date: 05 2004
Description: Horizontal single-story log home with cedar roof and stone foundation and three chimneys. A mowed lawn and foundation plantings surround the cabin.
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Guest House Before Spring Opening

Date: 05 2004
Description: Vertical log two-story building, boarded up from previous winter, with a lawn and perennials between the house, and a narrow drive in the foreground.

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