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High and Grade School

Date: 
Description: Tinted photographic postcard of Cable's High and Grade School building. A flag flies on the right, and a group of children are looking out of a second stor...
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Guest Bedroom at Forest Lodge

Date: 1999
Description: Pink ruffled canopied wooden bed with salmon pink quilt and a suitcase stand at the foot of the bed. There is a corner cabinet with glassware and a bedside...
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Playing Badminton at Forest Lodge

Date: 1972
Description: Two mixed-couples playing badminton on clay court at edge of evergreen forest. The two men and one woman are wearing Bermuda-style shorts.
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Porcelain Dishes on Side-board at Forest Lodge

Date: 
Description: Blue and white porcelain dishes, vases, figurines and lamps on a wooden side-board set against a chinked log wall. Windows with blue and white curtains top...
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After Dinner Entertainment

Date: 1978
Description: Two women and a man are performing a skit in front of the brick fireplace in the living room at Forest Lodge. One woman is holding a paper fan and wearing...
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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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Mary Amongst the Squash and Marigolds

Date: 08 2002
Description: Mary Burke is standing in a squash and marigold garden at Forest Lodge on Lake Namakagon. Mary is wearing a turquoise sweater and slacks and is holding a c...
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Mary Burke Lounging Outside Main Lodge

Date: 07 19 2002
Description: Mary Burke is lounging in a padded green wicker chaise lounge outside the main lodge at Forest Lodge on Lake Namakagon. There is a green wicker table with ...
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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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Mary Burke with Brown Swiss Calves

Date: 1957
Description: Mary Burke, dressed in a green dirndl with white short puffy sleeves and a white apron, is standing in the cow pasture at Forest Lodge holding two Brown Sw...
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Mary Livingston Griggs and Daughter Mary Griggs

Date: 1952
Description: Mary Griggs and her daughter Mary are standing outside of the Forest Lodge guesthouse in a phlox flower garden. Both Marys are wearing white dresses. A co...
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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 House at Forest Lodge

Date: 199
Description: A large two-story wood paneled room with large casement windows and a fireplace that has a painting of a ship at sea hung above it. The well-furnished roo...
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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 Elevator at Forest Lodge

Date: 1997
Description: A vertical-log elevator shaft at one end of a vertical-log two-story boathouse; there is a door at the base of the elevator. Wood steps with a pipe railing...
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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...
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Outdoor Seating Area at Forest Lodge

Date: 1997
Description: A round black metal table and four black metal chairs are on the lawn at the side of the main lodge at Forest Lodge. Ferns edge the lawn next to the log wo...
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Entrance to Main Lodge at Forest Lodge

Date: 1997
Description: Stone steps leading to the front door of the horizontal chinked log and cedar shake roofed main lodge. Log flower boxes are under the windows and two large...

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