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Porcelain Dishes on Side-board at Forest Lodge

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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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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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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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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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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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Dining Room in Main Lodge

Date: 1961
Description: A wood dining room table with a flower bouquet is surrounded by wooden Windsor chairs in a chinked log room with a log beam ceiling. Royal Copenhagen blue ...
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Ivy Covered Guest House

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Description: Two-story vertical log building with a screen porch, cedar shake roof, and a short flight of wood steps and railing leading to the entrance. Ivy is growing...
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Main Lodge Flower Gardens

Date: 10 1948
Description: A profusion of flowers grow along the house and front lawn of the main lodge. The lodge is a single-story chinked horizontal log house with a cedar shake r...
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Boathouse with Three Canoes

Date: 1978
Description: Two-story vertical log boathouse on Lake Namakagan. Two canoes are on the boathouse deck and a red canoe is in the lake tied to the deck. Both floors of th...
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Main Lodge Living Room

Date: 1961
Description: A white chinked horizontal-log walls and plank-wood ceiling room that has a large brick fireplace with a deer mount near the top, a long-rifle in the cente...
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Main Lodge Living Room

Date: 1961
Description: White-chinked horizontal log walls in living room looking into the dining room. An animal hide is hanging on wall and bull horns are mounted over the curta...
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Guest House Great Room

Date: 1961
Description: A light colored wood-sided, very tall room with wood support beams. A very tall window with curtains dominates an end wall, and the other wall has large sa...
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Guest House Great Room

Date: 1961
Description: A tall, light-colored wood paneled room with exposed pine beams. A built-in fireplace with birch logs is on an end wall below a painting of ships at battle...
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Guest House Antique Secretary Desk

Date: 1961
Description: An ornate secretary writing desk is positioned between two windows in the great room of the guest house. The desk is brown with gold inlays, two bottom dra...
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Main Lodge Dining Room Buffet

Date: 1961
Description: An assortment of Royal Copenhagen blue dishes are arranged on the upper open shelves of an antique wood buffet in the dining room of the main lodge. The co...
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Main Lodge Entrance with 100th Anniversary Banner

Date: 1993
Description: The front entrance to the main lodge with a banner above the door that reads: "FOREST LODGE : 100TH ANNIVERSARY 1893-1993." The lodge is constructed of chi...
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Path Through the Main Grounds

Date: 1993
Description: A path winds through dense ground cover and under tall evergreen trees past the guest house towards the maid's quarters and the main lodge. The guest house...

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