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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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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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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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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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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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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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Cow Palace and Dairy

Date: 1998
Description: Single story wooden cow barn with an attached dairy to the right. Two cupolas are mounted on the cedar shake roof. A cedar rail fence separates the pasture...
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Mary Livingston Griggs by the Tennis Court

Date: 1956
Description: Mary Livingston Griggs is standing next to the flowered edged fence of the Forest Lodge tennis court. Mary is wearing a dress with a short-sleeved cardigan...
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Birch-lined Path to Lake Namakagon

Date: 2000
Description: Looking downhill on flagstone and wood plank path edged by giant birch trees, as well as grasses and evergreens.
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Ivy Covered Guest House

Date: 
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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Mary Griggs and Dairyman with Brown Swiss Calves

Date: 1957
Description: Mary Griggs dressed in a Swedish costume and the dairyman holding two Brown Swiss calves in the pasture near the shore of Lake Namakagon. The calves have f...
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Flower Garden

Date: 10 1948
Description: Large semi-circular flower garden in the lawn, partially shaded by the forest.
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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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