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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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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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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 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 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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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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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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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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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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