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Gaylord Nelson Canoeing The Namekagon River

Date: 1966
Description: Gaylord Nelson participates in a canoe trip down the Namekagon River in an effort to protect the river under the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.
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Child Skiing on Mount Telemark

Date: 1968
Description: A young child, wearing a Scandinavian style hat, coat, and gloves, is wearing a pair of skis and standing on a small hill. Below the hill in the background...
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Ice Fishing on Lake Owen

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Description: A man is sitting on a stool in the open doorway of a small tent on the ice on Lake Owen. He is holding a wooden drop line over a hole in the ice. Behind th...
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Skiing Down Mt. Ashwabay

Date: 02 01 1970
Description: A man is skiing down a snow-covered hill at Mt. Ashwabay Ski and Recreation Area.
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Man and Woman at Top of Ski Hill

Date: 02 01 1970
Description: A man and a woman are standing on their skis looking down the ski hill looking down at the landscape below.
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Ski Lift

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Description: View looking up towards a man and a woman just getting off the ski lift at Mt. Telemark Resort. An emergency telephone booth sign is on the booth next to t...
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At the Top of the Chair Lift

Date: 03 1970
Description: Two women are getting off the chair lift at the top of the hill at Mt. Telemark Resort. A man is standing next to a small red booth on the left.
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Water Break

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Description: A woman is squirting water from a canteen into a man's mouth at Mt. Telemark Resort.
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Man on Skis Doing Tricks with Ski Poles

Date: 1968
Description: A man wearing skis is jumping off the snow-covered ground and supporting his weight on ski poles.
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Man on Skis Doing Tricks with Ski Poles

Date: 1968
Description: A man is holding his body off the snow-covered ground, supporting his weight entirely on the tips of his skis and ski poles.
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Snowmobiling on Chequamegon Bay

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Description: View across frozen bay towards a person riding a snowmobile in front of a split rock formation on Chequamegon Bay.
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Swimming at Memorial Park

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Description: View looking downhill between two boys in the foreground sitting on logs on the left and right. Another person is walking up the hill path. Below is a grou...
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Outdoor Art Fair

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Description: Three rows of paintings are displayed outdoors on a lawn. Men and women are walking among the rows looking at the pieces for sale.
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Forest Lodge Transport

Date: 10 1960
Description: Mary Livingston Griggs, wearing a navy blue dress coat, is sitting in a three-wheel blue cart with a red roof that Mary used to travel the grounds of Fores...
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Mary Canoeing with Dachshund

Date: 1942
Description: Mary Griggs [Burke] canoeing in a cedar strip canoe on Lake Namakagon with her pet dachshund and a friend. Mary is wearing a floral sundress.
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Scanning Bowling Green

Date: 1957
Description: Two couples standing at one end of the bowling green on the shore of Namakagon Lake, searching down the field. One woman is wearing a yellow-checked skirt...
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Lawn Bowling by the Lake

Date: 1956
Description: Three boys lawn bowling on the bowling green next to Lake Namakagon; the Forest Lodge Boathouse and Champagne Island are in the background.
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Mary Livingston Griggs on Boathouse Second Story Deck

Date: 10 1960
Description: Mary Livingston Griggs, dressed in a black dress and coat and using a cane, is standing on the second story outside deck of the Forest Lodge Boathouse on L...
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Mary Livingston Griggs Painting in the Boathouse on Lake Namakagon

Date: 11 1959
Description: Mary Livingston Griggs is seated at a table next to windows in the upper level of the boathouse, a paintbrush in her hand and various painting supplies arr...
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Mary Griggs Lounging Outdoors Reading with Friend

Date: 1938
Description: Mary Griggs, wearing a pink dress, cardigan and hair bow, and a male friend are lounging on blue painted wicker chaise lounge chairs with blue floral cushi...

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