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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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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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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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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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Net Rack

Date: 1978
Description: A wooden fishing net rack sitting on the grass near the shoreline of Lake Superior.
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Bayfield Marina

Date: 10 1978
Description: View from shoreline towards motorboats and sailboats docked in a marina. In the distance are buildings on a hill among trees.
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Stacked Firewood

Date: 10 1978
Description: A stack of firewood, covered at the top with plastic, is against the exterior wall of a small wood building. In the background is a tree with red leaves in...
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Brown Swiss Cows in Cow Pasture

Date: 1959
Description: Close-up of three Brown Swiss cows at the split-rail fence in the Forest Lodge pasture. Lake Namakagon is in the background.
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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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Cow Pasture Lane

Date: 10 1951
Description: Narrow curved dirt lane passing by fenced cow pasture. Lake Namakagon is seen through autumn birch trees; two automobiles are parked on the grass under the...
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Side Flower Garden at Main Lodge

Date: 1948
Description: Mown lawn edged by tall white and pink phlox with white alyssum along the edge. Main lodge and tall spruce trees are in the background.
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Rose Garden by Tennis Court

Date: 1948
Description: Large rose garden with pink roses and mown grass path, situated next to the tennis courts. Spruce forest is behind the garden.
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Mary Livingston Griggs Bedroom

Date: 1948
Description: Thin cedar strip paneled room with log ceiling beams. On the left is a pine dresser with a mirror, blue lamp and glass drawer knob. At the back of the room...
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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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Main Lodge Sitting Room

Date: 1950
Description: Chinked horizontal log-walled room with thick wool area rugs. Heavy dark wood rockers and Windsor chairs with seat cushions. A hanging light hangs over a G...
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Main Lodge Entrance with Flower Gardens and Planters

Date: 1950
Description: Circular flower garden with tall pink and white flowers as well as white alyssum edge a mowed lawn, near a main lodge entrance. Large hollowed log planters...
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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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