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Gifford's Home on East Lake

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Description: People on the shore of East Lake (now called Lake Tahkodah) by the Gifford residence, with tipis in the distance.
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Gifford's on East Lake

Date: 1936
Description: View from water of people sitting in a canoe next to a boat dock where more people are standing. A boathouse is on shore and a cottage is up a slight hill ...
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Gifford's Resort

Date: 1936
Description: View from water of people sitting in a canoe on the shore of East Lake next to a dock on which people are standing and a flag is waving. On shore there is ...
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People on Dock at Log Cabin Lodge

Date: 1938
Description: One woman stands on shore at Log Cabin Lodge looking at the photographer. Eight people sit on the dock, while two men are standing in Lake Millicent. Three...
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Log Cabin Lodge, People on Dock

Date: 1938
Description: Nine people and one dog on the dock at Log Cabin Lodge on Lake Millicent. One man is swimming on the far side of the dock. The shoreline and three boats a...
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Landing at Island View Resort on Lake Owen

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Description: View looking down at shoreline of the landing at C.A. Knapps Island View Resort. There are five wooden rowboats tied up on shore near a wooden dock with tw...
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Man and Woman Standing in Rowboat on Lake Owen

Date: 1937
Description: View of a man and woman getting into a wooden rowboat from a dock on Lake Owen at the Virginia Beach Cabins. Behind them a dog sits on the pier. On the far...
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Boat House at Eagle Knob Resort on Lake Owen

Date: 1932
Description: View along shoreline of wooden rowboats pulled up at the landing, and a boathouse with a second-story porch at the Eagle Knob Resort on Lake Owen. There is...
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Elevated View of Jackson Lake Shoreline

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Description: Elevated view overlooking a road leading toward water, a boathouse, cabins, and a lake, most likely Jackson Lake. The shoreline on the far top right is ide...
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Mary Griggs (Burke) Ascending Boathouse Deck

Date: 1942
Description: Mary Griggs (Burke) is wearing a one-piece bathing suit as she climbs out of Lake Namakagon onto the Forest Lodge boathouse deck while her dachshund awaits...
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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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Sketch of Forest Lodge Boathouse

Date: 1939
Description: Pencil sketch of the Forest Lodge boathouse on Lake Namakagon. Sketch is signed "Lundir '39".
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Aerial View of Forest Lodge Grounds

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Description: Aerial view of the cow palace and pasture, the boathouse, and the Lake Namakagon shoreline. The main lodge is barely visible among trees. Old highway count...
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Boathouse Without Elevator

Date: 1950
Description: Vertical log two-story boathouse on Lake Namakagon, seen through trees from the lawn. The boathouse upper level has an outside deck, and both levels have n...
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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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Mary Burke preparing to toss bowling ball on grass bowling green

Date: 1993
Description: Mary Burke is standing on the grass bowling green, preparing to toss a black ball down the pitch during the 100th anniversary celebration for Forest Lodge...
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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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