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Slabsides

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Description: 'Slabsides,' the Adirondack-style, rustic cabin and studio of naturalist John Burroughs, constructed by Burroughs and his son, Julian, near his nine acre R...
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Shady Rest Cottage

Date: 1937
Description: Exterior view of Shady Rest Cottage at Lake Breeze Resort. The building has a stone chimney and there is a wooden bench swing in the front yard. Caption re...
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Dering's Resort

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Description: View of Dering's Resort, located in a wooded area. In the foreground is a road, and on the other side is a resort cabin with a small garden and bird bath.
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Morgan's Lost Land Lake Resort

Date: 1935
Description: An antlered whitetail deer with a bell around it's neck, and a black American Water Spaniel, are sniffing nose-to-nose on the lawn outside of some cabins. ...
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Norwegian Cabin

Date: 1930
Description: Exterior of a two-story cabin in Nissedahle (Little Norway). There is a cafe on the first floor.
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Barney Johnson Cabin in the Woods

Date: 1940
Description: One-story house with a stone chimney in the woods.
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Norseman Lodge Hotel

Date: 1934
Description: Exterior view of the Norseman Lodge with Lake Millicent visible in the background. The larger building on the right has a sign that says "Hotel." A bird ho...
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Log Cabin Home

Date: 1933
Description: Exterior view of the front of a one-story log cabin home. There is a stone chimney on the right side.
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"In the Land of the Sky"

Date: 1900
Description: Composite view of a man sitting in front of a cabin, a boy riding a donkey, and a man driving an ox-drawn sledge.
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Cabin

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Description: Exterior view of a weathered cabin. An ox-drawn cart stands in the foreground.
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Cabin and Cotton Field

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Description: Exterior view of a small cabin located near a cotton field. There is a cemetery in the far background.
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Old Log Cabin

Date: 1925
Description: Original caption: "The old log cabin of a generation ago--seldom seen today." Two children are sitting inside the screen door of the cabin.
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Log Cabin in the Woods

Date: 1932
Description: Exterior view of a large, one-story log cabin. There are many windows on the front facade and a stone chimney. A line of birch trees is in the foreground.
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Cabin with Icicles at Nature Lovers Paradise

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Description: Exterior view of a one-story wood cottage or cabin with a stone chimney and icicles handing off the roof. The ground and roof are covered in snow, and a pa...
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Cabin on the Shore

Date: 1926
Description: View of rustic cabin with a large stone chimney standing by the shore. There is another house or boathouse in the far background near the remains of a pier...
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Community Building

Date: 1930
Description: View from the dirt road of front of a one-story log building with a brick chimney. In the foreground are a chain link fence, gate, and shrubs. This buildin...
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Man at Les Crandall's Housekeeping Cabins

Date: 1934
Description: View of a man sitting on a wooden bench in front of small pine trees and a single-story log cabin with brick chimney.
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Cabin at the Birchcliff Hotel

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Description: Cabin with a stone chimney at the Birchcliff Hotel.

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