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Madeline Island Logging Camp

Date: 1910
Description: Madeline Island logging camp near Big Bay. Men preparing logs for a building, with three log buildings in background.
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Three Men in Cook Shanty

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Description: Interior of cook shanty, with oil lamps hanging from the ceiling beams. The back wall is covered with newspapers. Three men stand behind wood benches and t...
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Men Playing Cards in Shanty

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Description: A large group of men, probably logging workers, are shown playing cards in a sleeping shanty.
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Logging Crew at Supper

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Description: Interior view of a dining hall filled with a large logging crew, at dinner.
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Clam Camp

Date: 1888
Description: Elevated view of clam camp with tents, clam shell debris, and wooden buildings. A bluff rises up behind the buildings.
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Construction of a Bungalow

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Description: A group of men constructing a bungalow at University Settlement Camp. Three ladders are being used and five men are on the roof.
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Lumber Camp Scene

Date: 1911
Description: Group portrait of loggers and support staff in a lumber camp. In front (holding dog) is T.J. Thompson, a man that traveled using a sled pulled by his dog. ...
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Lumber Camp Scene

Date: 1910
Description: Group portrait of loggers in a lumber camp. In front, seated on his sled, is T.J. Thompson. He traveled among the lumber camps between Winter and Raddison,...
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Sugar Camp

Date: 1930
Description: A Native American man, left, posing in front of the sapling frame of a shelter at a maple sugar camp. Two Native American women are standing under the fram...

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