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Duck Hunting

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Description: A duck hunter at the edge of a rocky shoreline, probably Sigurd Olson.
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Sigurd Olson Duck Hunting

Date: 1942
Description: Sigurd Olson duck hunting from a canoe.
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Olson's Grand Portage

Date: 07 01 1954
Description: Sigurd Olson, followed by Tony Lovink, at the beginning of their "grand portage." A large lake and islands are in the background.
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On the Lower Churchill

Date: 1961
Description: Sigurd Olson and friends canoeing on the Lower Churchill River.
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Fishing with the Boys

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Description: Elizabeth Olson, her sons, and another boy, in canoes owned by the Border Lakes Wilderness Outfitting Company. This photograph was probably taken for publi...
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Sigurd Olson

Date: 1942
Description: Sigurd Olson standing in a Border Lakes Outfitting Company canoe.
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William O. Douglas

Date: 1958
Description: Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas during a canoe trip with conservationist Sigurd F. Olson. He is sitting with his hat in hand beside a canoe pulled...
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Sig Olson and Sons

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Description: Sigurd Olson with his sons, Robert and Sig Jr., after a duck hunt.
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Portaging at Curtain Falls

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Description: View of men and young boys with canoes pulled up on rocks near a rapids during an unidentified wilderness canoe trip led by Sigurd Olson.
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Workers' Unity House Boathouse

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Description: View toward shoreline with a covered pier and a pavilion on the end on the left. To the right of the pier are men and women in rowboats. A sign on a tree i...
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Workers' Unity House

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Description: View across water toward women and men canoeing in two canoes. One canoe contains two women and a man; the other a woman and man. In the background on the ...
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Lake Playland

Date: 1928
Description: View from shoreline toward a woman in a canoe holding a parasol as an accompanying man paddles through the water near a wooded shore at Playland. Other row...
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Hammock, Canoes, and Picnicking Family on Beach

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Description: A group of people picnics near a hammock hanging between two trees along a beach. Several people canoe in the water.
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Cobbossee Colony (Camp?) Log Pavilions

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Description: View of log pavilions along a shoreline at Cobbossee Colony (Camp?). The structures are surrounded by trees and a boy paddles a canoe near the sand on the ...
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Canoeing at Camp Lenoloc

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Description: Girls canoe near a dock at Camp Lenoloc as additional girls watch from the shoreline. Trees and other foliage line the water and mountains are in the backg...
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Fishing Near Canoes

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Description: A man sits in a floating canoe filled with fishing equipment while another canoe rests on a nearby shore.
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A Boathouse Crowd

Date: 1920
Description: View across water toward a crowd of people standing on both the upper and lower level floors of a boathouse overlooking the lake. On the water beside the s...
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Spectators Watching a Canoe Race

Date: 1910
Description: View looking toward a tree-lined shoreline, with men and women watching a canoe race. People are sitting in canoes lining the opposite bank.
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Lewis Arms in a Canoe

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Description: Lewis Arms canoeing on Lake Mendota.
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Scene on Red Cedar River

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Description: A group of youth sits on a shoreline along the Red Cedar River while others swim and boat. A stone structure stands in the center of the river and foreste...

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