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| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | View from water of the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad bridge. Probably over a stretch of Kawaguasaga Lake. There is a stairway leading to the wate... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | An original lithograph promoting Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the Pennsylvania Railroad through artist N.C. Wyeth's depiction of the establishment of Fort... |
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| Description: | View along shoreline of the hotel with wrap-around porches on the shore of Fox Lake. There are canoes near a pier, and small outbuildings among trees. |
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| Description: | Three people aboard a small rowboat on the Conococheague creek at Wilson College. |
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| Description: | Stereograph from shoreline of three people in a canoe next to the rock formation Devil's Football, near the Deep Fill. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Waterside view toward a couple canoeing by a boathouse and docks on the Ohio Canal, with a steel bridge in the left background. Smoke streams across the sk... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Statue dedicated to the French geographer, explorer and colonialist Samuel de Champlain (1567-1635). A bronze man in a cape stands at the top of the pedes... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Collage of scenes on the upper Mississippi River, including people canoeing and sailing on the river. |
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| Description: | Wisconsin wardens patrolling waters of Wisconsin in a canoe. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View across river of a large mill or factory complex, possibly the Island Woolen Mill. In front of the mill is a roofed boathouse, with a canoe hanging fro... |
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| Description: | View across pond toward the J.C. Hubinger mansion. Two stag statues stand by the pond. J.C. Hubinger, a prominent Iowa businessman, opened a starch factory... |
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| Description: | View over stream toward the Hawthorne House, childhood home of American novelist and short story writer Nathaniel Hawthorne (7/4/1804 – 5/19/1864) built ar... |
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| Description: | View of the steamship "David Swain" docked in the water near Chillicothe. The sign painted on the side of the ship reads: "Lasalle & Peoria Packet David Sw... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | View of the Richmond and Dresden ferry in the Kennebec River, about to land. A man and a horse with cart are on the ferry. Several canoes and a sailboat is... |
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| Description: | Sigurd Olson and another man stowing camping gear into an automobile for a canoe trip. |
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| Description: | Sigurd Olson, in typical camping attire, during a canoe trip at Quetico Park in Canada. |
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| Description: | Border Lakes Outfitting Company, Sigurd Olson's summer business that provided guides and equipment for wilderness vacations. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Sigurd Olson duck hunting from a canoe. |
| Date: | 07 01 1954 |
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| Description: | Sigurd Olson, followed by Tony Lovink, at the beginning of their "grand portage." A large lake and islands are in the background. |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | Sigurd Olson and friends canoeing on the Lower Churchill River. |
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