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Fred LePenske

Date: 1907
Description: Fred LePenske sitting on a wooden crate having a meal at his group's campsite.
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Making a Tent Fly

Date: 1907
Description: Howard Greene (left), another traveler (middle), and young Howard T. Greene are improvising and sewing a needed tent fly while in camp.
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House at St. John's

Date: 1907
Description: View of a house and yard. There is laundry hanging out to dry and, in the foreground, a cooking pot over a fire.
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Camp Cook Shack

Date: 1914
Description: An interior view of the kitchen at the Pigeon River Lumber Camp at McFarland Lake. There are cooking utensils and supplies on long tables and counters. Th...
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Feeding Foxes

Date: 1914
Description: Over the shoulder view of Edwin Kugler feeding foxes through a chicken wire fence.
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The Kitchen

Date: 1914
Description: A view of a cabin kitchen with long tables. There are metal plates and cups on one table, as well as a bottle of liquor. A lantern is hanging above the tab...
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Joe Paris

Date: 1916
Description: A candid, outdoor portrait of Joe Paris, the camp cook.
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Joe Makes Lunch

Date: 1916
Description: Joe Paris making drop cakes for lunch at The Gang's camp.
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Russell Greene

Date: 08 1916
Description: Russell Greene enjoying his dinner, which he is spooning from a can. He is standing by the river wearing a letter sweater.
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Lunch by the Lake

Date: 07 27 1911
Description: The Gang eating their lunch by French Lake. Their canoes are pulled up on the shoreline.
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Gathering Blueberries

Date: 1911
Description: The boys gathering wild blueberries in the woods.
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Dining by Pickerel Lake

Date: 1911
Description: Two of The Gang eating a meal on the shore of Lake Pickerel. One of them is sitting on a large rock. There is a dog standing between rocks on the right.
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Canadian Rangers' Camp

Date: 1911
Description: Two Canadian Rangers eating a meal by the campfire at their camp on Eden Island by Quetico Lake.
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Splitting Wood

Date: 08 1911
Description: The Gang split wood for the cooking fire at their camp by Sturgeon Lake.
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Carl Has a Meal

Date: 1911
Description: Carl is sitting on a rock with a plate of food on his lap. His dog Diadem (Di) is at his side. One of the men is sitting behind them.
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The Cook and the Campfire

Date: 08 1915
Description: Earl cooking breakfast over the campfire at the camp near the Vermillion River, which is in the background.
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Making Pie

Date: 1909
Description: The camp cook, Joe Paris, rolling out pie crust on a wooden box at a camp.
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Lunch Under a Bridge

Date: 1909
Description: The Gang has lunch under a railroad bridge. From left to right are: Dad, Bill Marr, and Doc Copeland.
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Cooking at the Camp

Date: 1909
Description: One of the boys watching as one of the men is cooking over the fire in "the kitchen" at their camp.
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Drying Jerky

Date: 1910
Description: An Indian man and boy posing next to a birch frame used for drying jerky.

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