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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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Camps

Date: 1907
Description: The travelers camp near the Northern Pacific Ridge. Canoes are docked at the edge of the river, and a pile of logs are in the foreground.
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Chicago Bay Boarding House

Date: 1914
Description: View across field towards the Chicago Bay Boarding House. The lake is in the background on the left. Chicago Bay, Minnesota, is now called Hovland.
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Half Way Camp

Date: 1914
Description: Several members of The Gang resting outside the log cabins at Half Way Camp on Tom Lake, north of Chicago Bay. There is a carriage on the right.
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Camp One Lumber Camp

Date: 1914
Description: View across clear cut area towards horses grazing near log cabins at Camp One Lumber Camp, north of Chicago Bay.
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Kugler Homestead

Date: 1914
Description: View across water towards a log cabin and an outbuilding on the homestead of Edwin Kugler between Pine and McFarland Lakes, north of Chicago Bay. There is ...
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Jack with Pack

Date: 1914
Description: Jack carrying a large pack on his back. There is a log cabin in the background.
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Preparing a Fish

Date: 1914
Description: The Gang is watching as McGrew is scaling and gutting a large fish on a log outdoors. Doc Copeland is standing on the left wearing a light-colored hat. Mac...
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Jack Draws

Date: 1914
Description: Jack sitting outdoors on a folding camp chair, drawing on a pad of paper at camp.
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Camp One

Date: 1916
Description: The Gang's first camp of the trip, set up near Glidden. There are two tents set up in a field, and a house is in the far background.
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Tent

Date: 1911
Description: A tent with a birch pole frame. A pack of supplies is on the ground at the opening of the structure.
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Candian Camp Rangers

Date: 1911
Description: An outdoor group portrait of the Canadian Rangers at their camp. Their names are Wellington "Wallie" Musselman, Fred Hampshire, Robert Johnson, Stanley Wal...
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Log House

Date: 1911
Description: The ruins of an abandoned log house. The roof has fallen in.
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Kettle Falls

Date: 1911
Description: "Old Bill," a Native American, is carrying a basket or box outdoors in Kettle Falls. There is a large wooden building behind him.
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Settlers Cabin

Date: 08 1915
Description: Jack standing on a pier with his hands on his hips. Behind him are two men and settlers' cabins.
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Portage Trail

Date: 08 1915
Description: Jack is on the portage trail near the Vermillion River. He is carrying canoe paddles and has a folded camp stool around his neck.
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Tent and Shack

Date: 08 1915
Description: The Gang's tent and camp is set up next to an abandoned shack. Their bed rolls are on the ground near the tent.
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Camp Near Crane Lake

Date: 08 1915
Description: The Gang at their camp near Crane Lake. Fog is hanging over the lake.
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Indian Settlement

Date: 08 1915
Description: A view of an Indian settlement on Moose River near Namakan Lake.

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