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Calvin Coolidge Fishing

Date: 1928
Description: President Calvin Coolidge fishing at Cedar Island Lodge, rustic lodge of Henry C. Pierce, 35 miles from Superior, Wisconsin, on the Brule River. This lodge...
Drawing

In a Stiff Current

Date: 03 1892
Description: Three men are dragging their canoe upriver through a strong current. In the background other men are standing on the far river bank near canoes pulled up o...
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Canoeing on Rainbow Lake

Date: 1945
Description: Couple canoeing under partly cloudy skies with sun dappling the water on Rainbow Lake, Chain O' Lakes.
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Sugar Bowl, Making a Portage

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Description: Two men standing on the beach at Sugar Bowl, one carrying a canoe and paddle, the other holding a basket.
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Scout II Pickup in Resort Area

Date: 1972
Description: Color advertising photograph of a driver talking with a man in front of a resort building with a number of wagons and canoes in background. A 1972 Internat...
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Apostle Islands Sea Kayaking

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Description: A family kayaks in front of rock walls at the Apostle Islands.
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Dells Composite [4 Images]

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Description: A composite of photographs from various places in the Wisconsin Dells. The picture along the left is of a rock formation high above two women in a canoe in...
Photograph

Dells Composite [5 Panels]

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Description: A composite of five photographs taken in and around the Wisconsin Dells, including a photograph of an excursion boat on the river, a canoe beached on the s...
Postcard

Sunflower Cottage Resort

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Description: View from lake of the buildings of the Sunflower Cottage Resort. People are canoeing and boating in the lake in front of the resort, and a few people are s...
Photograph

Upper Mississippi River Scenes

Date: 1890
Description: Collage of scenes on the upper Mississippi River, including people canoeing and sailing on the river.
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Sigurd Olson

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Description: Sigurd Olson, in typical camping attire, during a canoe trip at Quetico Park in Canada.
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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...
Photograph

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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Olson at Quetico Park Portage

Date: 08 15 1948
Description: Sigurd Olson during the American Forest Trail ride at Brent Lake in Quetico Provincial Park.

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