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Large Group of Ice Skaters

Date: 1903
Description: Elevated view of a large group of ice skaters at River Park. Some of the skaters are formed into a large circle.
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Syl with Boys and Anthill

Date: 1901
Description: Syl and friends holding handfuls of twigs investigating an anthill.
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Dankoler and Two Men in Wooded Area

Date: 11 07 1909
Description: Joe Leighton, E.A. Corneille, and Harry E. Dankoler standing in a wooded area looking into the distance. Joe Leighton is holding a hatchet and E.A. Corneil...
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Reclining on a Bench

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Description: Side view of a person reclining on a park bench with their feet resting on an opposing bench which holds a picnic basket.
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Dankoler with Three Men

Date: 11 07 1909
Description: Harry E. Dankoler, E.A. Corneille, D.S. Crandall, and Joe Leighton standing on a rocky area of D.S. Crandall's property near a fence.
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Sig Olson

Date: 1955
Description: Sigurd Olson, wearing his characteristic attire, on a trip on the Upper Churchill 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 Contemplates the Wilderness

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Description: Sig Olson at a wilderness camping site, probably in the Quetico area.
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Sigurd Olson with Catch of Fish

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Description: Sigurd F. Olson, displaying his catch during a family vacation in the Quetico-Superior region.
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Sig Olson Duck Hunting

Date: 1930
Description: Sigurd Olson duck hunting with his son, Sig Jr.
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"The Rugged Four"

Date: 1926
Description: Sigurd Olson, second from the left, with one of the early groups that he guided into the wilderness near Ely, Minnesota. The other men are identified as Dr...
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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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Sig Olson and Wilderness Guides

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Description: Sigurd Olson (second from the left), his two sons on the right, and two unidentified men, thought to be wilderness guides who worked for his Border Lakes O...

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