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End of the First Portage

Date: 1909
Description: A view through foliage of the canoes at the Presque Isle River, where The Gang completed their first portage of the trip.
Photograph

The Noon Portage

Date: 1909
Description: Two of The Gang carrying a canoe on a portage in the Presque Isle River.
Map or Atlas

Cyanotype Map From Camp 7 1/2

Date: 1909
Description: A hand-drawn and illustrated map of The Gang's trip from their seventh camp to Lake Superior.
Drawing

Cross Section of Piffy's Hopes

Date: 1909
Description: A hand-drawn cyanotype chart tracking Piffy's (Charles Isley's) morale.
Map or Atlas

Map of Rainy Lake Gold Region

Date: 
Description: A geological map of the Rainy Lake region in Minnesota and Ontario.
Book or Pamphlet

Rainy Lake Region Journal Cover

Date: 1910
Description: The brown leather cover of the journal of Howard Greene's Rainy Lake canoe trip. The title "The Gang in the Rainy Lake Region, 1910" is stamped onto the le...
Drawing

Carl's Drawing of a Map

Date: 1910
Description: Carl Greene's drawing of a map of The Gang's trip to Winton, titled "We drive to Winton." This map shows a road currently known as the Thirteen Corners Roa...
Photograph

Fisherman's Dock

Date: 1910
Description: The Gang standing on Fisherman's Dock on Fall Lake with their travel supplies at the beginning of their trip. Billy Mac is second from the left, and third ...
Manuscript

Handwritten Notes

Date: 1910
Description: Notes written by ranger J.B. MacDonald regarding routes for The Gang to follow.
Photograph

Consulting the Maps

Date: 1910
Description: The Gang is sitting on their packs or bedrolls as they consult their maps with a ranger.
Photograph

Carl with His Pack

Date: 1910
Description: Carl carrying a large pack on his back and holding a bag. He is wearing a beaded belt that was almost certainly made by an Indian.
Map or Atlas

Map of 1910 Canoe Trip

Date: 
Description: A detailed blueprint map showing the route of Howard Greene and The Gang's canoe trip through the Rainy Lake region in 1910.
Map or Atlas

St. Louis County Map

Date: 1911
Description: A map of St. Louis County, Minnesota that traces the route of Howard Green and The Gang's canoe trip from Tower to Ranier.
Map or Atlas

Dawson and Rainy Lake Region Maps

Date: 
Description: A blueprint map with an overlay traced in pencil of the routes of Howard Greene and The Gang's 1910 and 1911 canoe trips.
Photograph

Diadem and Bill

Date: 1907
Description: Bill Marr sitting on the ground outdoors with his arms around Carl's Airedale dog, Diadem (Di).
Photograph

The Truck that Crossed the Sahara

Date: 02 16 1928
Description: A group of people are with a truck, probably in Africa.
Photograph

The Truck that Crossed the Sahara

Date: 02 16 1928
Description: View of two trucks parked among trees and tall grass, probably in Africa.
Photograph

"Sahara" Trucks

Date: 12 1927
Description: "Sahara" trucks in a village in Africa. A man is sitting in the driver's seat of the truck. Villagers, including children, are standing together near the t...
Photograph

"Sahara" Trucks

Date: 12 1927
Description: Three-quarter view from front left of a "Sahara" truck parked in a village in Africa. There is a large building in the background, and two smaller building...
Photograph

Men Riding Elephants near "Sahara" Truck

Date: 12 1927
Description: "Sahara" truck preceded by men riding two elephants near coconut trees in a village in the Sahara desert. In the background is the roof of a large, perhaps...

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