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Lumber Camp Employees and Lumber

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Description: Wisconsin Land & Lumber Company Camp 15. Lumberjacks posed atop a sled load of logs, scaled at 13,562 board feet of lumber.
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Ferry at Frankfort

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Description: The screw ferry, Ann Arbor No. 7, at Frankfort. Later named Viking, then Viking I. Caption reads: "Frankfort, Mich."
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Marquette Statue

Date: 1909
Description: Close-up of a bronze statue honoring the French Jesuit missionary priest, Father Jacques Marquette in the park named after him. Unveiled in 1909 the statue...
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Ogema Tipi

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Description: Four men standing near an Ogema Tipi.
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Reunion of Indians at the Soo

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Description: A view of people standing near three tepees, and with many Native Americans dancing in a circle on a wooden platform. Caption reads: "Reunion of Indians at...
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The Paper Mill

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Description: View from other side of bridge toward the paper mill, with a bridge and road to the left. A horse-drawn vehicle is on the bridge. Caption reads: "Paper Mil...
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Logging Wheels

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Description: Two large logging wheels outside of Fort Algonquin, located off of US 21. The wheels sit to the right of a path, and in front of a small log structure. In ...
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Park and Stone Buildings

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Description: View of a grassy park bordered by four large stone and brick buildings. A convertible is parked on the cobbled street and the the buildings all have diffe...
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A Mill in Grand Rapids

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Description: View from shoreline toward the Grand Rapids lumber mill with a smokestack on the opposite shoreline.
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U.S. Life Saving Station

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Description: A view of the boathouse and boats used by the station men, who pose in their gear. Three girls and one boy pose off to the right of the scene; the girls si...
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Skidding a Log

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Description: Man driving two horses which are skidding a log out of the woods to the logging road.
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Autos at Fairgrounds

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Description: Automobiles park beside several buildings on the fairgrounds. A crowd of people gathers in the background near a grandstand.
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Mormon Cabin

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Description: Ruins of a Mormon cabin built of squared logs. A harbor is visible in the background.
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Main Street

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Description: View down Main Street featuring horse-drawn wagons and shops. Published by G.C. Cross.
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Railroad Depot

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Description: Elevated view of a crowd boarding a passenger car at the railroad depot.
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M. Quinn Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of M. Quinn, "Dealer in Pine Lands," with two men in front of a tent at a campsite, one of whom is cooking over a campfire and the other is sitt...
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Young Aldo Leopold

Date: 1904
Description: A young Aldo Leopold is posing smiling, wearing a jacket and bow tie while sitting on a pier. He is vacationing in the Cheneaux Islands. A shoreline with b...
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Ontonagon River

Date: 1900
Description: View from rocky shoreline across river towards a man standing on rocks and holding a stick in front of a rock face on the opposite shoreline. There are lar...
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Wedding Decorations

Date: 09 02 1897
Description: Interior of the John A. Landfair home, showing floral decorations for the wedding of Kate Landfair and Marvin B. Rosenberry, later Chief Justice of the Sup...
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Ancient Order of Hibernians of Michigan Banquet Menu

Date: 08 21 1912
Description: Banquet menu for the Fourteenth Biennial Convention of the Ancient Order of Hibernians of Michigan. On the cover is a Celtic harp adorned with shamrocks, p...

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