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Log Jam on the River

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Description: View of a log jam on the river, with a forest in the background. Caption reads: "Log Jam."
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Mill, Cloquet Lumber Co.

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Description: View across water covered with logs toward the mill. Smoke and steam is coming from a smokestack and chimneys. The mill building has smaller outbuildings c...
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Northern Lumber Mill

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Description: View from shoreline across water toward the mill. To the right of the main building are two smaller structures, with a watertower and silo behind. Two smok...
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Lumber Yard

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Description: Elevated view from hill toward a lumberyard, with small workers' homes on the left. A dirt path and wooden fence surround the lumberyard, which is filled w...
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Northern Lumber Mill and Railroad Yards

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Description: Elevated view of the railroad tracks, lumberyard, and mill of Northern Lumber Mill. In the foreground is a long line of railroad cars sitting on the tracks...
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Border Lake Outfitters

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Description: Border Lakes Outfitting Company, Sigurd Olson's summer business that provided guides and equipment for wilderness vacations.
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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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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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Knopf in Minnesota

Date: 08 1961
Description: Publisher Alfred A. Knopf, Sr., photographed while visiting the cabin of author Sigurd Olson at Listening Point. Knopf published all eight of Olson's books...
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Ely House Yardwork

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Description: Conservationist Sigurd F. Olson pruning a tree in his Ely house yard.
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Drill Grounds and Armory on Government Inspection Day

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Description: Elevated view of military formations on the drill grounds on government inspection day. A band plays for the military drill, and a flag waves on a pole on ...
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Statue at Saint Joseph Academy of the Holy Angels

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Description: View of a statue of Saint Joseph holding a child at Saint Joseph Academy of the Holy Angels, founded by the Sisters of St. Joseph on September 15, 1931.
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Iceboats on Lake Crystal

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Description: People use five iceboats on frozen Lake Crystal.
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Smoky Point Resort

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Description: A view of a log cabin at Smoky Point Resort, with two other buildings in the background. The cabin has a stone foundation and a set of steps to the front d...
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Christmas Greeting

Date: 1890
Description: Holiday card, hand-painted poinsettias over a letterpress printed greeting. The text reads: "Christmas Greeting. I am thinking of you today because it is C...
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Tourist Campground

Date: 1924
Description: View across lawn of automobiles parked beneath trees at a tourist campground. A group of people are standing near a picnic table.
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Lakeshore and Landing at Forest View Lodge

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Description: View of the lakeshore and landing at Forest View Lodge from a hillside. A small dwelling and several boats stand along the forested waterfront.
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Lake View Through Trees

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Description: View through a wooded area toward the lake in Itasca State Park. A cabin stands near the shoreline.

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