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| Date: | 10 1852 |
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| Description: | Landscape view of the river looking downstream from Fort Snelling, Minnesota Territory. An expanse of placid river water fills the center of the drawing an... |
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| Description: | A large, ominous fish jumps over a red canoe, attempting to eat the man in the canoe. The man, wearing a brown suit, dives into the water. The card's capti... |
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| Description: | Two men, wearing straw hats and overalls, stand in a canoe while attempting to reel in a giant fish. The sun is setting on the horizon in the background. T... |
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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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| 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... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Sigurd Olson standing in a Border Lakes Outfitting Company canoe. |
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| Description: | A Native American man from the Mille Lacs and Rainy Lake area in Minnesota. He is probably Chippewa (Ojibwa). Behind him are paddles leaning on a tree and ... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Two men watching from the shore as Bill Marr shoots the Kettle Rapids in a canoe. The spectators are sitting on logs. |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | From left to right: Clay, Jack, and Edwin Kugler are next to a canoe on the shore of Pine Lake. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View from a canoe of a moose feeding in the waters of Sturgeon Lake. The prow of the canoe is in the foreground. |
| Date: | 08 1911 |
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| Description: | The Gang split wood for the cooking fire at their camp by Sturgeon Lake. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the Gang standing in front of G. Swenson's Store in Kettle Falls, which is partially on the water. The steamer schedule is handwr... |
| Date: | 08 1915 |
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| Description: | John "Jack" Greene and William "Bill" Norris at the campsite neat Tower, Minnesota. The canoes are visible behind them. |
| Date: | 08 1915 |
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| Description: | The Gang loading their canoes onto a horse-drawn wagon. |
| Date: | 08 1915 |
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| Description: | B (William Norris) walking a boom in the water with Jack looking on from a canoe nearby. B is using a paddle to balance himself. This is in the Narrows bet... |
| Date: | 08 1915 |
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| Description: | One of The Gang is silhouetted sitting in a canoe as the sun is setting over Namakan Lake. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Two of The Gang paddling their canoe on a lake. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The Gang's canoes are at the shore of Basswood Lake as they prepare to portage. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A view of an Indian Village, including wikiups, a canoe, a cabin, and a dog. There is a lake in the background. |
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