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Red Wing at Steamboat Landing

Date: 1909
Description: The sternwheel excursion, Red Wing, with the excursion barge, Mae, at a landing. Caption reads: "Saint Paul, Minn. Steamboat Landing."
Photograph

The "Vernie Mac" at Taylor Falls

Date: 1900
Description: A fire fighter's excursion on the "Vernie Mac" at a landing near Taylor Falls on the St. Croix River between Minnesota and Wisconsin. Excursion barge is a...
Photograph

"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...
Photograph

Fishing with the Boys

Date: 
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...
Photograph

Sigurd Olson

Date: 1942
Description: Sigurd Olson standing in a Border Lakes Outfitting Company canoe.
Photograph

Native American Man

Date: 
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 ...
Photograph

Laundry in the Lake

Date: 1914
Description: Howard and Jack Greene doing laundry in Lake McFarland.
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Kugler and The Gang

Date: 1914
Description: From left to right: Clay, Jack, and Edwin Kugler are next to a canoe on the shore of Pine Lake.
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Bathing

Date: 1911
Description: Carl, and one of The Gang standing with a dog, are bathing in Sturgeon Lake. Another man is standing on the shore.
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Splitting Wood

Date: 08 1911
Description: The Gang split wood for the cooking fire at their camp by Sturgeon Lake.
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Tanner Lake

Date: 1911
Description: The Gang canoes on Tanner Lake.
Photograph

G. Swenson Store

Date: 1911
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...
Photograph

B Walks a Boom

Date: 08 1915
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...
Photograph

Falling Into the Lake

Date: 08 1915
Description: B (William Norris) beginning to fall off the log boom into the lake. This is in the Narrows between Sand Point and Namakan Lakes.
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B in the Lake

Date: 08 1915
Description: B (William Norris) standing in shallow water after falling off a log boom. This is in the Narrows between Sand Point and Namakan Lakes.
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Boats On the Lake

Date: 1910
Description: A Steam Tender towing a bateau on a lake (probably Basswood Lake).
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Sailing The Tub

Date: 1910
Description: Bill Marr, on the left, and Carl, on the right, paddling Bill's folding canoe known as The Tub. The vessel has a sail.
Photograph

Selling Blueberries

Date: 1910
Description: Carl standing next to an Indian woman who is selling blueberries to The Gang. One of the men is in the foreground. Lac La Croix is in the background.
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Lunch Stop at Sand Point

Date: 1910
Description: The Gang stopping at Sand Point for a lunch break. The canoes are at the edge of the shoreline, while everyone is sitting on the ground eating. The canoe o...
Drawing

Descending the Bluff

Date: 1948
Description: A pencil drawing of two men descending a bluff with oxen and a wagon to Winona, Minnesota. There is a church in the town below and the Mississippi River is...

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