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Gazebo

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Description: View of a gazebo in Alcott Park. A few men stand by a large tree that shades the gazebo and a street lined with shops is visible in the background through...
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Dealer Allan Halvorson with Scrap Pile

Date: 1942
Description: International Harvester dealer Allan Halvorson (center) standing next to a pile of scrap metal and rubber near his dealership building. The materials were ...
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Little Falls Minnesota Depot

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Description: View of the Northern Pacific railroad depot. Men are standing next to the train parked in the station and the depot is on the left. "Little Falls" is the s...
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The "Alligator"

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Description: View of a flat bottom boat known as an "Alligator," which was used in "booming and towing" logs on rivers.
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Harvest Scene

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Description: Agricultural workers harvest wheat. Several teams of horses are pulling harvesting machinery. Workers gather the wheat into bundles. Caption reads: "Harves...
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Steam Shovel

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Description: Elevated view of a steam shovel scooping iron ore into cars at, the Hull Rust Mahoning Mine, the world's largest open pit iron ore mine.
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Iron Ore Mining

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Description: A Marion Shovel, Model 300, produced by the Winston-Dear Company, likely in Marion, Ohio, is put to use at the Hull Rust Mahoning Mine, in Hibbing, Minneso...
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A Steam Hauler Pulling Logs

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Description: A view of a steam hauler pulling logs across ice on sleds. Four men are posing, with one man sticking his head out of a window of the hauler; one man is s...
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Steam Hauler for Pulling Logs

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Description: A view of a steam hauler used for pulling logs. A man is standing inside of the hauler with his head out of the window. On the right a man is standing in f...
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Shipping Logs by Railroad

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Description: Three men are standing on the last railroad car which is carrying logs down a railroad track. Another set of tracks are running parallel on the left, and b...
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Men Moving Mogul 8-16 Tractors Off Box Car

Date: 04 10 1916
Description: Group of men with Mogul 8-16 tractors coming off of a box car near Minneapolis.
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Campbell's Mill and Water Street Bridge

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Description: A view of Campbell's Mill and the Water Street Bridge in the background on the right. There is a railroad car and several men driving horse-drawn wagons on...
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Author Sigurd Olson

Date: 01 21 1973
Description: Sigurd Olson, who became a leading exponent of the conservation philosophy, is shown here autographing books in a bookstore.
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Sigurd Olson at Listening Point

Date: 1981
Description: Iconic portrait of conservationist Sigurd Olson at his cabin at Listening Point. The Northland College environmental studies center is named in Olson's hon...
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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 and Border Lake Outfitters

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Description: Sigurd Olson and customers at Border Lakes Outfitting Company, a company that provided guides and equipment for wilderness vacations during the summer. It ...
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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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Sigurd Olson

Date: 1942
Description: Sigurd Olson standing in a Border Lakes Outfitting Company canoe.
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Sig Olson and Wilderness Guides

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Description: Sigurd Olson (second from the left), his two sons on the right, and two unidentified men, thought to be wilderness guides who worked for his Border Lakes O...

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