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| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | An assortment of Royal Copenhagen blue dishes are arranged on the upper open shelves of an antique wood buffet in the dining room of the main lodge. The co... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Ole Emerson's lumber property. A man is standing on top of a load of logs being pulled by a team of two horses on a sled through the snow. Caption from cal... |
| Date: | 08 1961 |
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| Description: | Wood-paneled room with exposed log ceiling joists. One wall of the room has an all wood bookcase full of books, and above are upper doors to cabinets with ... |
| Date: | 02 1966 |
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| Description: | A circular stone and cement sundial in a snowy yard. |
| Date: | 1993 |
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| Description: | Mary Griggs Burke standing with her arms crossed in the yard by the main lodge under evergreen trees during the 100th anniversary celebration for Forest Lo... |
| Date: | 1993 |
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| Description: | Mary Burke is standing on the grass bowling green, preparing to toss a black ball down the pitch during the 100th anniversary celebration for Forest Lodge... |
| Date: | 1993 |
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| Description: | The front entrance to the main lodge with a banner above the door that reads: "FOREST LODGE : 100TH ANNIVERSARY 1893-1993." The lodge is constructed of chi... |
| Date: | 1993 |
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| Description: | A path winds through dense ground cover and under tall evergreen trees past the guest house towards the maid's quarters and the main lodge. The guest house... |
| Date: | 10 1960 |
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| Description: | Mary Livingston Griggs, wearing a navy blue dress coat, is sitting in a three-wheel blue cart with a red roof that Mary used to travel the grounds of Fores... |
| Date: | 10 1951 |
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| Description: | Narrow curved dirt lane passing by fenced cow pasture. Lake Namakagon is seen through autumn birch trees; two automobiles are parked on the grass under the... |
| Date: | 02 1966 |
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| Description: | Wrought iron gate suspended on two stone gate posts. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Mown lawn edged by tall white and pink phlox with white alyssum along the edge. Main lodge and tall spruce trees are in the background. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Large rose garden with pink roses and mown grass path, situated next to the tennis courts. Spruce forest is behind the garden. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Thin cedar strip paneled room with log ceiling beams. On the left is a pine dresser with a mirror, blue lamp and glass drawer knob. At the back of the room... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Mary Griggs [Burke] canoeing in a cedar strip canoe on Lake Namakagon with her pet dachshund and a friend. Mary is wearing a floral sundress. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Chinked horizontal log-walled room with thick wool area rugs. Heavy dark wood rockers and Windsor chairs with seat cushions. A hanging light hangs over a G... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Circular flower garden with tall pink and white flowers as well as white alyssum edge a mowed lawn, near a main lodge entrance. Large hollowed log planters... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Two couples standing at one end of the bowling green on the shore of Namakagon Lake, searching down the field. One woman is wearing a yellow-checked skirt... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Three boys lawn bowling on the bowling green next to Lake Namakagon; the Forest Lodge Boathouse and Champagne Island are in the background. |
| Date: | 10 1960 |
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| Description: | Mary Livingston Griggs, dressed in a black dress and coat and using a cane, is standing on the second story outside deck of the Forest Lodge Boathouse on L... |
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