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Fishing for Minnows

Date: 1907
Description: View across water towards Carl Greene, Dr. Ernest Copeland ("Doc" or "Cope"), and Bill Marr wading in the river, seining for minnows.
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Fishing on Gordon Dam

Date: 1907
Description: Howard T. fishing from Gordon Dam on the St. Croix River.
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Fred LePenske

Date: 1907
Description: Fred LePenske sitting on a wooden crate having a meal at his group's campsite.
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House at St. John's

Date: 1907
Description: View of a house and yard. There is laundry hanging out to dry and, in the foreground, a cooking pot over a fire.
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Shooting the Rapids

Date: 1907
Description: Two men watching from the shore as Bill Marr shoots the Kettle Rapids in a canoe. The spectators are sitting on logs.
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Camps

Date: 1907
Description: The travelers camp near the Northern Pacific Ridge. Canoes are docked at the edge of the river, and a pile of logs are in the foreground.
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Lunch on Shore

Date: 1907
Description: Four canoes at the river's edge as the travelers have lunch on shore.
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Half Way Camp

Date: 1914
Description: Several members of The Gang resting outside the log cabins at Half Way Camp on Tom Lake, north of Chicago Bay. There is a carriage on the right.
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Preparing a Fish

Date: 1914
Description: The Gang is watching as McGrew is scaling and gutting a large fish on a log outdoors. Doc Copeland is standing on the left wearing a light-colored hat. Mac...
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Jack Draws

Date: 1914
Description: Jack sitting outdoors on a folding camp chair, drawing on a pad of paper at camp.
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Camp One

Date: 1916
Description: The Gang's first camp of the trip, set up near Glidden. There are two tents set up in a field, and a house is in the far background.
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The Boys Go Swimming

Date: 1916
Description: Jack and Russell Greene go swimming in the lake after setting up camp. There is a canoe in the foreground.
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Running Into the Lake

Date: 1916
Description: One of the Greene boys running into the lake.
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Drying Blankets

Date: 1911
Description: From L-R: Howard T. Greene, Bill Marr, and Doc Copeland holding a blanket over a campfire to dry it. The shoreline is on the right.
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Relaxing in a Canoe

Date: 1911
Description: View across water towards one of The Gang reclining in a canoe on the water. His hat is pulled over his eyes and a fishing pole is propped up in the front ...
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Bivouac Camp

Date: 1911
Description: The Gang's bivouac camp near French Lake on the edge of the forest.
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Lunch by the Lake

Date: 07 27 1911
Description: The Gang eating their lunch by French Lake. Their canoes are pulled up on the shoreline.
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Island Camp

Date: 1911
Description: A view across Pickerel Lake of The Gang's camp on an island. There is a tent set up and smoke is wafting up from a campfire.
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Drying the Blankets

Date: 1911
Description: Clay Judson (in the foreground) and Doc Copeland hanging up blankets to dry after a rain shower.
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Canadian Rangers' Camp

Date: 1911
Description: Two Canadian Rangers eating a meal by the campfire at their camp on Eden Island by Quetico Lake.

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