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Panoramic View, Lumber Industry

Date: 1910
Description: Panoramic view of lumber yards and sawmills. Telephone poles have been touched out in lower left of foreground.
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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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Bill Marr and Wasps

Date: 1907
Description: Bill Marr swatting at wasps in the great outdoors.
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Bill Combating Wasps

Date: 1907
Description: Bill Marr smiling as he is swatting at wasps.
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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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Four Bateaux on Shore of St. Croix River

Date: 1907
Description: Four boats are partially submerged in shallow water by the St. Croix River.
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Tipi Frame

Date: 1907
Description: The wooden frame of an Indian tipi (teepee) among trees in the woods.
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On of the Boys Posing with Canoes

Date: 1907
Description: One of the boys (probably Carl) posing next to two canoes at an Indian village below Pansy.
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Indian Church

Date: 1907
Description: Exterior view of a church in an Indian village.
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Indian Graves

Date: 1907
Description: A cemetery in an Indian village. There are flags and crosses, and over two of the graves are small wooden enclosures.
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Making a Tent Fly

Date: 1907
Description: Howard Greene (left), another traveler (middle), and young Howard T. Greene are improvising and sewing a needed tent fly while in camp.
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Bill Williams

Date: 1907
Description: Bill Williams standing in front of a tree at the shoreline. There is a canoe next to him on the left, and paddles, bags and boxes are on the ground on the ...
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Indian Mother and Infant in Cradleboard

Date: 1907
Description: A young woman is sitting on the ground holding her infant in a cradleboard? Carl (left) and Clay are standing behind her.
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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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Indian Women and Child

Date: 1907
Description: Four women are sitting on the ground tending to a project (possibly sewing) at St. John's. A small child is standing with them.
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Wash Day at Camp

Date: 1907
Description: The travelers are washing their clothes in the St. Croix River. There are a number of logs at the river's edge.
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Wannigan Boat

Date: 1907
Description: A view of a wannigan boat filled with supplies floating on the St. Croix River. There are several people on deck.
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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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