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Piggyback Ride

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Description: A man is carrying a girl piggyback outdoors while smoking a cigarette. They are standing on a lawn with trees in the background. She is wearing a dress, co...
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Girl in Coat and Hat

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Description: A girl is standing on a sidewalk, gazing to the left. She is wearing a coat, hat, stockings and shoes with bows. She is carrying a flowered cloth drawstrin...
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Man Fishing

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Description: A man is fishing while standing on a large, flat rock in a river. In the background along the shoreline are rocks and trees.
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Wagon at Construction Site

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Description: A wagon is being raised or lowered at a construction site. The wagon has chains looped around the axle of each wheel as a man below signals directions. He ...
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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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Panoramic View of Lumberyard, M & M Box Co.

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Description: Triptych panoramic view of Marinette lumber district, with M & M Box Company factory in the center.
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Indian Drum

Date: 1911
Description: An Indian drum with a wooden mallet.
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Fallen Tree on Quetico River

Date: 1911
Description: The Gang guiding their canoes through a shallow portion of the Quetico River near a dam. There is a fallen tree across the river.
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Inscriptions On Bark

Date: 1911
Description: Inscriptions or drawings on bark (which is possibly birch bark).
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Medicine Man Cache

Date: 1911
Description: A forgotten Indian cache in poor condition assembled by a Medicine Man. The contents include a green skull cap with a fur band, a tool for scraping hair fr...
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The Dawson Dam

Date: 1911
Description: A view of Dawson Dam from below Tanner Lake.
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Drying Out Bedding

Date: 1911
Description: The Gang dries their bedding on rocks in the sun after some damp days.
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Jack Greene, Entangled

Date: 08 1916
Description: Jack is roped into his bedroll while asleep by prankster Doc Copeland.
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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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Doc Copeland Fishing

Date: 1907
Description: Ernest Copeland standing on a rock while fishing near Gordon Dam. He is wearing pajamas and a hat.
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Carl and Diadem

Date: 1907
Description: Carl hugging his dog Di in a tent at the group's camp.
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Sailing on Rouge Lake

Date: 1911
Description: View across water towards two of The Gang (possibly Carl and Bill) gliding on Rouge Lake in a canoe with a sail. The far shoreline is in the background.
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Wildflowers

Date: 08 1915
Description: Wildflowers near the Vermillion River.
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River Gorge

Date: 08 1915
Description: A view through a tree-lined gorge on the Vermillion River.
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Resting by Rocks

Date: 08 1915
Description: Jack and William Norris resting during a portage. Jack is sitting on a large rock and William is leaning against it.

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