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| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Annie McClure is sitting on the hay mower, with two boys nearby. In the background, Nellie Clapp is standing in the doorway of the barn. The group is at th... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Standing on the steps of Island Lodge, William Leonard Burnap is carrying newly split wood. Jeannette Holt is standing inside the screened-in porch on the ... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Wallace Rumsey is building a wooden seat from a fallen log at Lookout Point on the Island at Archibald Lake. Caption reads: "Building the seat on the point... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | With ax in hand, Wallace Rumsey is standing on a gigantic fallen tree. Caption reads: "Wallace — Chopper." |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Under a tent, three men are eating a meal prepared by cook Bob Morris, who is standing beside the table. In the foreground is a tree stump which is loaded ... |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | View across water of four men on the baggage raft traveling toward the Island from Apple Tree Landing. Two men, possibly lumberjacks, are rowing. The bagga... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Holding a leather harness, Gus is standing next to a horse in a field. Caption reads: "Gus." |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Holt and Stroh children are eating a meal together at a table on the porch at Island Lodge. Names on the right side of the table from front to back: Alfred... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Gus, who is wearing a water yoke on his shoulders. Caption reads: "Gus." |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | A horse-drawn wagon is carrying a clinker-built duck boat and two men, with their backs to the camera, on a dirt path through the woods to Archibald Lake. |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | This a portrait of the Island Lodge cook Mrs. Schauers (left) and another household employee displaying a fine culinary work of art: a shortcake topped wit... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | View towards a lumberjack, wearing a hat, climbing a tall tree in silhouette against the sky in the background. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Seen in profile, Ralph Flanders and I.P. Rumsey are shaking hands and smiling at each other while standing in front of the Island Lodge porch. Ralph Flande... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Wearing gloves, I.P. Rumsey is holding a stick and tending a smoking fire outdoors in a clearing on the Island. Archibald Lake is in the background. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Looking at the camera, Albert Rhode, possibly a lumberjack, is standing and holding a big, heavy log. He is wearing a long sleeved shirt, pants, and a hat.... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Donald Holt, who is seven or eight years old, is sitting in a chair outdoors while Joe Rumsey is cutting his hair. Caption reads: "Joe Rumsey and Donald." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Four men are unloading a wooden boat from a horse-drawn wagon. Lake Archibald is in the background. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | With shovels in hand, a man, woman, and boy are digging a hole in the ground for a flag pole. One young man is holding the pole in place with two hands. A... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | A man, wearing a turtleneck and pants, is pushing a wheelbarrow filled with birch bark on a grassy path under tall trees on the Island at Archibald Lake. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | William Pettigrew, who was Foreman at Camp Four for sometime beginning in 1885, is holding a double headed ax in his right hand and a hammer in his left ha... |
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