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| Description: | Six men in suits and hats, probably employees of J.J. Hof Land Co., in front of the company office building. |
| Date: | 09 1899 |
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| Description: | The faun, standing up on its hind legs, is taking food from a man holding a cooking pot at Peshtigo Brook Farm. In the background is a building with an ope... |
| 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | 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... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of five women, who are household employees, standing together in front of the original Cook’s Cabin, which burned down following a lightning... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A group of three women and a girl, household employees at Island Lodge, standing in front of Green Cottage. Built in 1901, this cottage is where the cook a... |
| Date: | 08 1905 |
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| Description: | Donald Holt is carrying a log on his shoulder. Caption reads: "Doing His Share." Page heading reads "Lakewood. August 1905." The caption on a nearby photo... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | View from hill looking towards three men on the roof while building The Retreat. There is a tall ladder against a tree on the right. Archibald Lake is in ... |
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