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Forest Fire between Lansing and Grandhaven in Michigan

Date: 1859
Description: The maple and hickory forests in the old northwest were often plagued with fires during the summer months. Hölzlhuber, on a return journey from Niagara Fal...
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Ogema Tipi

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Description: Four men standing near an Ogema Tipi.
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Two Men with Tall Pines

Date: 1936
Description: View of a man standing on top of another man's shoulders, leaning up against a large tree trunk for a tall pine.
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Two Hunters in Pine Forest

Date: 1932
Description: View of two men who are hunters, each holding a gun and standing next to the tree trunks of large pine trees in a pine forest.
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Pine Tree

Date: 1932
Description: View looking up from the ground at the tree trunk of a five-foot diameter pine tree.
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Loading Logging Truck

Date: 1933
Description: Three men loading up a logging truck with timber. Two of the men are standing on the ground using pulley's, and the third man is on top of the trailer with...
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M. Quinn Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of M. Quinn, "Dealer in Pine Lands," with two men in front of a tent at a campsite, one of whom is cooking over a campfire and the other is sitt...
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Camping

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Description: Elevated view of a family at "Midwaters Campground" at Hiawatha National Forest. The campsite is complete with tents, picnic tables, hanging blankets and t...
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Camping

Date: 1960
Description: A campsite at Hiawatha National Forest. Men and women sits at a picnic table, while children sit by the campfire.
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Camping

Date: 1960
Description: Three men holding archery equipment at a campsite in Hiawatha National Forest.
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Camping

Date: 1960
Description: Two men, a woman, and a dog at a trailer in Hiawatha National Forest.
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The First Portage

Date: 1909
Description: The Gang resting on a fallen tree during their first portage of the trip. From left to right are: Billy Mac, Fred Carr, Carl, Bill Marr, Howard T., Charles...
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Camp 3

Date: 1909
Description: The men are gathered around the mining camp table at their camp on Presque Isle River.
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Dad Changing Plates

Date: 1909
Description: Howard Greene (Dad) is changing negative plates in his large format camera on the banks of the Presque Isle River.
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Camp 5

Date: 1909
Description: The fifth camp of The Gang's trip on the bank of the Presque Isle River. One of The Gang (probably Howard T.) is reading a book.
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Camp 5

Date: 1909
Description: A view of The Gang's canoes at their fifth camp of the trip.
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Cooking at the Camp

Date: 1909
Description: One of the boys watching as one of the men is cooking over the fire in "the kitchen" at their camp.
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Camp 8

Date: 1909
Description: The Gang's tent is set up in the woods at their eighth camp of the trip.
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River Cascade

Date: 1909
Description: Cascades on the Presque Isle River.
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Carl and Nimrod

Date: 1909
Description: Carl posing as a "Havud Boy" (Harvard), with his dog Nimrod in the woods. Carl is wearing an eye patch and has what appears to be a cigarette in his mouth.

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