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Flambeau River Rapids
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View across river towards three men in a canoe negotiating the Cedar Rapids of the Flambeau. Large boulders are along the far shoreline. On the reverse of the print is written: "Warden [Allen] Hanson, Commissioners [L.M.] Hobbins and [Edwin Monroe] Dahlberg, shooting the rapids."
September 1930
Kipp, D. H.
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Running Little Falls
1935
View from rocky shoreline towards three young men in a canoe running the Little Falls rapids on the South Fork of the Flambeau River.
On the Flambeau River
July 1937
View across water towards a shoreline where men and boys are gathered on the bank of the Flambeau River, with several canoes and rowboats pulled up to the rocky shore. Some of the boats are fitted ...
Two Men in a Canoe
1930
View from shoreline of two men in a canoe running the Cedar Rapids on the Flambeau River.
Canoeing the Flambeau
1933
An unidentified man canoes the rapids on the Flambeau River in the northern part of Rusk County, about 12 miles from Ladysmith.
Canoe Poling
October 1937
Rear view of two canoes, one directly behind the other, each propelled by a man traveling on the Brule River. The man in the foreground is using a pole, and in the far canoe the man is using a padd...
Canoe Sailing on Chippewa Lake
1935
A young man is sitting and holding the mainsheet in a canoe fitted with a single mast and sail. There is a small wake behind the boat. The far shoreline is in the distance.
