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Dead Fish in the Yahara River
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Two Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources employees removing dead fish from the Yahara River near the Johnson Street bridge. The fish were evidently killed by industrial wastes that entered the river from a storm sewer.
September 20, 1949
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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Dead Fish in the Yahara River
September 20, 1949
Al Koppenhaver, a game warden for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, holding a bucket of dead fish that were removed from the Yahara River below the Johnson Street bridge. The fish were...
Boats on Yahara River
June 11, 1960
Three motor boats cruise on the Yahara river near the East Johnson Street bridge. A concrete boat ramp is visible at right with three additional motor boats visible, including one with the word 'Po...
Four Lakes Yacht Club
July 26, 1953
Boats of the Four Lakes Yacht Club at anchor in the Yahara River. There is a bridge in the background.
Yahara River Hearing by Dane County Park Commission
July 13, 1949
Dane County Park Commission meeting to hear complaints regarding dead fish in the Yahara River. Stoughton Mayor Truman Felland is standing at the right, testifying to Park Commissioners, clockwise:...
UW Crew On Yahara River
April 17, 1950
A University of Wisconsin rowing crew prepares for a workout in the Yahara River aboard a scull. Trachte metal boat houses line the shore at right, and the Johnson Street bridge is visible in the b...
Tenney Park Bridge
August 1, 1954
People look at the Yahara River from the Tenney Park bridge on Sherman Avenue.
