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Portaging by White River

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Description: Man sitting at the aft of a canoe in a wooded river area. There is an outboard motor leaning against a tree in the center of the image. Handwritten text ca...
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Sid on Lake Michigan with a Trout

Date: 05 1973
Description: Sid Boyum holds a catch while out on Lake Michigan aboard a chartered fishing boat with Bay Charter Service out of Sturgeon Bay.
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Steve Hopkins and Roger Debenham Posing with Trout

Date: 05 1973
Description: Steve Hopkins and Roger Debenham posing in Sturgeon Bay with seven trout they caught on Lake Michigan hanging from pegs under a sign that reads, "Bay Chart...
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Steve Hopkins and Two Men on a Charter Boat in the Baudhuin Yacht Harbor

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Description: Steve Hopkins and two men standing on a Bay Charter Service boat docked at the Baudhuin Yacht Harbor marina in Sturgeon Bay. The yacht club house stands be...
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Car on Pontoon

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Description: John "Commodore" Heggestad driving a car across Lake Monona on a pontoon. An article called "The 'Monona-Mobile'" was published in the Gisholt Machine Comp...
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"Monona-Mobile" Launch

Date: 1955
Description: View from rocky shoreline of the launching of the "Monona-Mobile" (pontoon car) onto Lake Monona. The boat launch is on the left. "11248" is painted on the...
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"Monona-Mobile" on Lake Monona

Date: 1955
Description: View across water towards the "Monona-Mobile" (pontoon car) on Lake Monona, close to a pier on the left where a man is standing and watching. Buildings on ...
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Men with Monona-Mobile

Date: 1955
Description: A group of men are standing on the pontoons of the "Monona-Mobile" (pontoon car) which is near a pier on the left. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the fa...
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Man with "Monona-Mobile"

Date: 1955
Description: Unidentified man wearing a suit and a bow tie is standing on a pontoon of the "Monona-Mobile" (pontoon car) and holding the tow rope. Across the lake is th...
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Commodore Heggestad with "Monona-Mobile"

Date: 1955
Description: View from pier of John "Commodore" Heggestad of Department 40 of Gisholt proudly standing on the pontoon of the "Monona-Mobile" (pontoon boat) on which his...
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"Monona-Mobile" on Lake Monona

Date: 1955
Description: Elevated view from shoreline of the "Monona-Mobile" (pontoon boat) which is powered by an automobile. There is a man standing on a pier on the left watchin...
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"Monona-Mobile" on Lake Monona

Date: 1955
Description: View across water of three men relaxing on the pontoons of the "Monona-Mobile." Two men are sitting in the front seat of the car. John "Commodore" Heggesta...
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"Monona-Mobile" on Lake Monona

Date: 1955
Description: View from pier towards two men sitting in the front seat of the "Monona-Mobile," a pontoon boat powered by an automobile. The knee of a man is in the right...
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Ducks Unlimited Door Prizes

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Description: View of a stage displaying the door prizes for a Ducks Unlimited event. Four members, all men, of Ducks Unlimited are standing on the left and right of the...
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"Flambeau Smoothies '63"

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Description: Drawing attached to wall depicting a man canoeing and attempting to pull an innertube or raft with a woman on board. The woman is wearing a hat and appears...
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Opening Day Fishing Season - Fishing Fever

Date: 1971
Description: Elaborate pen-and-ink drawing of two fisherman at night sitting in a small motorboat (named PAM) on a lake. Large trout are looming over their heads with a...
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Opening Day Fishing Season - Fish History

Date: 05 07 1988
Description: Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing that appeared in the Capitol Times on May 7, 1988 with Sid's caption: "Fish history begins with hooks made of wood, ...
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Opening Day Fishing Season (Unpublished)

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Description: Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing that collages several scenes: a cigar-smoking fisherman holding a broken rod; a young Nancy Ryan with one leg propped on a ...
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Opening Day Fishing Season

Date: 1983
Description: Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing of three fisherman, Clyde (Bud) Chamberlain with his creel, Stan Hamre, who has fallen backward into the water, and Carl Vo...
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A Summer Memory

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Description: Drawing of a fisherman standing on one leg and holding with an outstretched arm a fish on a string in one hand, and a bottle of alcohol in his left hand. H...

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