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| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | Woman in a boat showing a fish she has just caught on the Mississippi River. |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Man and boy in silhouette ice fishing on Lake Winnebago. |
| Date: | 02 08 1935 |
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| Description: | Three men on a dock unloading gear from an International C-1 wood-paneled ("woody") station wagon for a fishing trip. One man is standing in a fishing boat... |
| Date: | 05 01 1933 |
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| Description: | Roy "Chubby" Goodland with a string of trout, caught near Ridgeway. He is wearing waders, has a creel hanging over his shoulder, and is standing in front o... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Virginia Hess posing with a muskellunge near the fish scale at Ross Teal Lake Lodge. Virginia Hess was a member of the Hess Oil Co. family, was from Chicag... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Children fishing and playing in the water at Vilas Park. |
| Date: | 04 1965 |
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| Description: | Governor Warren Knowles holding a fishing pole and a fly. He is seated at a table covered in fishing tackle and additional fishing gear hangs on a rack at ... |
| Date: | 1977 |
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| Description: | An International Scout II XLC parked on the shoreline of a lake. A man is using the hatchback of the truck to prepare for fishing, while another man in the... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Men, either campers or fishermen, portaging a canoe through backwoods cut-over forest area. |
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| Description: | Full-length portrait of Sid holding a northern pike on a stringer in front of what may be a cabin. |
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| Description: | Three-quarter length portrait of Sid Boyum holding a fishing rod and wearing a coat and hat, with a cigar in his mouth. He is standing on a path above a ri... |
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| Description: | Portrait of Sid Boyum holding two female brown trout, one 8.5 pounds and the other 6 pounds. In the background is a bridge or pier, and a body of water. |
| Date: | 05 1973 |
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| Description: | Sid Boyum holds a catch while out on Lake Michigan aboard a chartered fishing boat with Bay Charter Service out of Sturgeon Bay. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | An unidentified man is posing outdoors wearing a straw hat, long-sleeved shirt and slacks, with a bark basket worn as a backpack. He is carrying a tackle b... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | First fishing near Vilas Park on Murphy's Creek (now known as Wingra Creek.) Many people are set up to fish on both sides of the tree-lined banks. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of ice fishermen on the ice next to a lake. Their paths and footprints make an interesting pattern in the snow. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Two young boys are oiling the reel of a fishing rod in a shed. The older boy is sitting on a box, and the younger boy is kneeling. A Springer Spaniel has h... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | View of a crowd of people lined up fishing side by side on long pier. A railroad bridge, with a tanker car, is in the background. |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | People ice fishing on the frozen Mississippi River. Hills can be seen on the shoreline in the background. |
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