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Photograph

Fishing On Breakwater

Date: 1910
Description: Long row of men in suits and hats fishing on the breakwater.
Book or Pamphlet

Playground of Wisconsin's Northwoods Pamphlet

Date: 1931
Description: Cover of a Wisconsin tourism pamphlet for the 1932 season.
Postcard

Tenney Park

Date: 
Description: A scenic view down sidewalk towards Lake Mendota. People are standing and looking out towards Maple Bluff in the distance. Caption reads: "Scene from Tenne...
Map or Atlas

Recreational Map of Glacier National Park, Montana: Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta

Date: 1930
Description: Pictorial map of Glacier National Park, Montana and Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta. Illustrated by Joe Scheurle, it depicts white people, American ...
Photograph

Waiting for Bass Run

Date: 1936
Description: Elevated view of people in a park along the shoreline waiting for the White Bass run.
Book or Pamphlet

Spearing Fish in Winter

Date: 1884
Description: Small group of Native Americans spearing fish through ice on a river. Mountains can be seen in the background.
Print

Kenosha Harbor

Date: 1871
Description: Engraved view of Kenosha harbor. A group of men fish from a pier in the foreground while several boats float through the harbor. A tug is pulling a large s...
Drawing

Opening Day Fishing Season - The Reverse

Date: 1979
Description: Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing of a man dressed in fishing gear suspended above the fireplace in a living room from a nail in the wall. Below the man is a...
Drawing

Opening Day Fishing Season (Unpublished)

Date: 
Description: Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing that collages several scenes: the Madison skyline from the lakeshore of Lake Monona; Ted Ryan, a road maintenance worker, ...
Drawing

Opening Day Fishing Season (Unpublished)

Date: 
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 ...
Photograph

Fishing Huts on Jones Island

Date: 1892
Description: Elevated view of fishing village on Jones Island, Milwaukee. Several fishing boats are docked along the shoreline. Large piles of lumber are in the foregro...
Postcard

Silver Lake Resort and Picnic Grounds

Date: 
Description: View of Silver Lake Resort (from the lake). Several people are in rowboats, and some of the people have fishing poles. Cottages are among the trees in the ...

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