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| Description: | Front view of dam and waterfall at Dells Pond. There is a building on the left of the dam. People are fishing from a boat on the pond. |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Racine, Wis. in 1850." Artist's rendering of the view of the harbor with sailing ships, sailboats, rowboats and canoes. The Main Stre... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a fisherman's shanty along the shoreline surrounded by rocks. At the shoreline is a man and numerous boats pulled ashore. Caption reads: "... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of fishing boats moored in the harbor, with shacks along the shoreline in the foreground. |
| Date: | 01 17 1954 |
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| Description: | Oscar Lochner (right) watching a committee member wearing a fur coat and hat weighing his catch. |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| 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... |
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| Description: | She didn't quite make clear what we were going to find when we got here on the outer edge of worry It wasn't Chinamen and it wasn't wild rice A ha... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Outdoor view looking down at a powerhouse, with town buildings in the background and men fishing along the shoreline. Identified as the third powerhouse bu... |
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| Description: | View from bridge towards three men standing on the bridge and fishing. The road in the background rises up a small hill, and a building is in the distance. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Three men (Korn brothers), all wearing hats, and two of them in suits, hold a bamboo pole holding stringers of fish between them. They are standing on a do... |
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| Description: | View across water towards three boys fishing from a bateau boat on a river. The far shoreline is in the background, and buildings are on a hill. Probably l... |
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| Description: | Group portrait of two men and a boy posing standing. The men are holding fishing poles, and the man on the right is holding a stringer of fish. |
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| Description: | Outdoor group portrait of a four men sitting and lounging on the ground, and one man standing on a bank near a stream. One of the men is holding a fishing... |
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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: | View of Carl Vogt leaning against the corner of a concrete block building holding up a fishing rod and raising his right leg. He is wearing hip waders, wit... |
| Date: | 02 2014 |
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| Description: | Bill Casper (left) with the last sturgeon he speared at a DNR registration station near Lake Winnebago. He is joined by his cousin, Paul Langenfeld (right)... |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | Birds-eye view of Appleton Wisconsin. In the foreground are people fishing, strolling, and looking over the canal towards the Fox River. Streets and buildi... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | A group of boys are fishing on the river bank beside a dam. Buildings are on the far bank. Caption reads: "Fishing at Dam on Rock River, Jefferson, Wis." |
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| Description: | A woman is posing outdoors while holding up the tail of a large sturgeon hanging from a hook. Behind her people are standing under a tent. |
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| Description: | Tall-tale postcard showing three men fishing off a pier, with two of the men holding fishing poles and two gigantic fish rising out of the water. A buildin... |
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