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Smelt Rigging

Date: 04 1938
Description: Elevated view from shoreline towards a boy using a single paddle to propel a small rowboat on the Sheboygan River. There are five rigs set up along the sho...
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Delivering Fish

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Description: Fishmonger unloading fish in Berlin.
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Fishing Display

Date: 1940
Description: A display by the Wisconsin Conservation Department erected in a large tent extols the value of smoking fish for food. There are posters identifying differe...
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Chef Paul Golde

Date: 03 28 1956
Description: A man in a chef's uniform is preparing a row of shrimp along a cooked salmon on a platter. Caption reads: "A salmon dish decorated with shrimp by Chef Paul...
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The Net Mender

Date: 07 1951
Description: A man repairing fishing nets wound on large reels at a fishery.
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Commercial Fishing

Date: 01 27 1955
Description: A commercial fishing boat on Lake Michigan despite the fact that it is 10 degrees below zero. Ice coats various parts of the ship. On the right, fish are f...
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Preparations

Date: 07 1951
Description: A man preparing nets wound on large reels for fishing. A row of tubs are in the foreground and a shed is in the background.
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Smoked Fish

Date: 02 28 1965
Description: Two men are packing smoked fish in a box. In the background smoked fish are hanging on nails on racks.
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Drying Fish Nets

Date: 1963
Description: Fish nets and floats drying while wound onto wooden reels. Clouds are in the sky in the background.
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Fishermans Shack

Date: 1932
Description: Text on front reads: "Fishermans Shack, Wis Point, Superior Wis." A man peers around the corner of his tar paper covered fishing shack on Wisconsin Point. ...
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Fish Fry at Sacred Heart Church

Date: 11 12 1965
Description: A group of men and women are sitting at a long table together eating fish fry.
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Woman and Child at Fish Fry

Date: 11 12 1965
Description: A woman is helping a child with a plate of food.
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Child Eating Fish Fry

Date: 11 12 1965
Description: A child is sitting at a table with a fork full of fish at a fish fry at Sacred Heart Church.
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Verona Fish Fry

Date: 06 10 1960
Description: A man, two women and a child are gathered around a table eating a fish fry. One of the women is standing in the center holding a glass of milk.
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Verona Fish Fry

Date: 06 10 1960
Description: A man, two women and a child are gathered around a table eating a fish fry. One of the women is standing in the center holding a glass of milk.
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Verona Fish Fry

Date: 06 10 1960
Description: A man, two women and a child are gathered around a table eating a fish fry. One of the women is standing in the center.

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