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| Date: | 10 30 1909 |
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| Description: | Photomontage of a giant catfish being hauled on a flatbed horse-drawn cart. A group of men stand around and on the cart looking at the fish. The Williams... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | "Keep Cool with Coolidge in Wisconsin This Summer." A stamp presumably issued by the Outdoor Club of Wisconsin, to promote tourism in northern Wisconsin. I... |
| Date: | 10 30 1946 |
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| Description: | Fishing tackle box and fishing rod rack located on a closet shelf, taken for R.L. Kulzick Advertising Company, 409 East Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | The original caption reads: "A Hupa youth is waiting with poised spear for the shadowy outline of a salmon lurking in a quiet pool and gathering its streng... |
| Date: | 02 04 1947 |
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| Description: | Advertisement for Flambeau Float, 20th Century Manufacturing Company, 123 South Blair Street, taken for Kulzich Advertising Company. The advertising pictur... |
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| Description: | A large, ominous fish jumps over a red canoe, attempting to eat the man in the canoe. The man, wearing a brown suit, dives into the water. The card's capti... |
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| Description: | Two men, wearing straw hats and overalls, stand in a canoe while attempting to reel in a giant fish. The sun is setting on the horizon in the background. T... |
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| Description: | A man waves his hat in the air as he rides the giant fish he just caught, using the pole as a reign. The card's caption reads: "Here's the fish I promised ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A group of men on a lakeshore grapple with a giant pike. Two men pull on a rope hooked to the pike while two more stand ready with harpoon-like sticks. Ano... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Photomontage of two men in a rowboat, one of whom is attempting to spear a giant fish with a forked spear, while the other is drinking out of a jug labeled... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Photomontage of a fisherman attempting to reel in a giant fish from a river. Beside him sits a few beer bottles and a bag. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Young girl in foreground, wading in Fox River. Woman standing in a rowboat, pulled to shore, holding a fishing pole and fish. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Group of men on the shore of Fox River, near the Fox River dam, fishing. There is a barge in the background. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Group of three men fishing on the Fox River, with view of dam. There is a barge in the background. |
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| Description: | Fisherman with a pole and a fish on a line in front of an open barn doorway. |
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| Description: | Man, probably Ira Bowen, holding a muskellunge in front of H.F. Lyon's barbershop on Water Street, between Main and Harrison Streets. |
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| Description: | Man, probably Ira Bowen, holding a muskellunge in front of H.F. Lyon's barbershop on Water Street, between Main and Harrison Streets. |
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| Description: | Man smoking pipe and holding two strings of fish. |
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| Description: | Group of three men, four women, two girls, one boy, and a dog displaying fish caught. |
| Date: | 09 04 1906 |
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| Description: | Three boys on the shore of Pewaukee Lake. One boy is fishing, while the other two observe. A boat dock and boathouse are in the background. |
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