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Salmon Fishing

Date: 10 07 1977
Description: Man and woman napping on the rocks with their hats down over their eyes as they fish for salmon.
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Fishing On Breakwater

Date: 1910
Description: Long row of men in suits and hats fishing on the breakwater.
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Ice Shanty on Sturgeon Bay

Date: 1898
Description: A boy dressed in knickers clears the ice in preparation to fish next to his family's ice shanty.
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Anderson Dock

Date: 1935
Description: View down road towards boats docked at the fishing wharf at Ephraim in Door County. The bluff on the horizon is in Peninsula State Park.
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Fishing on a Pier

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Description: Pier lined with people fishing on a lake (probably Lake Michigan). Men are returning toward shore, and other men are sitting and fishing, lined up along th...
Postcard

Fishing Nets Drying

Date: 1967
Description: Fishing nets drying along the shore of Lake Michigan.
Postcard

Racine Harbor

Date: 1907
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...
Print

Fishing Station

Date: 
Description: Engraving of a wooden shack on a Lake Michigan beach surrounded by rowboats, a campfire, and a wooded bluff. Two men stand on the beach near the water.
Photograph

Jones Island

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Description: Elevated view of Jones Island fishing community in Milwaukee Harbor. Several shacks are visible as well as many fishing nets on net rollers. Ice on the wat...
Postcard

Greetings from Green Bay, Wisconsin

Date: 1957
Description: Large Letter style postcard for Green Bay depicting various scenes in the letters that spell the name of the city. Caption reads: "Greetings from Green Bay...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin Fun Map : Picturing the Vacation of Opportunities of this Great Outdoor State

Date: 1936
Description: This pictorial tourist map from the Wisconsin Conservation Commission depicts vacation activities and identifies tourist destinations throughout the state....
Photograph

Pier and Warehouse

Date: 1920
Description: View from hill looking down at a wood framed warehouse building on a pier with boats docked alongside. Near the warehouse are fish net drying reels. Wooded...
Photograph

Seagulls

Date: 1927
Description: A large flock of seagulls flies over a fishing boat.
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Toft Point

Date: 1942
Description: View from rocky shoreline of two men fishing from a small boat near Toft Point.
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Foss Dock

Date: 1920
Description: View from the water of Washington Harbor on Washington Island. There are boats moored and warehouses along the pier. Fishing nets dry on racks on the shore...
Map or Atlas

Map of Kewaunee County, Wisconsin

Date: 1970
Description: A map of parks of Kewaunee County, Wisconsin, showing the fishing spots, lakes and parks in the area, it also provides a location map of the area. On the ...
Photograph

Doctor Gordon's Pier

Date: 1915
Description: View along shoreline towards fishing nets drying on the rail of the pier at Dr. Gordon's cottage on North Bay.
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Dr. Gordon's Pier

Date: 1915
Description: View from rocky shoreline of a man with a fishing pole standing in the shade provided by a small roof at the end of Dr. Gordon's pier. Fishing nets dry alo...
Photograph

View of Fish Creek

Date: 1915
Description: View down hill towards a man fishing from the pier at Nelson Point in Peninsula State Park. Fish Creek is seen across the bay. Dr. Welcker's Casino is the ...
Postcard

Door County

Date: 1966
Description: A colored map depiction of Door County, Wisconsin, with pictorial highlights, titled: "Door County — Wisconsin's Air Conditioned Peninsula Playground."

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