Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections
Filter: Categories of Wisconsin Historical Images
Filter: Subject of Rivers
Filter: Year of 1900-1999
Filter: Subject of fishes
| Date: | 06 30 1916 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Three men attempt to pull a giant fish onto shore using a rope. A dam spans the length of the river in the background. Red text in the upper left corner be... |
| Date: | 1910 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Photomontage of three fishermen in a rowboat, seen from behind, trying to reel in giant fish. A shadowy forest is visible on the opposite side of the river... |
| Date: | 1910 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Young girl in foreground, wading in Fox River. Woman standing in a rowboat, pulled to shore, holding a fishing pole and fish. |
| Date: | 09 20 1949 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Al Koppenhaver, a game warden for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, holding a bucket of dead fish that were removed from the Yahara River belo... |
| Date: | 09 20 1949 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Two Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources employees removing dead fish from the Yahara River near the Johnson Street bridge. The fish were evidently ki... |
| Date: | 1953 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A map of Lake Mendota that shows depths and the locations of various species of fish in lake. The maps also identifies a number of selected roads and stree... |
| Date: | 1913 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Photographic postcard along shoreline of a group of people fishing at Rudolph Mill. Sherwin Gillett's wife's cousin, William Schmitt, is standing in the fo... |
| Date: | 1902 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Jennie and Edgar Krueger holding a pole between them on their shoulders, with two carp strung up on it. They are standing on a bank next to a river, with a... |
| Date: | 1910 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Two men stand on a flat boat on Wolf River. They hold stringers of fish suspended from a wooden pole between them. Behind them is what may be a gas pump on... |
| Date: | 1987 |
|---|---|
| Description: | This map shows creeks, lakes, ponds, and rivers. Also included are illustrations and a table of trout food, tips on trout fishing and notes on top trout st... |
| Date: | 1975 |
|---|---|
| Description: | This map provides an index of outdated quadrangle maps for the state. Communities, counties, rivers, and lakes are labeled including Lake Michigan and Lake... |
| Date: | 1969 |
|---|---|
| Description: | This map shows businesses, resorts, roads, public boat landings, schools, cemeteries, and location of fish and game. An inset map reads: Continuation along... |
| Date: | 1972 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing of a view from across a stream towards a cigar-smoking fisherman (probably Sid Boyum) on the opposite side of the bank. He ... |
| Date: | 1983 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing of three fisherman, Clyde (Bud) Chamberlain with his creel, Stan Hamre, who has fallen backward into the water, and Carl Vo... |
| Date: | 1973 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Two men are kneeling on a dock along the Wolf River, each holding two stringers of white bass they have caught. |
| Date: | 05 1972 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Close-up view of a rainbow trout making a splash while fighting a fishing line on the Pine River. |
| Date: | 1937 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Jean A. Pope is smiling broadly while holding a stringer of five bass. He is also holding his rod and reel, and is standing on a small wooden pier. A descr... |
| Date: | 04 1971 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A man is kneeling on the edge of Fox River and holding his fishing pole in his left hand and a walleye in his right. Behind him other people are sitting in... |
| Date: | 10 1962 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Elevated view of a fisherman netting his fish near the bridge at Keshena Falls. Caption on reverse reads: "This is an actual catch I just happened to be pr... |
If you didn't find the material you searched for, our Library Reference Staff can help.
Call our reference desk at 608-264-6535 or email us at: