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| Description: | View from shoreline towards eight men trout fishing on the Brule River. |
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| Description: | A large group of boys stand and sit on the bulkhead of a powerhouse before a flood. The boys could dive under one side of the structure and swim to the oth... |
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| Description: | A large group of boys are standing and sitting on the bulkhead of a powerhouse before a flood. The boys could dive under one side of the structure and swim... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Two men in a canoe on the Namekagon River in northwestern Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Overhead view of a group of young people sitting in inner tubes splashing the water with their feet in the Apple River. |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | A woman and three boys are tubing down Apple River. |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | A group to children and young adults are sitting on a large rubber inner tube on the Apple River. "River's Edge" is painted on the side of the tube. On the... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | A woman and a group of children are playing on a large rubber inner tube on the Apple River. "River's Edge" is painted on the side of the tube. On the far ... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Elevated view down center of river towards a group of five people sitting and standing on a large rubber inner tube floating down Apple River. |
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| Description: | Stereograph of the "Mikado," an excursion boat painted to look like a paddle wheel steamboat. It is stopped along the shoreline of the river where rock for... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of a formation on the Wisconsin River called "The Ink Stand." On the shore a woman is sitting on a wooden bench, and behind her is a picnic bas... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | A man wading and fishing in the Brule River. He is wearing waders, a plaid shirt, hat and creel, and has netted a fish. In the background is a forest and p... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | View across water towards a man fly fishing while standing in the river. He is wearing waders and a hat, and a creel and a net are hanging at his sides. He... |
| Date: | 07 16 1958 |
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| Description: | Three boys wave as they ride their home-made raft down Murphy's (Wingra) Creek. The boys are Mike Webster, 709 Emerson Street; Jerry DeBois, 213 W. Lakesid... |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Paddlers in a canoe on their way down the Namekagon river. The shoreline on the left is tree-covered. |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | People ice fishing on the frozen Mississippi River. Hills can be seen on the shoreline in the background. |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Two canoes are pulled up on the shoreline in the Flambeau River State Forest. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Mary Griggs (Burke), wearing a patterned short-sleeve blouse, shorts, and a flower in her hair, is sitting in the front of a canoe on the Namakagon River i... |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | Two canoeists navigate the rapids, called Gilmore's Mistake, on the Wolf River. Rocks and foliage can be seen on the shore. |
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