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| Date: | 06 02 1945 |
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| Description: | Hi-bred Muskie caught by Russ Peterson in Lake Wingra. The accompanying sign notes that it was 41 inches long with a girth of 19 inches and weighing 16 pou... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | A muskellunge caught by Louie Spray in 1939 on display at the Angler's Bar. The muskellunge weighed fifty-nine and a half pounds and was caught in Grindsto... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Photomontage of two largemouth bass hanging from the side of a building, with curious on-lookers observing the scene. The building is a dry goods store own... |
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| Description: | Four fishermen for hire stand with fish and fishing equipment in front of their store. The store features a doorway entrance with an open storage area. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | A large group of men are snagging sturgeon from a bridge over the Wolf River. A sturgeon is hanging from a line. More men are sitting on a bridge support, ... |
| Date: | 06 08 1959 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Noel's Bait and Sport Shop with cars parked in the lot in front of the building. Fishing nets can be seen on display in the window. The bu... |
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| Description: | View of seven men wearing pants, boots, belts and long-sleeved button-up shirts holding a box and three stringers of fish they caught. The wooden boats in ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Five men posing in front of the floating fish market, which is on the shore of the Mississippi River. One of the men is holding a large buffalo fish. The m... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Outdoor portrait of a man wearing boots, a jacket and hat holding a large fish next to a building and sign that says "Voss Birchwood Lodge, Strictly Modern... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Outdoor portrait of a man wearing boots, a sweater and hat holding a large fish and standing next to a building and a sign that says "Voss Birchwood Lodge,... |
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| Description: | Two men are posing standing on the left with their catch of fish. Another man is sitting on the ground with a dog under a tree on the right. All three men ... |
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| Description: | Group portrait of five local youth showing off a record breaking catch of thirty large Carp hanging on a stringer. Town elders, all men, pose in the backgr... |
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| Description: | Group portrait of two men posing standing and holding fish and fishing poles, and two men are sitting on the ground on either side of the standing men. The... |
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| Description: | A man (Sid?) sitting in a barber's chair is getting a straight-edge shave while holding a fishing rod with a large cutout of a giant fish caught on the fis... |
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| Description: | A man (Sid?) sitting in a barber's chair is getting a straight-edge shave while holding a fishing rod with a large cutout of a giant fish caught on the fis... |
| Date: | 05 1973 |
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| Description: | Steve Hopkins and Roger Debenham posing in Sturgeon Bay with seven trout they caught on Lake Michigan hanging from pegs under a sign that reads, "Bay Chart... |
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| Description: | A man wearing rain gear is holding a pot of seafood with a fish in his mouth while standing in the center of tables during a Ducks Unlimited dinner. Men ar... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing titled, "Today and Tomorrow — The Fisherman's Myth Never Flounders," that appeared in the Wisconsin State Journal on... |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing of a fisherman embracing a trophy Muskelunge (Muskie), while holding his fishing rod. A sign near the fishing rod reads: "F... |
| Date: | 02 2014 |
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| Description: | Bill Casper (left) with the last sturgeon he speared at a DNR registration station near Lake Winnebago. He is joined by his cousin, Paul Langenfeld (right)... |
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