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Men and the Spoils of Hunting

Date: 11 11 1933
Description: Four men posing with their dog and hunting trophies — moose, deer, bear, and fish hanging in the farmyard.
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Landing a Pike, Raleigh, N.D.

Date: 1910
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...
Photograph

Buzzard Billy's

Date: 2006
Description: View from across street of "Buzzard Billy's." There is a decorative fish on top of the establishment.
Photograph

Noel's Bait and Sport Shop

Date: 06 08 1959
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...
Photograph

Net Fishing

Date: 1960
Description: A group of men on a shoreline pulling a fish net from a lake. Several other men watch nearby. Two men use cameras to record the event.
Photograph

Fishermen Posing in Front of Tent with Fish

Date: 1910
Description: Five fishermen are posing in front of a tent with a long pole of sturgeon. A dog can partially be seen sitting on the ground on the left.
Book or Pamphlet

Kentucky Advertising Cuts — Hardware & Tools, Fishing Tackl

Date: 1913
Description: Features two illustrations. The top cut reads: "Hardware & Tools." The bottom illustration is fishing tackl [sic]. Cut reads: "Fishing tackl guns and ammun...
Map or Atlas

Map of Forest Lodge on Lake Namakagon

Date: 1930
Description: Original map made with watercolor and inkwash. Includes a legend of buildings, roads, natural features and other details of the lodge. Inset at bottom has ...
Map or Atlas

Index of Out-of-Print Quadrangle Maps of Wisconsin

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Description: This map provides an index of outdated quadrangle maps for the state.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...
Photograph

Sid with Smoking Trout

Date: 
Description: Waist-up portrait of Sid with an unlit cigar in his mouth, holding up a trout in both hands. The trout has a cigar stuck in its mouth. The area around the ...
Photograph

Sid Holding a Trout

Date: 
Description: Portrait of Sid standing and holding up a trout in his hands. Both Sid and the trout have an unlit cigar in their mouths. Sid's nails are stained, probably...
Photograph

Man Holding Walleye Fish Mouth Open

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Description: Outdoor view of a man's arm, on the left, holding open the mouth of a Walleye. The Walleye has been affixed to the top of a stake in the ground. A car is p...
Drawing

Opening Day Fishing Season

Date: 1981
Description: Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing. This drawing appeared in the Capitol Times on April 21, 1981 with Sid's caption: "a sportswriter with an automatic ...
Drawing

Opening Day Fishing Season

Date: 1984
Description: Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing of a large muskelunge (muskie), badge number 315 and clad in cowboy boots with spurs, that takes control with his six-shoot...
Painting

Spearing Time

Date: 1999
Description: This genre work, titled "Spearing Time," was painted in 1999 by Geri Schrab, a self-taught watercolor artist in De Forest, Wisconsin. Schrab was first insp...
Drawing

Scuba Diver Fishing Underwater

Date: 08 1963
Description: Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing of a man wearing diving gear is fishing underwater. He is sitting on the lake bed among weeds with a worm on the end of his...
Photograph

Musky Fishing

Date: 1963
Description: A man is standing in a boat on Pine Lake, holding up a muskellunge he has caught. Another man is sitting in the boat holding a camera to take a photograph ...
Photograph

Fishing Display

Date: 1940
Description: A display by the Wisconsin Conservation Department erected in a large tent extols the value of smoking fish for food. There are posters identifying differe...
Photograph

U.W. Hydrobiology Laboratory Research

Date: 05 29 1957
Description: Bill Heim inspects a water bottle before heading out on the lake to take water samples at various depths as Richard Pierce, an electrical engineer doing re...
Photograph

Newsletter Photo Souvenir

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Description: Front page of the fake, humorous newsletter titled Dells Events. The front page includes a color picture of a man (John Trumble) wearing a straw-bri...

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