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Vilas Flying Boat

Date: 1915
Description: Jack Vilas (seated) in the Curtiss hydroplane he used to spot forest fires for the Wisconsin Conservation Department. (His companion is not identified.) Th...
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Fly Fishing

Date: 1940
Description: Three anglers wearing waders, including a woman on the left, are casting while standing in shallow water. The woman has a kreel on her hip, and the man on ...
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Hatching Jars

Date: 1939
Description: Four men work with hatching jars at a state fish hatchery. The jars are arranged in two long rows.
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Emil Kramer

Date: 09 1940
Description: Conservation Warden Emil Kramer is standing on a float in the American Legion National Convention parade in Boston, Massachusetts. He is wearing waders and...
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Trout Fishing

Date: 06 1938
Description: Elevated view of a man wearing a plaid shirt, waders, and a hat with flies tucked in the band casting into a stream. The caption on the negative envelope r...
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Muskie

Date: 1920
Description: An unidentified man wearing waders and a cap is posing on a rocky shore holding up a large muskie. There is a wooden canoe in the shallow water behind him.
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River Improvement

Date: 06 1936
Description: Elevated view of a man, on the left, approaching three youths working on the Thunder River. One of the youths is holding a bucket while the others, standin...
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Skiers

Date: 1935
Description: A group of skiers posing in front of a stand of small pine trees. The caption on the negative envelope reads: "Mrs. F.A. Marshall, Mrs. R. Becher, Mrs. Mar...
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Cranberry Harvest and Inspection

Date: 1934
Description: View down dirt road of field hands working to harvest cranberries in a flooded cranberry marsh, while men inspect newly harvested and crated cranberries. I...
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Netting Muskie

Date: 05 10 1936
Description: The caption on the reverse of this print reads: "Muskie spawning crew lifting hoop net on Big Arbor Vitae Lake, Sunday, May 10, 1936. Otto Mielke, lifting ...
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Duck Hunter

Date: 1939
Description: A man wearing waders and smoking a pipe, is sitting and holding several ducks on his lap, and has his shotgun resting on his right leg. His left hand is re...
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Packing Smelt

Date: 1935
Description: The description on the reverse of the print reads: "Commercial fishermen hauling in their net and immediately packing the small silvery smelt into boxes fo...
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Canning Carp

Date: 11 1936
Description: A man wearing a long leather apron, cap and gloves is operating a machine that secures lids to cans. Written on the reverse of the print is the description...
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Smelt Carnival Wrestling Match

Date: 04 1939
Description: A man, wearing galoshes, is standing in a sports ring and dumping fish out of a box labeled Lester Fisher Fisheries. People are in the background behind th...
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Rough Fish Removal

Date: 1936
Description: Men standing on a barge, left, and others on a wharf, work with a net full of fish from Lake Winnebago as others watch. Two boys at right are walking away...
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Beaver Removal

Date: 1935
Description: A warden, wearing high laced boots and leather jodhpurs, is holding a beaver by the tail while standing in shallow water. A second man, wearing waders, is ...
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Ski Tow at Rib Mountain

Date: 1938
Description: An unidentified skier wearing gaiters is posing holding his poles in his right hand and the ski tow bar with his left. Other people are lined up behind him...
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Game Farm Laboratory

Date: 10 1935
Description: A man wearing a white surgical gown and gloves is standing at a surgical table. He is performing a necropsy on a small animal. There is a double basin stan...
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Biologist at Work

Date: 1938
Description: Superintendent of Biology Edward "Doc" Schneberger, who is wearing a long white coat, is sitting on a stool and looking through a microscope at a small tab...

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