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Wisconsin Idea Theater Group
Members of the Wisconsin Idea Theater Group in costume, one man posing dressed as a fisherman, a woman as a bathing beauty, and another person as a giant fish.
Landing a Muskellunge
circa 1970-1979
Two men fishing are kneeling on boat cushions in a small boat on Little Bass Lake. One of the men is reeling in a muskellunge (musky) while the other man is holding a net ready to help catch the fish.
Woman About to Dive
1920
A woman dressed in a bathing suit, shoes and cap is about to dive off of a pier into the water. A rowboat is tethered on the right. Trees can be seen on the shoreline in the background. Another wom...
Rowboat and Water Scene
View across water toward the shore. People are rowing a boat in the foreground, and people are standing on a rock near the shore. In the background are houses along the shoreline.
Women in Motorboat
1941
Two bathing suit-clad women demonstrating their Evinrude motorboat on a Wisconsin lake.
Boat Landing at Armson's Report — Lake Mason
1926
View from shoreline of boat landing. A boy rows a boat nearby, and another boy fishes from a boat resting on the shoreline.
