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Canoe Poling
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Rear view of two canoes, one directly behind the other, each propelled by a man traveling on the Brule River. The man in the foreground is using a pole, and in the far canoe the man is using a paddle. There is a structure with vertical log walls on a pier on the left; the roof of a cabin is visible beyond the structure.
October 1937
Sanborn, Eugene H.
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Poling a Canoe
1935
The description on the negative envelope reads: "David Sample, guide at Brule, Wisconsin, taking a tourist down the fast moving waters of the Brule River." Sample, standing, is standing and holding...
Fishing Weir
1935
A man kneeling on a wharf holds the bow of a canoe while two others stand nearby. The man at far right carries a long fishing rod. There is a trailer on the shore near the men. Two canoes are mo...
Poling a Canoe
1940
River guide Bev Dennis is poling a canoe upstream through "The Falls" of the upper Bois Brule River. There is an armchair style seat in the front of the canoe and a high backed seat behind.
Paddling Upstream
1940
An unidentified man and woman are paddling their canoe against the current in the fast running Flambeau River. A small stand of leafless trees and blackened tree trunks on the banks provide evidenc...
Paddling
October 1938
View across water towards two men in a canoe on the left, and a man and woman in a duckboat on the right paddling down the Clam River. Trees and shrubs cover the riverbank. There are large cumulus ...
Flambeau River Rapids
September 1930
View across river towards three men in a canoe negotiating the Cedar Rapids of the Flambeau. Large boulders are along the far shoreline. On the reverse of the print is written: "Warden [Allen] Hans...
