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| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with a family and their dog preparing for their descent down the hill on a toboggan. From left to right, Gene Anderson (my uncle), Betsy Marqu... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | A man wading and fishing in the Brule River. He is wearing waders, a plaid shirt, hat and creel, and has netted a fish. In the background is a forest and p... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | View across water towards a man fly fishing while standing in the river. He is wearing waders and a hat, and a creel and a net are hanging at his sides. He... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | View of people fishing and boating in Washington Park Lagoon. Three boys are fishing with long bamboo poles from the bank on the left, and two boys are in ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline towards two men in a canoe near Birch Point on Little Elkhart Lake. The day is overcast. Around the point is another man in a boat, and... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | First fishing near Vilas Park on Murphy's Creek (now known as Wingra Creek.) Many people are set up to fish on both sides of the tree-lined banks. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A group of children swimming below a cascade on a river. The area is surrounded by trees. |
| Date: | 09 1950 |
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| Description: | Students playing a game of touch football on a dirt field at Norbert College. One team is wearing shirts with "Inmates" printed on the front, other shirts ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A group of people are fishing on a shoreline of rocks and logs. One man with a bamboo fishing pole is pulling a fish from the water. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Tree-lined view from shoreline looking down at a lake scene of two adults and two children in a rowboat. Lily pads are floating on the surface of the lake ... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Close-up of a small sailboat on Pine Lake. The reflections of the sun from the water make an interesting pattern on the sails. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of ice fishermen on the ice next to a lake. Their paths and footprints make an interesting pattern in the snow. |
| Date: | 01 1952 |
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| Description: | Ski jumping at Timber Coulee. A large crowd is gathered to watch. Today it is named Snowflake Ski & Golf Club. It is host to a ski jumping tournament since... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Two unidentified hunters with recently killed Ruffed Grouse in the St. Croix River area. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Young girl at the beach writing her name in the sand. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Two men are standing in a garage and are dressed in hunting gear. One man is holding a gun, and the other man is holding a duck decoy. Their hunting dog i... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Two young boys are oiling the reel of a fishing rod in a shed. The older boy is sitting on a box, and the younger boy is kneeling. A Springer Spaniel has h... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Two young boys playing with a football. One boy wearing a helmet is about to kick the football, just as the other boy has just stood the ball upright. |
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