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Trout Fishing on the Brule

Date: 1949
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...
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Little Wolf River

Date: 1950
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...
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Daily Limit

Date: 1952
Description: Two unidentified hunters with recently killed Ruffed Grouse in the St. Croix River area.
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Common Cause

Date: 1955
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...
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Team! Team!

Date: 1955
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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Here Kitty, Kitty...

Date: 04 20 1959
Description: An electrical or telephone lineman, is using a burlap bag while attempting to rescue a cat perched on a power pole.
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Fishing at Keshena Falls

Date: 10 1962
Description: Elevated view of a fisherman netting his fish near the bridge at Keshena Falls. Caption on reverse reads: "This is an actual catch I just happened to be pr...
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Grab a Line

Date: 01 1963
Description: A man on a ship is tossing a coiled rope to two men below on the wharf. Ice encrusts the ship. Several other men are standing on the deck. Another ship and...
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Newspaper in the Raw

Date: 08 1963
Description: Elevated view of newspaper pulp wood stacked along the Fox River near the Combined Locks Paper Company. A crane is moving the logs, and workers are standin...
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Green Bay Packers vs. Detroit

Date: 1962
Description: Green Bay Packer's Quarterback Bart Starr and Center Jim Ringo in formation during a football game against the Detroit Tigers. Two referees observing, and ...
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Football Crowd

Date: 1965
Description: Elevated view of crowd. Umbrellas shelter some spectators sitting in the stands at a football game.
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Anticipation: Snowmobile Race

Date: 1969
Description: Snowmobiles and drivers lining up before the start of a United States Snowmobile Association sanctioned race. Miller Brewing was a sponsor for the event.
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Duck Hunter

Date: 10 1968
Description: A duck hunter with his gun on his shoulder navigates a marsh using swamp skis. Another hunter is standing in the background.
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Rocky Descent

Date: 1976
Description: View towards a rock climber on top of an outcropping at Devil's Lake State Park who is watching another climber descending. Devil's Lake and bluffs are in ...
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Parallel Progressions

Date: 1977
Description: Skiers on a slope make an interesting parallel pattern against the snow.
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Cold Cream

Date: 01 1977
Description: Close-up of a child in a knitted balaclava and mittens licking an ice cream cone.
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Christmas is Coming

Date: 11 1976
Description: A city worker putting up holiday decorations on a light pole using a telescopic forklift.

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