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Calvin Coolidge Fishing

Date: 1928
Description: President Calvin Coolidge fishing at Cedar Island Lodge, rustic lodge of Henry C. Pierce, 35 miles from Superior, Wisconsin, on the Brule River. This lodge...
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Dwight D. Eisenhower Fishing

Date: 1956
Description: Dwight D. Eisenhower and his brothers on a fishing trip proudly exhibiting muskies and northern pike on a Wisconsin lake. From left are Dwight, Edgar, Milt...
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Dwight D. Eisenhower

Date: 07 1946
Description: Dwight D. Eisenhower, fishing with his brothers on Wisconsin Lake, proudly exhibit Muskies and one Northern Pike.
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Logs in Ashland Harbor

Date: 1936
Description: Elevated view of logs tugged across Lake Superior to the harbor at Ashland.
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Canal Lighthouse, Sturgeon Bay

Date: 1953
Description: View across water towards the Sturgeon Bay Canal Lighthouse, with a group of people in a motorboat in the foreground.
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Sturgeon Bay

Date: 1945
Description: People on observation tower looking at Sturgeon Bay.
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Little Manitou Falls, Pattison State Park

Date: 1938
Description: Little Manitou Falls on the Black River. Referred to as the "upper falls" in the park. A person is sitting on the rocks on top of the falls. This waterfall...
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Illegal Snag Line

Date: 1942
Description: Warden Kramer and his assistant in a boat removing an illegal snag line from the Wolf River.
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Confiscated Sturgeon

Date: 1942
Description: Warden Kramer and an assistant hold up confiscated sturgeon caught with illegal snag lines.
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Governor La Follette and Governor Horner on Fishing Trip

Date: 09 25 1937
Description: Governor Philip La Follette (Wisconsin) and Governor Henry Horner (Illinois) enjoy a laugh in the boat during a fishing trip.
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Wisconsin Conservation Warden

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Description: Wisconsin wardens patrolling waters of Wisconsin in a canoe.
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Copper Falls Waterfall

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Description: Elevated view of Copper Falls on the Bad River. Four people, one man and three women, are posing on rocks at the top of the falls. Surrounding burned-over ...
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Fishing Party

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Description: Small lake showing 19 fishing parties in small boats, all in one area.
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Canoeing on Namekagon River

Date: 1935
Description: Two men in a canoe on the Namekagon River in northwestern Wisconsin.
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Two Men in a Canoe

Date: 1930
Description: View from shoreline of two men in a canoe running the Cedar Rapids on the Flambeau River.
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Men in a Rowboat Fishing

Date: 1930
Description: View through birch trees looking down at two men fishing from a rowboat near the shoreline. Another boat is tethered to the shore nearby.
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Eagle Scout Forestry Camp 25th Anniversary Marker

Date: 1954
Description: Ten men are standing in a row in front of a sign marking the 25th anniversary of the Eagle Scout Forestry Camp. They are each holding an Eagle Scout trophy...
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Neal Harrington at a Ceremony

Date: 1950
Description: A smiling Neal Harrington is handing a box to another man. There are other people in the background and flanking Neal. They are in a state forest or park w...
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Planting Pike

Date: 1935
Description: Two unidentified men, working from a boat or raft, are dumping the contents of milk cans into the waters of a lake. There are small cottages on the shore i...
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Making Chowder

Date: 08 1940
Description: Joe Norton, left, and his son Bud are tending a large pan of fish chowder cooking over the coals of a campfire on the shore of Green Lake. In the backgrou...

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