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Istanbul Harbor

Date: 1951
Description: Elevated view of pedestrians at the harbor at Istanbul, Turkey.
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Pakistani Boats

Date: 1951
Description: Overhead view of Doonga houseboats on the Jhelum River in Pakistan.
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Boating in Kashmir

Date: 1951
Description: Boatman on a river in Kashmir. In the background are other boats along a tree-lined shore.
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Doonga Houseboats on the Jhelum River

Date: 09 1951
Description: Doonga houseboats tied up on the Jhelum River in India.
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Hong Kong Harbor Scene

Date: 09 1951
Description: The large, ornamental office building of Thomas Cook and Sons on the waterfront in Hong Kong. The firm was one of the oldest and largest travel companies i...
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Sampan Boat in Hong Kong Harbor

Date: 09 1951
Description: A sampan boat in Hong Kong harbor. Perhaps what caught the photographer's eye was the laundry on the boat hanging out to dry.
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John Scott in Uniform

Date: 1952
Description: Outdoor portrait of a uniformed man, probably John Scott. Behind him is a boat on a body of water, and on the opposite shorelineis a town and hillside. Ta...
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Fishing as the Sun is Setting

Date: 1967
Description: Two children are sitting on a pier, silhouetted by the setting sun. The boy is holding a fishing pole in one hand, and pulling the fishing line in another ...
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Rocky Island

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Description: Two women and a man are walking down the dock near a boat named "Chippewa" on Rocky Island.c South Twin Island is across the water in the background.
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Swimming on Wolf River

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Description: A group of children and adults swimming and playing in the water of the Wolf River next to their blue houseboat docked at the shoreline.
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Camping along Long Lake

Date: 1967
Description: View towards a child, and a woman holding a baby at the shoreline of a lake. In the right foreground is a camper, and on the left is the front hood of a ca...
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Teaching Fishing

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Description: A man is showing a young boy how to unhook a bass from a fishing line while standing on a pier. The boy is holding the fishing pole. The man is wearing a f...
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Fishing on the Wisconsin River

Date: 1967
Description: A man is sitting in a boat holding a fishing pole on the Wisconsin River near Tower Hill State Park. A black dog is sitting towards the front of the boat.
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White Bass Fishing

Date: 1973
Description: Two men are kneeling on a dock along the Wolf River, each holding two stringers of white bass they have caught.
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Landing a Muskellunge

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Description: 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 i...
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Musky Fishing

Date: 1963
Description: A man is standing in a boat on Pine Lake, holding up a muskellunge he has caught. Another man is sitting in the boat holding a camera to take a photograph ...
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Unloading Fish

Date: 1973
Description: A man is walking down a dock holding a large string of white bass. Other men are standing or kneeling on the dock behind him.
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Catching Trout

Date: 1967
Description: Close-up of a man leaning over the side of a boat and using a small net to scoop up a trout he has caught on the line of his fly rod.
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Fishing from a Rowboat

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Description: View across water towards two men fishing from a rowboat. Trees are along the opposite shoreline.
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Man Holding Stringer of Fish

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Description: Slightly elevated view of two men sitting in a rowboat. One of the men is holding up a stringer of fish.

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