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Two Women Catching Fish

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Description: Two young women wearing waders are standing in a creek or small river. One of the women is holding a net just above the water, while the other women is exa...
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Test Seining on Kentuck Lake

Date: 1958
Description: View across water towards men, women, and children sitting in metal boats on a lake. They are watching five men standing waist deep in the lake holding up ...
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Governor Knowles with a Rainbow Trout

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Description: Governor Warren Perley Knowles, 37th Governor of Wisconsin, holding up a rainbow trout at Teal Lake. He is holding his fishing pole in his right hand, and ...
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Governor Knowles Fishing at Teal Lake

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Description: Governor Warren Perley Knowles, 37th Governor of Wisconsin, standing on the shoreline of Teal Lake holding a fishing pole.
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Fishing on a Pier

Date: 1967
Description: A young boy and girl are sitting on a pier looking out towards the lake. The boy is sitting on a post fishing with a fishing rod.
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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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Relaxing on a Pier

Date: 1967
Description: A young boy is lying on his back with one leg crossed over his knee on a concrete pier on a lake. A fishing net and a tackle box is next to him, and a fish...
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Children on a Dock

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Description: View from shore of two young children standing on a small wooden dock. The boy is holding up a cane fishing pole, and the girl is holding up a stringer of ...
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Fishing on Crystal River

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Description: A young boy is sitting on a riverbank fishing along the banks of the Crystal River.
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Fishing on Chain of Lakes

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Description: View from shoreline of three men sitting on a small motorboat with their fishing rods on Waupaca Chain O'Lakes. Other boats are on the lake in the distance...
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Ice Fishing

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Description: A man is standing on the ice of a lake, using an ice chisel to make a hole in the ice. Behind him a man is sitting on an Evinrude snowmobile prepping the t...
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Ice Fishing on Lake Owen

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Description: A man is sitting on a stool in the open doorway of a small tent on the ice on Lake Owen. He is holding a wooden drop line over a hole in the ice. Behind th...
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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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Musky Fishing

Date: 1969
Description: Two men in a canoe on a lake. One man is pulling a muskellunge (musky) out of the water with his fishing pole. The other man is standing and holding a net ...
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Celebrating a Successful Catch

Date: 1969
Description: Two men in a canoe on a lake, with one of the men holding a muskellunge (musky) hooked on a fishing line, and a fishing net. The other man is holding the f...
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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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