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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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Dead Fish Along the Shoreline

Date: 1967
Description: View along shoreline with a large amount of dead alewives floating in the water near large rocks. A man and children are standing on a stone fishing dock o...
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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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Boating

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Description: A man is sitting in a motorboat behind the steering wheel. A girl wearing a life jacket is behind him kneeling on the dock. Walking on the dock on the left...
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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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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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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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Family Outing at the Boathouse

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Description: View across water towards two children jumping off the back of a motor boat into the water. The mother and father are watching from the motor boat. Behind ...
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Boy Playing with Toy Sailboat

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Description: A boy is wading through the shallow water of Lake Michigan following a toy sailboat. In the background are sailboats tied to a dock at Gordon Lodge.
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Swimming at Memorial Park

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Description: View looking downhill between two boys in the foreground sitting on logs on the left and right. Another person is walking up the hill path. Below is a grou...
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Swimming at Timms Lake

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Description: A mother is kneeling on the edge of Timms Lake, photographing her son who is floating in an inner tube. Other children are playing in the water in the back...
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Bayfield Marina

Date: 10 1978
Description: View from shoreline towards motorboats and sailboats docked in a marina. In the distance are buildings on a hill among trees.
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Geneva Lake Dock

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Description: View from shoreline through the trees towards a man and a woman walking down a dock. At the end of the dock is a man is holding up a woman on his shoulders...
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Sailing

Date: 1968
Description: Sailboats are docked along a pier in a marina, along with some motorboats. Men are walking along the docks, and prepping their ships to sail.
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Sailboat

Date: 1968
Description: Three people are putting up the sails on their sailboat in the Pioneer Marina.
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"C.G. Richter" Ferry at Dock

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Description: View down concrete pier towards people and a docked ferry, the "C.G. Richter," waiting for the ferry to unload a car.
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Northern Pike Spawn Collection

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Description: Two men are collecting northern pike spawn on Fox Lake. One man is standing and holding the pike's head, while the other is sitting in a chair with a conta...

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