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Ice Fishing on Lake Superior

Date: 1942
Description: Two men and two boys standing on ice in front of a windsled. All four are holding lake trout.
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Transporting Parcels on Windsled

Date: 1954
Description: Elmer Nelson sorting through boxes of goods being transported on the "Dream Sled" windsled.
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Open Boat-Type Windsled

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Description: Man driving windsled on frozen Lake Superior. The windsled is an open boat fitted with an engine and rudder.
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Motorboating at Devils Island

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Description: Slightly elevated view of a wooden in-board motorboat on Lake Superior. Two men are in the front seat, and two bathing beauties are riding in the back wavi...
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Ice Fishing Shanties

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Description: George Harris and other ice fishing shanties on Chequamegon Bay. One man is on skis moving across the snow and ice.
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Ice Fishing on Chequamegon Bay

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Description: Man ice fishing on Chequamegon Bay through a hole with a fishing jig, fish and fry pan.
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Ice Fisherman with Large Fish

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Description: Fisherman standing on frozen Lake Superior holding a lake trout, leaning on snowshoes.
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Fisherman of Chequamegon Bay

Date: 1950
Description: Vern Frechette (left) and Leonard Larson show their catch of trout caught during ice fishing on Chequamegon Bay.
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Ice Fisherman and Ice Shanty

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Description: Ice fisherman Bruno Grotzke of Ashland poses in front of his fishing shanty on Chequamegon Bay.
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Fisherman with Fish

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Description: A fisherman sitting in a boat is holding a cigar and posing with lake trout.
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Chequamegon Bay Fishermen

Date: 1955
Description: Three fisherman in a boat pulling in a net full of fish on Chequamegon Bay while a man and a boy look on.
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Chequamegon Bay Fishing

Date: 1955
Description: Four men and a boy netting trout from boat on Chequamegon Bay.
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Fisherman with Northern Pike

Date: 06 1952
Description: Fisherman John Chingo displaying two Northern Pike he caught in Chequamagon Bay. Photograph probably taken in Hec's Bar on East Main Street in Ashland.
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Three Fisherman at Little Sand Bay

Date: 1955
Description: Catch of lake trout displayed by three fisherman on the pier at Little Sand Bay. From left to right are Martin Johnson, Hermy Johnson, and Myron Lohman.
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Lone Boater on Chequamegon Bay

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Description: Lone man boating or fishing alone on Lake Superior. He is standing at the rear of the boat holding an oar.

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