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Fishing Boats at Dock

Date: 05 05 1963
Description: View across water towards two fishing boats moored at a dock.
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Spoonbill Catfish

Date: 03 14 1945
Description: A dead spoonbill catfish ("Polydon Spathula") found by former Dane County Coroner Wayne Fisher in a pothole along the Wisconsin River at Prairie du Sac. T...
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Fish Shop

Date: 10 28 1938
Description: A fish shop made of several small, interconnected buildings. Signs for fresh or smoked fish are on several parts of the shop. In the background is a railr...
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Salad Exhibit Prepared by Carson Gulley's Class

Date: 01 24 1949
Description: Close-up of a salad exhibit. Includes a pickled fish mold surrounded with deviled eggs and parsley prepared by Carson Gulley's cooking class.
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Rock Island

Date: 08 20 1964
Description: View over fishing boat of Rock Island, as seen from Jackson Harbor.
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Lutefisk Connoisseurs

Date: 11 04 1950
Description: Two lutefisk connoisseurs, Henry Ullsvik (left) and O. T. Ullsvik, standing next to a cold water tub filled with fish at the Ullsvik Grocery Store, 2350 Ea...
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Memorial Union Smorgasbord

Date: 04 03 1951
Description: Paul Cleary gets instructions on how to decorate a baked ham from head chef Maurice Comos for the Smorgasbord at the University of Wisconsin Memorial Union...
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Fishing Village

Date: 1936
Description: View from water of a fishing village at Gills Rock, at the tip of the Door County Peninsula. Two boats, many nets, and three men are visible, along with a ...
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The Flowage, Mercer Fish Hatchery

Date: 1932
Description: View across water of The Flowage showing the Mercer Fish Hatchery building on the left. Two people are in a boat on the far left, a bridge is in the center...
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Dock with Fishing Boat and Wharf

Date: 1936
Description: View of a fishing boat, 'Stella,' near a dock and wharf. The city's shoreline restaurants can be seen in the background.
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Norton's Pier

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Description: View of a small dock and fishing boats at Norton's Pier.
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Harbor Dock

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Description: Fishing boats dock in a harbor surrounded by homes.
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Geo. Hartman Fish Market

Date: 1910
Description: Five men posing in front of the floating fish market, which is on the shore of the Mississippi River. One of the men is holding a large buffalo fish. The m...
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St. Thomas Aquinas Church Fish Fry

Date: 11 1960
Description: A man and two women fry fish for the St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church family-style fish fry.
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Henery Ullsvik, Grocer, Sells Norwegian Saithe Fish

Date: 03 03 1965
Description: Madison grocer, Henry Ullsvik, wearing an apron, vest and neck tie. He is holding a small box of a frozen Norwegian fish called 'saithe' and a copy of a "W...
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Fish Banquet

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Description: Elevated view of a large group of men sitting down at a fish banquet. The men are sitting at long tables spanning two rooms. On the far right is a table wi...
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Smelt Rigging

Date: 04 1938
Description: Elevated view from shoreline towards a boy using a single paddle to propel a small rowboat on the Sheboygan River. There are five rigs set up along the sho...
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Fish Fry at Sacred Heart Church

Date: 11 12 1965
Description: A group of men and women are sitting at a long table together eating fish fry.
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Child Eating Fish Fry

Date: 11 12 1965
Description: A child is sitting at a table with a fork full of fish at a fish fry at Sacred Heart Church.
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Verona Fish Fry

Date: 06 10 1960
Description: A man, two women and a child are gathered around a table eating a fish fry. One of the women is standing in the center holding a glass of milk.

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