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Fishing Good at "Rustic Knoll"

Date: 06 1926
Description: A man poses holding a fish in both hands. Two boys wait at the service window of a log cabin.
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Boys Camping Scrapbook: Features

Date: 1942
Description: Page from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with highlights of the boys summer camp at Camp America Williams: "backwards" day, with a line of boys dr...
Photograph

Campers at a Table

Date: 1921
Description: Two men are sitting on benches at a table in front of a fishing camp log cabin in northern Wisconsin. Both men are wearing hats, and the man on the right h...
Photograph

060 - Girl Prepares Fishing Hook

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Description: Young girl sitting in a rowboat on the water baiting a fishing hook. A metal can sits beside her on the seat. Original caption notes: "Perch, large and sma...
Photograph

061 - Young Women Fishing from Dock

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Description: Three young women standing on a dock. The woman on the right has a fishing pole raised above her head and is ready to cast. There is a raft floating out on...
Historical Object

062 - Page from Joy Camps Album with Campers Fishing

Date: 
Description: Page from Joy Camps photo album displaying four photographs of campers fishing. Upper left photograph is an elevated view of several campers in a boat fish...
Historical Object

063 - Young Campers Fishing in Boats

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Description: Page from Joy Camps photo album displaying two photographs. The left one is a view over water towards two young campers fishing in a rowboat. The right one...
Map or Atlas

The Great North Woods Tourist and Fishing District of Wisconsin : Ideal Location for Summer Homes

Date: 1939
Description: This brochure was intended for tourists and shows resorts, lakes and railroads in northwestern Wisconsin and part of Michigan’s upper peninsula. Also inclu...
Photograph

Fishing Camp at Thunder Lake

Date: 
Description: Group portrait of men at a fishing camp in the woods near Thunder Lake. Creels are hanging near long bamboo fishing poles leaning against trees.
Map or Atlas

The Great North Woods Tourist and Fishing District of Wisconsin

Date: 1941
Description: This map highlights the fishing district and shows labeled rivers, lakes, cities, county boundaries and points of interest. The map includes a list of trai...
Map or Atlas

The Great North Woods Tourist and Fishing District of Wisconsin

Date: 1922
Description: This map shows in red the NorthWestern Railway Line routes running from Chicago, Illinois to northern Wisconsin. The map includes cities and towns, lakes, ...
Photograph

Two Women Catching Fish

Date: 
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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