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Early Power Boat Used for Fishing

Date: 1900
Description: Steamboat on Long Lake owned by Lorenzo Newman of Chippewa Falls. It is anchored at Newman Peninsula on Long Lake near a wet boathouse. The boat was operat...
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Fishing On Breakwater

Date: 1910
Description: Long row of men in suits and hats fishing on the breakwater.
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Roy Goodland with String of Trout

Date: 05 01 1933
Description: Roy "Chubby" Goodland with a string of trout, caught near Ridgeway. He is wearing waders, has a creel hanging over his shoulder, and is standing in front o...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Whitewater

Date: 1870
Description: Bird's-eye view of Whitewater, with insets.
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Fish Bait

Date: 08 02 1963
Description: Contestant baits her hook in Washington Park at the annual Milwaukee county park commission's fishing rodeo.
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Men Fishing on Fox River

Date: 1960
Description: Slightly elevated view across water towards men fishing from a boat below the dam on the Fox River. Two other men are standing on the right shoreline near ...
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Man Holding Muskellunge

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Description: Man, probably Ira Bowen, holding a muskellunge in front of H.F. Lyon's barbershop on Water Street, between Main and Harrison Streets.
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Pewaukee Lake

Date: 09 04 1906
Description: Three boys on the shore of Pewaukee Lake. One boy is fishing, while the other two observe. A boat dock and boathouse are in the background.
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Waterfront on the Grounds of Benjamin Walker Castle

Date: 1863
Description: View of the shoreline on the Walker Castle grounds. Two men are boating while a young boy fishes from the shore.
Postcard

Racine Harbor

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Racine, Wis. in 1850." Artist's rendering of the view of the harbor with sailing ships, sailboats, rowboats and canoes. The Main Stre...
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Man with Deer and Fish

Date: 1900
Description: Man posed at door of a hunting lodge with guns, deer carcass, and two Northern pike.
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Sports Fisherman Leroy M. Kreisler with His Prize Catch

Date: 09 12 1949
Description: Sports fisherman Leroy M. Kreisler, Monona, holding the thirty-eight pound sturgeon he caught in the Wisconsin River near Okee. The fish measured thirty-fi...
Postcard

Boats at Fishing Wharf

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Description: View from shoreline of boats docked at the fishing wharf. People are fishing from the pier, and a group of people are in a rowboat near a ferry. There are ...
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Smallest Fisherman

Date: 09 24 1949
Description: Ronald Rutlin of 1726 Helena Street holding a fishing trophy while standing in front of a brick wall. He was awarded the trophy by the Yahara Fisherman's C...
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People Fishing

Date: 09 15 1962
Description: A group of men, women and children fish from a dock located on the Fox River. In the background are commercial buildings along the shoreline.
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Fisherman on Shore of Lake Monona

Date: 10 19 1950
Description: An unidentified man fishing along the shore of Lake Monona behind Fauerbach's Brewery, located at 651-3 Williamson Street. Four Lakes Boat Company, 425 Sou...
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Syl Fishing at Sturgeon Bay

Date: 07 1899
Description: Syl with two women and a man, all wearing hats, fishing off of a dock in Sturgeon Bay. Behind them is a small wooden structure.
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Syl Fishing from Pier

Date: 08 10 1902
Description: View from shoreline of Syl wearing a short cape fishing from a small pier on a lake or river. A rowboat is tied to the dock. A small stretch of beach leads...
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Syl Fishing at Sturgeon Bay

Date: 1899
Description: A young Syl fishing with three other adults off a pier using cane poles.
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Fisherman's Shanty

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of a fisherman's shanty along the shoreline surrounded by rocks. At the shoreline is a man and numerous boats pulled ashore. Caption reads: "...

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