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Stocking Fish

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Description: Conservation advocate Sigurd F. Olson stocking smallmouth bass in the canoe country near the Minnesota-Canadian border.
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Mount St. Joseph

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Description: A view of the Museum and Science Room at Mount St. Joseph. Taxidermied birds and fish are arranged on the shelves of a display cabinet standing along the w...
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Woman Holding Trout and Fly-Fishing Rod

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Description: A woman wearing waders and a hat holds up a trout in her right hand and a fly-fishing rod in her left hand. Attached to her hat are fly-fishing flies, and ...
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Fishermen For Hire in front of their Store

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Description: Four fishermen for hire stand with fish and fishing equipment in front of their store. The store features a doorway entrance with an open storage area.
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Fishermen Showing Their Catch On Ocean Avenue

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Description: Fishermen show off their catch on Ocean Avenue in Manasquan Beach. Several dwellings and buildings, a road, automobiles, power lines, and a flag pole are ...
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A Large Swordfish and Fishermen

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Description: Fishermen and women pose with a swordfish tied to a mast aboard a boat.
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Snagging Sturgeon from Bridge

Date: 1870
Description: A large group of men are snagging sturgeon from a bridge over the Wolf River. A sturgeon is hanging from a line. More men are sitting on a bridge support, ...
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Wisconsin : Home of the Muskie

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Description: Wisconsin promotional decal with a drawing of a hooked muskellunge leaping out of the water.
Postcard

Greetings From Devil's Lake

Date: 07 28 1933
Description: Colorized postcard in the Tall-Tale style. Two men standing on the shore are pulling a third man's leg out of a enormous fish's mouth. Two automobiles and ...
Map or Atlas

Indian Legend Map of Lake Mendota

Date: 1941
Description: Hand-drawn, watercolor and ink, map of Lake Mendota. Locations and many small figures appear around the shore with explanations referring to Indian legends...
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Jacob Johnson & Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Jacob Johnson & Company of Bayfield, Wisconsin, a wholesale dealer in fresh and saltwater Lake Superior Fish. Features a cartoon of a man wea...
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Johnson Fish Co. Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Johnson Fish Company of Green Bay, Wisconsin, wholesalers of "fresh. salt. & smoked fish, oysters and live crawfish," with a fish being pul...
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Denton House Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Denton House of Eagle River, Wisconsin, with a profile view of a fish printed in brown ink across nearly the entire width of the page, and th...
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The One That Didn't Get Away

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Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey, his son Craig, and the catch of the day.
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Young Aldo Leopold

Date: 1899
Description: A young Aldo Leopold posing proudly with his bamboo fishing pole, stringer of perch and a dog. The family was on vacation in the Cheneaux Islands, near Mac...
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Three Men Fishing

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Description: Three fishermen and a black dog sit on a log overhanging a river. One man is reeling in a fish and another holds his catch. The man in the middle is holdin...
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...
Print

Grand Hotel Queen's Birthday Menu Exterior

Date: 05 24 1898
Description: Front and back covers, printed in color, of the bill of fare served at the Grand Hotel on the birthday of Queen Victoria, with a tinted three-quarter view ...
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Man and Boy with Fish

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Description: A man and boy stand on a landing in front of two boats with water and a far shoreline in the background. They are holding up their catch of fish.
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Young Men Show Off Their Fish

Date: 06 1930
Description: Tom and Bill O'Dea pose with a large Northern Pike in front of their parent's garage door on Park Street. They are wearing one piece coveralls and boots. T...

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