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Men and the Spoils of Hunting

Date: 11 11 1933
Description: Four men posing with their dog and hunting trophies — moose, deer, bear, and fish hanging in the farmyard.
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Big Fish

Date: 09 04 1931
Description: Two men in a backyard are holding up a large pickerel fish that they presumably caught.
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Karl Smith with Muskellunge

Date: 06 09 1931
Description: Dr. Karl Smith is standing near his house at 1 N. Prospect Avenue. He is holding one end of a pole that is resting on a fence and displaying four muskellun...
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Lake Mendota Skin-Divers

Date: 07 12 1955
Description: Lake Mendota skin-divers, Dick Charmley and Gary Davies, shown with fish that they have harpooned. Dick is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C.C. Charmley, 20 Paget ...
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University of Wisconsin Prom Queen Contest

Date: 02 18 1952
Description: Shelia O'Neil (left), a finalist in the University of Wisconsin Prom Queen contest, holds up a fish (yellow perch) as part of her "Fishing for Votes" campa...
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Yahara Fishermen's Club Percharee

Date: 01 17 1954
Description: Portrait of Oscar Dary at a fish weighing station.
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Yahara Fishermen's Club Percharee

Date: 01 17 1954
Description: Oscar Lochner (right) watching a committee member wearing a fur coat and hat weighing his catch.
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Fish Catch from Lake Mendota

Date: 09 25 1957
Description: Caption reads: "The Lake Mendota fish population was reduced this week by this fine catch of crappies, white bass, and bluegills by Madison's expert fisher...
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Madison Summer Activities

Date: 07 08 1958
Description: Six year old twins Billy and Martha Haygood lying in the grass next to a pond, looking down at trout fingerlings swimming at the fish hatchery located on F...
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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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Gary McKenna Holding a Fish

Date: 08 22 1959
Description: Gary McKenna holds a fishing rod and small fish in one hand and a flashlight in the other. The boy won the flashlight as a prize for being the first to cat...
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Waiting for Opening Day Catch

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Description: Composite photograph of one forming the background that shows a man with a pipe in his mouth, fishing at the edge of an inlet of a lake and stream, and of ...
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Boys Fishing During Spring Break

Date: 04 19 1954
Description: Dale Jordan showing a fish, caught fishing with friends at Tenney Park.
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U.W. Hydrobiology Laboratory Research

Date: 05 29 1957
Description: Bill Heim inspects a water bottle before heading out on the lake to take water samples at various depths as Richard Pierce, an electrical engineer doing re...

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