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Three Women

Date: 1870
Description: Stereograph. The woman in front is displaying a Muskellunge, caught in Long Lake, on the residential lawn of M. Newman. Two other woman are standing behind...
Photograph

Sign with Fishing Catch

Date: 05 10 1894
Description: A sign displaying the catch of trout by E. Krohn and T. Van Schaick.
Photograph

Oconomowoc Image Collage

Date: 1890
Description: A collage of images including a sailboat, a fish, a man fishing, and a forest scene.
Print

Union Man Fishing in Secession Pond

Date: 1860
Description: A man dressed in a blue jacket and light blue trousers fishes in a "SECESSION POND." He is sitting on the Union flag. His fishing line has a Union flag on ...
Photograph

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, ...
Photograph

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...
Book or Pamphlet

Spearing Fish in Winter

Date: 1884
Description: Small group of Native Americans spearing fish through ice on a river. Mountains can be seen in the background.
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Palmer House Menu

Date: 10 02 1884
Description: Foldout menu with a central menu listing, with a banner at the top with hunting rifles, a horn, and fishing poles; and surrounding vignettes of hunters aim...
Photograph

Grant Stroh with Pickerel from Little Horn Lake

Date: 1898
Description: Grant Stroh posing with a big pickerel in front of Island Lodge. Caption reads: "Pickerel from Little Horn Lake 39 inches — Grant Stroh."
Photograph

Now Look Enthusiastic

Date: 1898
Description: W.A. Holt is showing off the perch he caught. Names from left to right are: Lucy Holt, Minnie May Rumsey, I.P. Rumsey, W.A. Holt and Bertha {unknown}. Capt...
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Annie McClure and her Fish

Date: 1899
Description: Annie McClure is standing in a boat showing the fish she caught on Archibald Lake. There is a pier on the left, and a tree-lined shore is in the background...

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