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Calvin Coolidge Fishing

Date: 1928
Description: President Calvin Coolidge fishing at Cedar Island Lodge, rustic lodge of Henry C. Pierce, 35 miles from Superior, Wisconsin, on the Brule River. This lodge...
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Dwight D. Eisenhower Fishing

Date: 1956
Description: Dwight D. Eisenhower and his brothers on a fishing trip proudly exhibiting muskies and northern pike on a Wisconsin lake. From left are Dwight, Edgar, Milt...
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Gypsy Rose Lee Fishing

Date: 1950
Description: Gypsy Rose Lee (aka Louise Hovick, 1914-1970) with a large muskie she caught in a northern Wisconsin lake.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower

Date: 07 1946
Description: Dwight D. Eisenhower, fishing with his brothers on Wisconsin Lake, proudly exhibit Muskies and one Northern Pike.
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Governor's Fishing Expedition

Date: 09 25 1937
Description: Governor Philip Fox La Follette (center) together with Governors Horner (Illinois) and Kraschel (Iowa) pose in front of the fish they caught during a fishi...
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Governor La Follette and Governor Horner on Fishing Trip

Date: 09 25 1937
Description: Governor Philip La Follette (Wisconsin) and Governor Henry Horner (Illinois) enjoy a laugh in the boat during a fishing trip.
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Governor Knowles Prepares for Fishing Season

Date: 04 1965
Description: Governor Warren Knowles holding a fishing pole and a fly. He is seated at a table covered in fishing tackle and additional fishing gear hangs on a rack at ...
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Fishing Party

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Description: Small lake showing 19 fishing parties in small boats, all in one area.
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Men in a Rowboat Fishing

Date: 1930
Description: View through birch trees looking down at two men fishing from a rowboat near the shoreline. Another boat is tethered to the shore nearby.
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Public Lands Open to Hunting and Fishing

Date: 1958
Description: This map shows state public hunting and/or fishing grounds, national forests, state forests, county forests.The lower margin includes an index to these loc...
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On the Wisconsin River

Date: 1935
Description: View across water towards an unidentified man sitting in the stern of a small boat, holding a fishing rod. A younger man, sitting forward, is rowing. There...
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A Good Day's Catch

Date: 1940
Description: Two smiling men are sitting on the ground and posing with seven good-sized fish. The man on the right is holding a line with a lure on it above the open mo...
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Fly Fishing

Date: 1940
Description: Three anglers wearing waders, including a woman on the left, are casting while standing in shallow water. The woman has a kreel on her hip, and the man on ...
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Fishing

Date: 1940
Description: Three barefoot boys are standing on a boulder on the shore of a lake or stream in a wooded area. One boy is holding a thin stick which has a fishing line a...
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Summer Time on Miles Lake

Date: 1950
Description: Elevated view of a man fishing in a rowboat seen through a stand of Birch trees on Miles Lake.
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Fall Fishing on Crab Lake

Date: 1950
Description: Two men fishing in a rowboat powered by a trolling motor. They are framed by two trees on the shore of Crab Lake.

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