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Cornucopia Fishing Fleet

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Description: Fishing Fleet in the harbor. Caption reads: "The Cornucopia Fishing Fleet, Cornucopia, Wis."
Photograph

Boats at Les Crandall's

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of people on boat dock on Namakagon Lake. Some of them are holding stringers of recently caught fish, and wooden rowboats are tied to the doc...
Photograph

Lifting the Nets on Lake Superior

Date: 1937
Description: Four men in a large row boat lifting fishing nets on Lake Superior near Cornucopia.
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Catch of Fish

Date: 1937
Description: Two men standing on dock each holding a lake trout.
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Bobbing

Date: 1938
Description: An ice fishermen sitting in a shelter bobbing for fish on Lake Superior near Cornucopia.
Postcard

Vacation Paradise

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Description: Color postcard of a view of a lake from a shoreline. A power boat and a fishing boat can be seen through the trees. "Cable, Wisc." is printed in red on the...
Photograph

Lyndale Bay Resort

Date: 1935
Description: View from water of men fishing from boats along lakeshore in front of three cabins on Upper Eau Claire Lake.
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Morris Resort

Date: 1937
Description: View from lawn of a dog on a dock watching family fishing near shoreline of Eau Claire Lake.
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Fisherman Standing in Boat

Date: 1932
Description: View from shoreline of a man standing in a boat fishing near Mason. The shoreline is visible in the background.
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Two Men Holding Two Large Fish

Date: 1937
Description: Two men wearing winter hats and coats holding up two large northern pike.
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Trout Caught near Washburn

Date: 1935
Description: View of three trout with a fishing basket (creel) and two rods laying on the ground. The trout were caught near Washburn.
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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...
Photograph

The Fisherman Cottage on Lake Owen

Date: 1933
Description: Exterior view of a small one-story cottage surrounded by trees and flowering plants. There is a large fishing hook on the wall near the door. There is a di...
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Three Men with Fish at Nature Lovers Paradise

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Description: View of three men wearing pants, belts and long sleeve button up shirts holding a stringer of fish they caught. The wooden boats behind them say Nature Lov...
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Four Men Holding Fish at Nature Lovers Paradise

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Description: Group portrait of four men outdoors holding two lines of fish they caught at Nature Lovers Paradise resort located on Jackson Lake near Grand View.

Locat...

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Four People with Fish at Nature Lovers Paradise

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Description: Group portrait of four people standing on a pier holding two lines of fish that they caught at Nature Lovers Paradise resort on Jackson Lake. The two men, ...
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Woman Holding Fish at Nature Lovers Paradise

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Description: View of a woman wearing a bathing suit and hat holding up a heavy line full of fish caught at Nature Lovers Paradise resort on Jackson Lake.

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Seven Men Holding Fish at Nature Lovers Paradise

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Description: View of seven men wearing pants, boots, belts and long-sleeved button-up shirts holding a box and three stringers of fish they caught. The wooden boats in ...
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Five Men Holding Fish at Nature Lovers Paradise

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Description: View of five men standing outside holding full lines of fish they caught at Nature Lovers Paradise resort located on Jackson Lake. In the background are tw...
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Three Women with Fish at Nature Lovers Paradise

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Description: Group portrait of three young women wearing boots standing outdoors and holding onto a heavy line of fish. On the left are some wooden boats, the one in th...

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