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Ice Fishing

Date: 01 03 1948
Description: Hundreds of persons from all parts of southern Wisconsin descend on Lake Mendota to fish through the ice for perch and other pan fish. The picture was take...
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Smallest Fisherman

Date: 09 24 1949
Description: Ronald Rutlin of 1726 Helena Street holding a fishing trophy while standing in front of a brick wall. He was awarded the trophy by the Yahara Fisherman's C...
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Ice Fishing on Lake Mendota

Date: 01 19 1951
Description: Helen Viktora and Magdalen Viktora ice fish on Lake Mendota.
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Ice Fishing on Lake Mendota

Date: 01 19 1951
Description: Mike Wagner, age 77, is shown "loaded down" with ice fishing equipment on Lake Mendota.
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Ice Fishing on Lake Mendota

Date: 01 19 1951
Description: Russ Bartholomew, left, and "Bud" Bond ice fish on Lake Mendota.
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Ice Fishing on Lake Mendota

Date: 01 19 1951
Description: Glen Dickerson of Sauk City ice fishes on Lake Mendota while sitting in front of a windbreak made of a grain binder apron.
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Yahara Fishermen's Club Percharee

Date: 01 17 1954
Description: Oscar Darey leaves Lake Mendota carrying his limit of 25 perch carried after 90 minutes of sub-zero weather.
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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: Mrs. Ken Christenson pulling a perch out of a hole cut in the ice of Lake Mendota during sub-zero weather.
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Scene Along Lake Mendota

Date: 1902
Description: Scene along “Willow Drive,” later known as "University Drive," on the shore of Lake Mendota, showing the neo-Gothic carved bridge. View from shoreline of t...
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Yahara Fisherman's Club Percharee

Date: 02 20 1960
Description: A Madison couple, Karen and Larry Slotta, solved the babysitting problem at the Yahara Fisherman's Club Percharee on Lake Mendota. They put their 7 1/2 mon...
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Yahara Fisherman's Club Percharee

Date: 02 20 1960
Description: Mike Merkle, left, packs away his catch after weighing in at the annual Yahara Fisherman's Club Percharee on Lake Mendota. With Mike are his sister, Marcia...
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Ice Fishing on Salmo Pond

Date: 01 1954
Description: Harvey Gifford, of 2541 East Johnson Street in Madison, chops a hole in the ice on Salmo Pond near Back Earth in preparation for ice fishing, where he thin...
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Ice Fishing on Salmo Pond

Date: 01 1954
Description: Mrs. Arthur Fecht, Highland, attaches bait to her line while ice fishing on Salmo Pond near Black Earth.
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Ice Fishing on Salmo Pond

Date: 01 1954
Description: Kenneth Kruse, a Madison policeman living at 5009 Flambeau Road, and his son Billy wait patiently for a nibble while ice fishing on Salmo Pond near Black E...
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Yahara River Dam

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Description: View across the Yahara River towards a tall smokestack on the opposite shoreline, with Lake Mendota in the background. Remnants of the foundation and suppo...
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Sid Fishing on River

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Description: View from shoreline towards Sid Boyum fishing while standing on a pile of rocks near a river. Near Sid on the opposite shoreline is a collapsed building on...
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Typing Fisherman

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Description: A man wearing a straw hat, coat, eyeglasses, and hip waders is sitting on a log typing on a typewriter. A fishing pole is propped up on top of the typewrit...
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Sid Holding Fishing Pole in his Backyard

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Description: Sid standing with a fishing pole in his backyard. He is wearing folded down hip waders and he has a cigar in his mouth. He is standing with his foot proppe...
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Sid Holding Fishing Pole in his Backyard

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Description: Sid standing with a fishing pole in his backyard. He is wearing folded down hip waders and he has a cigar in his mouth. He is standing with his foot proppe...

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