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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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Chicago Traveling Club at McBride's Point

Date: 07 1875
Description: Chicago Traveling Club encamped at McBride's Point at Maple Bluff on Lake Mendota near Madison. An African American sits at the left foreground with pans ...
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Four Fishermen on the Westport Bridge

Date: 06 18 1945
Description: Four people fishing from the Westport bridge. Six people have lost their lives within the past eight weeks at this bridge.
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Illegal Parking in Maple Bluff

Date: 01 03 1948
Description: Cars parked illegally on Farwell Drive in Maple Bluff. Cars belong to people ice fishing on Lake Mendota. A traffic problem was created in the village of M...
Postcard

Tenney Park

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Description: A scenic view down sidewalk towards Lake Mendota. People are standing and looking out towards Maple Bluff in the distance. Caption reads: "Scene from Tenne...
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Vilas Park

Date: 1928
Description: Children fishing and playing in the water at Vilas Park.
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Fishing in Cross Plains Creek

Date: 07 12 1953
Description: George Karls of Waunakee is shown fishing in Cross Plains creek.
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Old Mill Site

Date: 1895
Description: View from bridge towards a tall smokestack standing on the left side of the Yahara River where it is flowing out of Lake Mendota. Remnants of the foundatio...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 1-6

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Description: We've at least been able to conserve something if it's only the idea of conserving for conservation's sake
But the community interests ought to come fir...
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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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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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Ice Fishing on Salmo Pond

Date: 01 1954
Description: Three people ice fishing on Salmo Pond near Black Earth.
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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: 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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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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On the Ice

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Description: View across frozen lake towards cars parked on the ice near fishing huts. A shoreline lined with trees is in the far background.
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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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