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Trading Post at Willie's White Birch Lodge

Date: 1951
Description: Interior view of the trading post at Willie's White Birch Lodge. Fishing lures are on display on the back wall behind a counter with signs that read: "Pat'...
Postcard

"Daddy Caught These" at the Everett Resort

Date: 1905
Description: Fish display, showing a small girl standing in front of Walleyes caught at the resort on Catfish Lake, east of Eagle River off of STH 70. Caption reads: "'...
Map or Atlas

Vacation on the Manitowish Waters on U.S. 51

Date: 1930
Description: This map shows roads and lakes and includes an inset illustration of Manitowish Waters Fish Hatchery. The back of the map includes a resorts directory, tex...
Photograph

Test Seining on Kentuck Lake

Date: 1958
Description: View across water towards men, women, and children sitting in metal boats on a lake. They are watching five men standing waist deep in the lake holding up ...
Photograph

Musky Fishing

Date: 1969
Description: Two men in a canoe on a lake. One man is pulling a muskellunge (musky) out of the water with his fishing pole. The other man is standing and holding a net ...
Photograph

Celebrating a Successful Catch

Date: 1969
Description: Two men in a canoe on a lake, with one of the men holding a muskellunge (musky) hooked on a fishing line, and a fishing net. The other man is holding the f...
Postcard

Behold the Fisherman

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Description: Postcard with drawing of a fish leaping from the water, and text that reads: "He ariseth early and disturbeth the whole household. He maketh mighty prepara...
Postcard

Two Days Catch of Muskellunge

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Description: Caption reads: "Two Days Catch of Muskellunge in Plum Lake, Sayner, Wisconsin." Group portrait of five men standing, and one man crouched near a tree behin...

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