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Coolidge in Wisconsin

Date: 1928
Description: "Keep Cool with Coolidge in Wisconsin This Summer." A stamp presumably issued by the Outdoor Club of Wisconsin, to promote tourism in northern Wisconsin. I...
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Fishing Tackle and Fishing Rod Rack

Date: 10 30 1946
Description: Fishing tackle box and fishing rod rack located on a closet shelf, taken for R.L. Kulzick Advertising Company, 409 East Washington Avenue.
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The Salmon Stream

Date: 1923
Description: The original caption reads: "A Hupa youth is waiting with poised spear for the shadowy outline of a salmon lurking in a quiet pool and gathering its streng...
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Flambeau Float Advertisement

Date: 02 04 1947
Description: Advertisement for Flambeau Float, 20th Century Manufacturing Company, 123 South Blair Street, taken for Kulzich Advertising Company. The advertising pictur...
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Tall-tale Postcard: The Fish Keep You Busy Here

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Description: A large, ominous fish jumps over a red canoe, attempting to eat the man in the canoe. The man, wearing a brown suit, dives into the water. The card's capti...
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Tall-tale Postcard: The Fishing is Excellent Here

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Description: Two men, wearing straw hats and overalls, stand in a canoe while attempting to reel in a giant fish. The sun is setting on the horizon in the background. T...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Here's the Fish I Promised You

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Description: A man waves his hat in the air as he rides the giant fish he just caught, using the pole as a reign. The card's caption reads: "Here's the fish I promised ...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Landing a Pike, Raleigh, N.D.

Date: 1910
Description: A group of men on a lakeshore grapple with a giant pike. Two men pull on a rope hooked to the pike while two more stand ready with harpoon-like sticks. Ano...
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Tall-tale Postcard: We Both Speared One

Date: 1910
Description: Photomontage of two men in a rowboat, one of whom is attempting to spear a giant fish with a forked spear, while the other is drinking out of a jug labeled...
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Tall-tale Postcard: If My Pole Had Not Broken

Date: 1910
Description: Photomontage of a fisherman attempting to reel in a giant fish from a river. Beside him sits a few beer bottles and a bag.
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Girl Wading in Fox River

Date: 1900
Description: Young girl in foreground, wading in Fox River. Woman standing in a rowboat, pulled to shore, holding a fishing pole and fish.
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Group of Men Fishing on Fox River

Date: 1900
Description: Group of men on the shore of Fox River, near the Fox River dam, fishing. There is a barge in the background.
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Men Fishing on Fox River

Date: 1900
Description: Group of three men fishing on the Fox River, with view of dam. There is a barge in the background.
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Fisherman Standing in Doorway

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Description: Fisherman with a pole and a fish on a line in front of an open barn doorway.
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Man Holding Muskellunge

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Description: Man, probably Ira Bowen, holding a muskellunge in front of H.F. Lyon's barbershop on Water Street, between Main and Harrison Streets.
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Man Holding Muskellunge

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Description: Man, probably Ira Bowen, holding a muskellunge in front of H.F. Lyon's barbershop on Water Street, between Main and Harrison Streets.
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Man Holding String of Fish

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Description: Man smoking pipe and holding two strings of fish.
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Group Displaying Fish

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Description: Group of three men, four women, two girls, one boy, and a dog displaying fish caught.
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Pewaukee Lake

Date: 09 04 1906
Description: Three boys on the shore of Pewaukee Lake. One boy is fishing, while the other two observe. A boat dock and boathouse are in the background.
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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."

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