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Bathing Beauty Slaying Giant Fish

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Description: Bathing suit model posing standing in a rowboat, landing an eight-foot plastic Musky (Muskellunge).
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Fishermen on Pike River

Date: 1945
Description: Two fishermen on rocks alongside the Pike River.
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Fisherman on a River

Date: 1942
Description: Man fishing for trout at edge of river.
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Fishing Early in the Morning

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Description: Lawrence Martin and Will Hotchkiss fishing off a pier early in the morning.
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White Bass Run

Date: 1942
Description: People fishing for bass off dock.
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Trout Fishing on Brule River

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Description: View from shoreline towards eight men trout fishing on the Brule River.
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Fishing Dock

Date: 1938
Description: View from water of fishing dock and structure alongside; log buildings in background on shore. Possibly on shoreline of one of the Apostle Islands or on Ch...
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Ice Fishing on Lake Superior

Date: 1942
Description: Two men and two boys standing on ice in front of a windsled. All four are holding lake trout.
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Indians Fishing From Boats

Date: 07 16 1898
Description: A group of Ojibwa men fishing from boats.
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Trout Stream

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Description: A fisherman dips his net into a moving stream for trout.
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Fish Nets

Date: 1910
Description: Children standing in front of fish nets drying on net reels.
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Dam at Dells Pond

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Description: Front view of dam and waterfall at Dells Pond. There is a building on the left of the dam. People are fishing from a boat on the pond.
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Anderson Dock

Date: 1935
Description: View down road towards boats docked at the fishing wharf at Ephraim in Door County. The bluff on the horizon is in Peninsula State Park.
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Murrow and Son by Boat

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Description: Edward R. Murrow with a young boy, (possibly his son Casey), several unidentified men and a game warden next to a lake in northern Wisconsin with their boa...
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Edward Murrow with Fishing Rod

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Description: Edward R. Murrow stands with his fishing pole while smoking a cigarette on the shore of a lake in northern Wisconsin.
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Edward R. Murrow Fishing

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Description: Edward R. Murrow sits in a boat smoking a cigarette, having just caught a Walleyed Pike while fishing in a lake in northern Wisconsin. His unidentified com...
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Men Fishing with Murrow

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Description: Edward R. Murrow and two men fishing from a boat on a northern Wisconsin lake.
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Murrow and Son Fishing

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Description: Edward R. Murrow, with a young boy (possibly his son Casey), displaying a Northern Pike they caught while fishing on a lake in northern Wisconsin.
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Jefferson Dam

Date: 1910
Description: View towards a dam in Jefferson. Two men are fishing from the shoreline in the foreground. The Woolen Mills are on the opposite shoreline. Caption reads: "...
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Dam

Date: 1910
Description: View of the dam across the Rock River near the Empire Mills. A man holding a fishing rod is standing in the foreground on the left.

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