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| Date: | 1842 |
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| Description: | This hand-colored lithograph of the second Fort Howard, with Indians canoeing on the Fox River, shows the hospital built 1834-1835 outside the stockade on ... |
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| Description: | View across water towards Laurie Peterson, son of the photographer, fishing from a rock on a misty morning near the family home. |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of the photographer, Carl A. Peterson, taking a moment to light his pipe while fishing from a boat near the family home. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Two men are pulling a giant fish over a wooden fence. They are on the shore of a lake. On the ground beside the men rests a pile of several other giant fis... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Photomontage of a fisherman in a rowboat catching a giant turtle. The male companion of the fisherman has fallen in and lost his hat amidst the excitement.... |
| Date: | 1863 |
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| Description: | View of the shoreline on the Walker Castle grounds. Two men are boating while a young boy fishes from the shore. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | A fisherman baits his hook at a park bench missing its seat. A metal fence divides the paved shore from the west channel of the East River in the backgrou... |
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| Description: | A group of men and boys pose by a pond. A boy holds a long, probably bamboo, fishing rod. Two men jokingly pose as if they are dancing the tango. |
| Date: | 04 1900 |
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| Description: | Men standing on either side of the river, fishing near the rough and ready dam. In the background is the Octagon House, built in 1854. |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of a man standing in a boat, dipping for carp on the Crawfish River. Behind him dip nets are set up on scaffolds in the river. There ar... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Large catfish hanging against a fence. The river, with rowboats lined up, is in the background. |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | View across water towards a group of pupils from the Dyer School fishing from the banks of a stream "about a mile south of school." They are using long can... |
| Date: | 06 1906 |
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| Description: | Alexander Krueger and family fishing in a small pond on their farm. Alexander and Edgar are using sticks as fishing poles, while Florentina and Jennie are ... |
| Date: | 06 1906 |
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| Description: | Alexander and Edgar Krueger fishing along a small creek on their farm. Both have their backs to the camera, looking into the water below. |
| Date: | 04 1938 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from shoreline towards a boy using a single paddle to propel a small rowboat on the Sheboygan River. There are five rigs set up along the sho... |
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