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Elderly Man Fishing

Date: 1885
Description: Elevated view over water towards an elderly man using a long pole to fish from a steep rock ledge on the opposite shoreline.
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Men in a Rowboat Fishing

Date: 1930
Description: View through birch trees looking down at two men fishing from a rowboat near the shoreline. Another boat is tethered to the shore nearby.
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The Old Mill

Date: 1956
Description: View across water of the Old Mill surrounded by trees and water. Water is coming out of an opening in an archway of the mill. On the left automobiles are p...
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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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Fishin's Good at Jordan Lake

Date: 1926
Description: Men and boys fishing at Jordan Lake. One man is standing next to a boat pulled up at the shore and is holding up his catch of the day. There are cattails a...
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Jordan Lake at Clearwater Cottages

Date: 1928
Description: View from hill of Jordan Lake. Two people are fishing in a rowboat below, and the wooded far shoreline is in the distance.
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Yahara Fisherman's Club Percharee

Date: 02 20 1960
Description: A Madison couple, Karen and Larry Slotta, solved the babysitting problem at the Yahara Fisherman's Club Percharee on Lake Mendota. They put their 7 1/2 mon...
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Harvester Co. Catalog Front and Back Cover

Date: 1885
Description: The front cover features a color illustration of a man and woman relaxing near a lake or river. The woman is sitting on a chair under an umbrella painting ...
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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: 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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Fishing in a Small Pond

Date: 06 1906
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 ...
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Fishing Along a Creek

Date: 06 1906
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.
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Fishing at the Third Powerhouse

Date: 1910
Description: Outdoor view looking down at a powerhouse, with town buildings in the background and men fishing along the shoreline. Identified as the third powerhouse bu...
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Men Fishing off a Bridge

Date: 
Description: View from bridge towards three men standing on the bridge and fishing. The road in the background rises up a small hill, and a building is in the distance.
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Korn Brothers

Date: 1910
Description: Three men (Korn brothers), all wearing hats, and two of them in suits, hold a bamboo pole holding stringers of fish between them. They are standing on a do...
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Fishermen on Wolf River

Date: 1910
Description: Two men stand on a flat boat on Wolf River. They hold stringers of fish suspended from a wooden pole between them. Behind them is what may be a gas pump on...
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Man and Woman with Scout II XLC and Tent

Date: 1976
Description: A man and a woman are standing in the grass near a small body of water and a white colored Scout II XLC. Near the parked vehicle is a red tent and a chair ...
Postcard

Tilden Mill

Date: 1905
Description: View of Tilden Mill and dam on Duncan Creek. In the foreground two men are standing and sitting on a large, flat boulder. Caption reads: "Tilden Mill, Chip...
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Scout at Bird Sanctuary

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Description: Man sitting in pale yellow Scout parked at bird sanctuary. Hat and fishing gear are resting on the grass in the foreground, ocean is in the background.
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Kruegers and Backhauses Fishing

Date: 1910
Description: Several members of the Krueger and Backhause families fishing along the bank of the Rock River. Mr. and Mrs. Backhouse and Florentina and Jennie Krueger ar...

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