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Indians Fishing From Boats

Date: 07 16 1898
Description: A group of Ojibwa men fishing from boats.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Whitewater

Date: 1870
Description: Bird's-eye view of Whitewater, with insets.
Photograph

Ice Shanty on Sturgeon Bay

Date: 1898
Description: A boy dressed in knickers clears the ice in preparation to fish next to his family's ice shanty.
Photograph

Chicago Traveling Club at McBride's Point

Date: 07 1875
Description: Chicago Traveling Club encamped at McBride's Point at Maple Bluff on Lake Mendota near Madison. An African American sits at the left foreground with pans ...
Drawing

Waterfront on the Grounds of Benjamin Walker Castle

Date: 1863
Description: View of the shoreline on the Walker Castle grounds. Two men are boating while a young boy fishes from the shore.
Photograph

Fishermen on the Ohio River

Date: 05 10 1894
Description: Two fishermen in a boat on the Ohio River.
Photograph

Fishermen

Date: 06 04 1894
Description: Several men fishing along the edge of the water. One of them is sitting on a big tree trunk.
Photograph

Husband and Wife Fishing

Date: 06 08 1894
Description: A man and woman fish at the base of a large rock formation.
Photograph

Fishermen on Pier

Date: 1898
Description: Fishermen fishing off of a long pier. Industrial buildings are across the water in the background.
Photograph

Syl Fishing at Sturgeon Bay

Date: 07 1899
Description: Syl with two women and a man, all wearing hats, fishing off of a dock in Sturgeon Bay. Behind them is a small wooden structure.
Photograph

Syl Fishing at Sturgeon Bay

Date: 1899
Description: A young Syl fishing with three other adults off a pier using cane poles.
Photograph

Rowboats and Young People Fishing

Date: 1890
Description: Oblique view from the Mississippi River. Two young women are in a rowboat near the shoreline, and two young men are fishing in the river. Alma at the foot ...
Print

Union Man Fishing in Secession Pond

Date: 1860
Description: A man dressed in a blue jacket and light blue trousers fishes in a "SECESSION POND." He is sitting on the Union flag. His fishing line has a Union flag on ...
Photograph

Snagging Sturgeon from Bridge

Date: 1870
Description: A large group of men are snagging sturgeon from a bridge over the Wolf River. A sturgeon is hanging from a line. More men are sitting on a bridge support, ...
Photograph

Old Mill Site

Date: 1895
Description: View from bridge towards a tall smokestack standing on the left side of the Yahara River where it is flowing out of Lake Mendota. Remnants of the foundatio...
Photograph

Sugar River Below Dam

Date: 1898
Description: View of the Sugar River below a dam. A man stands in the water fishing. Two others stand on the bank at left and one is seated on the dam. Three sticks are...
Print

Kenosha Harbor

Date: 1871
Description: Engraved view of Kenosha harbor. A group of men fish from a pier in the foreground while several boats float through the harbor. A tug is pulling a large s...
Photograph

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.
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 ...
Historical Object

Fargo Children at Play

Date: 1899
Description: An album page decorated with a hand-painted stem of wild geranium flowers features four photographs of Stuart Fargo, age two years, and his sister Dorothy,...

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