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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: "...
Photograph

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.
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Fishing with Turtle

Date: 1919
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....
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Caught in Rock Lake

Date: 1910
Description: Photomontage of two largemouth bass hanging from the side of a building, with curious on-lookers observing the scene. The building is a dry goods store own...
Photograph

Fishing Near the Dam

Date: 04 1900
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.
Photograph

Catching Carp on Crawfish River

Date: 05 1901
Description: Children are standing along the shoreline watching young boys standing in boats fishing with dip nets in the Crawfish River. In the background is a bridge ...
Photograph

Fishing on Crawfish River

Date: 1901
Description: Boys are standing on boats, catching red horse fish using dip nets in the Crawfish River. The dip nets are set up on scaffolds in the river. In the backgro...
Photograph

Fishing on Crawfish River

Date: 1901
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...
Photograph

The Maunesha — Scene on Crawfish River

Date: 1912
Description: Elevated view of the river with trees on the left. On the right, two young boys are fishing from a rowboat in the river near a landing at the back of a thr...
Historical Object

Album Page with Cousins

Date: 1903
Description: An album page comprises five photographic prints and a watercolor painting of a shooting star (Dodecatheon) flower. The photograph at lower right was taken...
Postcard

Fishing at Dam on Rock River

Date: 1912
Description: A group of boys are fishing on the river bank beside a dam. Buildings are on the far bank. Caption reads: "Fishing at Dam on Rock River, Jefferson, Wis."

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