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Fishing in a Bucket at Highlander

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Description: A woman (possible Leny Vanbrink) pretending as though she was fishing in a bucket as part of a CIO activity at Highlander Folk School. Three people stand b...
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At the Fish Pond

Date: 05 1902
Description: Small group of people, including Alex Krueger, Mrs. E.S. Goetsch, Barnie Goetsch, and Dorothy Goetsch at a fishing hole in Shelby Co.
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Breakwater, Milwaukee Harbor

Date: 1900
Description: Long wooden pier with people fishing along the pier. Three males with their fishing poles and buckets are walking toward the viewer. A person next to a b...
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Men Fishing below Dam

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Description: Several men are visible using a large net to fish near the Depere [sic] Falls.
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Fishermen

Date: 1910
Description: Group portrait of fishermen.
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Cecelia Johnson

Date: 08 11 1948
Description: Mrs. Arthur O. (Cecelia) Johnson holding up a 38-1/2 inch northern pike, which she caught in Lake Mendota near Spring Harbor.
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Pickerel Billy with a Display of Pickerels

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Description: William Dunn, known as Pickerel Billy, standing behind a display of twelve pickerels. Pickerel Billy supplied pickerels from Lake Mendota to downtown hotel...
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Scout 80 Deluxe Camper

Date: 02 02 1963
Description: Advertising photograph of a Scout Camper with "bed 'wings' extended." A woman is pouring coffee at the back door, and outside a man by a canoe is readying ...
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David Bickel Fishing

Date: 09 10 1948
Description: David Bickel, 414 Clemons Avenue, fishing on the shore of Tenney Park lagoon.
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Henry A. Dahl, as a Fisherman

Date: 1905
Description: Henry A. Dahl, member of the Menomonie High School class of 1905, depicted as a fisherman. Pictured with a long wooden pole and a straw hat. Part of a year...
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Monona Bay Railroad Causeway

Date: 1918
Description: Looking southwest along the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad causeway. Two boys fish from the bridge. The sign declares "Private Property. No Thor...
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Three Women

Date: 1870
Description: Stereograph. The woman in front is displaying a Muskellunge, caught in Long Lake, on the residential lawn of M. Newman. Two other woman are standing behind...
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Racine Harbor

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Racine, Wis. in 1850." Artist's rendering of the view of the harbor with sailing ships, sailboats, rowboats and canoes. The Main Stre...
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Fishermen with Wagon

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Description: Three fisherman pose next to a wagon carrying glass bottles. The man on the far right is probably August Anderson.
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Fisherperson

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Description: A fisherwoman? stands knee deep in a river, presumably trout fishing.
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Man and Boy Fishing

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Description: A man and young boy fish from stepping stones in a river.
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Young Man with Fishing Pole

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Description: A young man walks with a large fishing pole and a can, presumably a can of worms.
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Woman Watching a Man Fishing

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Description: A woman stands on the shoreline nearby while a man wades in a stream to fish.
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Men Baiting Fishhooks

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Description: Three men bait the hooks of their cane fishing poles. They are standing on a wooden pier.
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Man Fishing From Bridge

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Description: A man fishes from an earthen bridge. There is a house or barn in the background.

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