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Woman Holding Fish

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Description: A woman displays a fish, probably a trout, by a string as a young girl looks on. Additionally, several large tents are erected in the background of the pho...
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Man and Woman Holding String of Fish

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Description: A young man and woman hold a string of fish outside a tent.
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Small Group Posing Outdoors

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Description: Three women are posing sitting, and two women and a man are standing under the shade of a tree. The woman in the center is holding a fish on a stringer. In...
Postcard

William Schmitt Fishing

Date: 1913
Description: Photographic postcard along shoreline of a group of people fishing at Rudolph Mill. Sherwin Gillett's wife's cousin, William Schmitt, is standing in the fo...
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The Day's Catch

Date: 1904
Description: Group portrait of men and boys standing in front of two houses all holding a long stringer of fish. Three women are standing in the yard in the background....
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Camping Scene

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Description: Exterior view of four women and one man displaying a stringer of fish hanging on a bicycle.
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Catch of the Day

Date: 1903
Description: Jennie and Edgar Krueger are with their grandfather, August Krueger, who is carrying fresh fish. The two children each have one fish attached to a pole the...
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Women and Children Cleaning Fish

Date: 1903
Description: Florentina, Sarah, Mary, Edgar, and Jennie Krueger are sitting in front of a small building cleaning fish. Florentina and Sarah are scaling fish, while Mar...
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Spearing Carp with the Ulrichs

Date: 07 20 1902
Description: August, Florentina, Mary, Jennie, and Edgar Krueger with members of the Ulirich family standing near a fence, returning from spear fishing for carp. August...
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Jennie and Edgar Krueger Holding Two Carp

Date: 1902
Description: Jennie and Edgar Krueger holding a pole between them on their shoulders, with two carp strung up on it. They are standing on a bank next to a river, with a...
Photograph

Inspecting a 15 Pound Muskellunge

Date: 1890
Description: A group of three men and two women are standing on a pier inspecting a 15 pound muskellunge. Long Lake is in the background. There is a boathouse at the en...
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Mr. and Mrs. Schmedeman Showing Off Their Catch

Date: 09 27 1933
Description: Albert and Katherine Schmedeman are standing outdoors, both holding a small stringer with a large fish hanging from it. Both Albert and Katherine are holdi...
Postcard

A Sample Catch; Scenery at Cedar Lake

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Description: Photographic postcard of two images: the one on the left is titled: "A Sample Catch" and is of three men holding the fish they caught, with a dog sitting a...
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Ice Chipper's Annual Ball Invitation

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Description: Two-fold invitation to the Ice Chipper's annual ball. The front, with humorous text "Eugene Beckman Here's Lookin at Your Ice Hole," has a round hole cutou...
Postcard

Feely's Pike Lake Resort

Date: 1906
Description: Postcard with the title: "Feely's Pike Lake Resort is the greatest place on earth for rest and relaxation." There is a photographic view of a man and woman...
Photograph

Brumder Family in Florida

Date: 04 1953
Description: Edward J. Brumder, Jr., center, posing with a sailfish which is hanging on a rack with other fish. A sign identifies the location as the Boynton Inlet Dock...
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Grant Stroh with a String of Fish

Date: 08 1931
Description: Standing on a sandy beach on the Island at Archibald Lake, Grant Stroh is holding up a string of fish. To the left of Stroh, a young woman, possibly his da...

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