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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...
Photograph

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

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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August Krueger Cleaning Fish

Date: 1907
Description: August Krueger sitting in a chair on the porch cleaning fish while smoking a pipe. Several of the fish are lying on the rocks next to the porch, and severa...
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Fishermen and Friends

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Description: Group portrait of two men posing standing and holding fish and fishing poles, and two men are sitting on the ground on either side of the standing men. The...
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Cleaning Fish

Date: 11 16 1939
Description: Edgar Krueger and his son, Robert, straddling a bench while cleaning fish. A cat is crouching beneath the bench sniffing the discarded portions of the fish...
Photograph

Men and Boy Posing with Stringer of Fish

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Description: Group portrait of two men and a boy posing standing. The men are holding fishing poles, and the man on the right is holding a stringer of fish.
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Man Displaying Stringer of Fish

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a man standing and holding a fishing pole next to a stringer of fish in the gate of a fence. Behind the fish is a piece of white cloth ...
Postcard

"Daddy Caught These" at the Everett Resort

Date: 1905
Description: Fish display, showing a small girl standing in front of Walleyes caught at the resort on Catfish Lake, east of Eagle River off of STH 70. Caption reads: "'...
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...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Tommy Thompson at the Fish Opener

Date: 1988
Description: A young Governor Thompson sits on a chair in a boat holding a bass in his right hand and a fishing pole in his left. He wears a t-shirt, jeans, and a baseb...
Photograph

Montello Fish and Game

Date: 1905
Description: G.W. Roskie, left, of South Dakota, and Dr. Lange of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania pose with their rifles on the porch of the Montello House Hotel. Between them...
Photograph

Sid Showing Off His Catch

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Description: Full-length portrait of Sid holding a northern pike on a stringer in front of what may be a cabin.
Photograph

Waiting for Opening Day Catch

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Description: Composite photograph of one forming the background that shows a man with a pipe in his mouth, fishing at the edge of an inlet of a lake and stream, and of ...
Photograph

Sid Holding Two Trout

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Description: Portrait of Sid Boyum holding two female brown trout, one 8.5 pounds and the other 6 pounds. In the background is a bridge or pier, and a body of water.
Drawing

Opening Day Fishing Season - The Reverse

Date: 1979
Description: Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing of a man dressed in fishing gear suspended above the fireplace in a living room from a nail in the wall. Below the man is a...
Drawing

Opening Day Fishing Season - Fish Tales

Date: 1987
Description: Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing titled, "Fish Tales (The Truth is Irrelevant, A Lie Well Told Lives Forever)." Sid adds the following words to describe the...
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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