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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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Man Standing near Fish Hung Up to Dry

Date: 10 28 1938
Description: Man inspecting fish hung up to dry in a yard on Jones Island.
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Portrait of Man Holding Fish

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Description: A studio portrait of a sitting man, possibly Earl Davis, holding a trout in front of a painted backdrop. He is wearing a hat, jacket, and long waders folde...
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Two Men Looking at a Fish

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Description: Two men hold a wooden stick and look at a northern pike which is hanging from it. The two men are well-dressed in hats, suit jackets, trousers, and neckti...
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J. Robert Taylor Family Outdoors

Date: 1910
Description: A group portrait taken outdoors in front of what appears to be a cabin with laundry hanging to dry on a clothesline. J. Robert Taylor's three young childr...
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Man with Deer and Fish

Date: 1900
Description: Man posed at door of a hunting lodge with guns, deer carcass, and two Northern pike.
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Elderly Man Posing with Fish

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Description: A studio portrait of an elderly man seated with a pipe in his mouth holding a large fish (probably a Muskellunge or Northern Pike) in front of a painted ba...
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Sports Fisherman Leroy M. Kreisler with His Prize Catch

Date: 09 12 1949
Description: Sports fisherman Leroy M. Kreisler, Monona, holding the thirty-eight pound sturgeon he caught in the Wisconsin River near Okee. The fish measured thirty-fi...
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Confiscated Sturgeon

Date: 1942
Description: Warden Kramer and an assistant hold up confiscated sturgeon caught with illegal snag lines.
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Portrait of Seated Man Holding a Trout

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a European American man posed sitting sideways in a chair. He is holding a large trout by the mouth with ...
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Mirabella Ice Company Fish Store

Date: 05 12 1939
Description: Men stand around a fish hanging from the ceiling inside the wholesale and retail fish store owned by the Mirabella Ice Company. The original caption reads:...
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Wisconsin Idea Theater Group

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Description: Members of the Wisconsin Idea Theater Group in costume, one man posing dressed as a fisherman, a woman as a bathing beauty, and another person as a giant f...
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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 ...
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Woman Holding Trout and Fly-Fishing Rod

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Description: A woman wearing waders and a hat holds up a trout in her right hand and a fly-fishing rod in her left hand. Attached to her hat are fly-fishing flies, and ...
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Fishermen For Hire in front of their Store

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Description: Four fishermen for hire stand with fish and fishing equipment in front of their store. The store features a doorway entrance with an open storage area.
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Fishermen Showing Their Catch On Ocean Avenue

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Description: Fishermen show off their catch on Ocean Avenue in Manasquan Beach. Several dwellings and buildings, a road, automobiles, power lines, and a flag pole are ...
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Fishermen With Big Fish Strung On A Pole

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Description: A fishermen smoking a pipe poses with fish strung from a wooden pole beneath an evergreen tree.
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A Large Swordfish and Fishermen

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Description: Fishermen and women pose with a swordfish tied to a mast aboard a boat.
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Commercial Fishermen

Date: 1936
Description: Three commercial fishermen in a boat lifting a trap net. In the bottom right foreground are the hands of another man holding the opposite side of the net f...
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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, ...

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