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Bird's-Eye View of Whitewater

Date: 1870
Description: Bird's-eye view of Whitewater, with insets.
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Landing a Pike, Raleigh, N.D.

Date: 1910
Description: A group of men on a lakeshore grapple with a giant pike. Two men pull on a rope hooked to the pike while two more stand ready with harpoon-like sticks. Ano...
Photograph

Fishing On The Pier

Date: 
Description: People fish from a wooden pier.
Photograph

Master of Ceremonies

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Description: During his career as an entertainer and magician, Ben Bergor of Madison also booked the acts and served as master of ceremonies for many sports shows aroun...
Photograph

Net Fishing

Date: 1960
Description: A group of men on a shoreline pulling a fish net from a lake. Several other men watch nearby. Two men use cameras to record the event.
Photograph

Fishermen Posing in Front of Tent with Fish

Date: 1910
Description: Five fishermen are posing in front of a tent with a long pole of sturgeon. A dog can partially be seen sitting on the ground on the left.
Photograph

Two Men Fishing

Date: 1938
Description: Two men fishing from a small boat powered by an Evinrude outboard motor. One of the men is smoking a pipe. In the background is a wooded shoreline.
Photograph

Fishing and Hunting Group

Date: 1888
Description: A group of young men and women posed before the tents of a hunting and fishing camp.
Photograph

Typing Fisherman

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Description: A man wearing a straw hat, coat, eyeglasses, and hip waders is sitting on a log typing on a typewriter. A fishing pole is propped up on top of the typewrit...
Drawing

Opening Day Fishing Season

Date: 1981
Description: Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing. This drawing appeared in the Capitol Times on April 21, 1981 with Sid's caption: "a sportswriter with an automatic ...
Photograph

Lake Side Park

Date: 09 1964
Description: View across water towards two men standing on a stone bridge, in the early morning fog in September. The bridge is spanning one of the canals. Another man ...

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