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Fisherman with Equipment and Catch

Date: 1875
Description: Studio portrait of a fisherman with his lure, spear, and catch.
Photograph

Felton Gun Store

Date: 04 29 1932
Description: Interior of Felton Gun Store, located at 120 E. Washington Avenue, with elk, deer, and mountain goat heads mounted on the wall among the firearms and hunti...
Photograph

Moses Pauquette Displays Fish

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Description: Moses Pauquette shows off his catch of fish with his fishing creel at his tavern on Water Street. He stands before the bar, leaning on his left arm. His ca...
Photograph

Fishing Pole Carrier for Automobiles

Date: 03 24 1947
Description: Prototype of "Sure Grip" fishing pole holder for carrying fishing poles on the top or sides of a car. Shows device with an advertising card attached that i...
Photograph

Fish Lure, Hook and Float

Date: 07 23 1948
Description: Small nickel-plated fish lure with float and hook, designed by S.R. Blackstone.
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Fisherman with Northern Pike

Date: 06 1952
Description: Fisherman John Chingo displaying two Northern Pike he caught in Chequamagon Bay. Photograph probably taken in Hec's Bar on East Main Street in Ashland.
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Fisherman Lester Shore

Date: 04 09 1948
Description: Police Officer Lester Shore, holding a "River Shiner" fishing lure, for which he holds a patent. It is a casting plug that has a metal lip and shaft and im...
Postcard

Trading Post at Willie's White Birch Lodge

Date: 1951
Description: Interior view of the trading post at Willie's White Birch Lodge. Fishing lures are on display on the back wall behind a counter with signs that read: "Pat'...
Photograph

Cottage Interior

Date: 1898
Description: An interior view of U.S. Marshall Canon's summer cottage. Behind a table, a wall is decorated from floor to ceiling with photographs and other artwork, as ...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Governor Knowles Prepares for Fishing Season

Date: 04 1965
Description: Governor Warren Knowles holding a fishing pole and a fly. He is seated at a table covered in fishing tackle and additional fishing gear hangs on a rack at ...
Photograph

Wisconsin Symbols "Bucky Badger" and "Husky Musky"

Date: 12 24 1952
Description: Two Wisconsin symbols, the University of Wisconsin's "Bucky Badger" and the state's sports fishing logo, "Husky Musky," will be aboard the special train ca...
Photograph

A Tribute to Madison Dads on Fathers' Day

Date: 06 16 1953
Description: A photographic tribute to Madison dads on Fathers Day includes a portrait of Madison City Engineer John G. Thompson and his three sons, Jim Thompson, Dougl...
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

Economic Promotion

Date: 05 1973
Description: As part of a national economic development program for northern Wisconsin, former baseball star Ted Williams, then a representative of a fishing tackle com...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 97-102

Date: 
Description: The measure of solitude fades in the ripples
and there are more prizes than there are fish
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 706-712

Date: 
Description: Each little world has its private Atlas
working his ethic in longhand
toward the stage set for the point of No Return
Photograph

A String of Fish

Date: 1920
Description: Man and boy with a string of fish posed in front of a painted backdrop.
Photograph

Catching a Fish in Moor's Barber Shop

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Description: A man (Sid?) sitting in a barber's chair is getting a straight-edge shave while holding a fishing rod with a large cutout of a giant fish caught on the fis...
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Catching a Fish in Moor's Barber Shop

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Description: A man (Sid?) sitting in a barber's chair is getting a straight-edge shave while holding a fishing rod with a large cutout of a giant fish caught on the fis...

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