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Boy Holding a Crayfish

Date: 1969
Description: Portrait of a young boy in front of a lake holding up and examining a crayfish.
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Aerating Potter's Lake

Date: 02 1977
Description: A man is standing behind a snow fence next to a surface aerator. Water is pouring down or up the machine, breaking the surface tension of the lake. Snow is...
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Taking Oxygen Samples

Date: 02 1977
Description: A man is kneeling on the ice and snow at Potter's Lake. He is running a machine that is testing the oxygen levels in the water, while recording the results...
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Test Seining on Kentuck Lake

Date: 1958
Description: View across water towards men, women, and children sitting in metal boats on a lake. They are watching five men standing waist deep in the lake holding up ...
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Governor Dodge State Park

Date: 1968
Description: Aerial view of Cox Hollow Lake in Governor Dodge State Park.
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Governor Knowles with a Rainbow Trout

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Description: Governor Warren Perley Knowles, 37th Governor of Wisconsin, holding up a rainbow trout at Teal Lake. He is holding his fishing pole in his right hand, and ...
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Governor Knowles Fishing at Teal Lake

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Description: Governor Warren Perley Knowles, 37th Governor of Wisconsin, standing on the shoreline of Teal Lake holding a fishing pole.
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Relaxing on a Pier

Date: 1967
Description: A young boy is lying on his back with one leg crossed over his knee on a concrete pier on a lake. A fishing net and a tackle box is next to him, and a fish...
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Family Playing on a Beach on Long Lake

Date: 1967
Description: A woman is sitting with a baby and holding a beach ball while sitting in the shallow water on a sandy shoreline. Nearby a man and child are holding hands a...
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Family Playing in Long Lake

Date: 1967
Description: A family is playing in the water at a beach. The mother is sitting in the shallow water at the shoreline, holding her baby. Another child is standing next ...
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Camping along Long Lake

Date: 1967
Description: View towards a child, and a woman holding a baby at the shoreline of a lake. In the right foreground is a camper, and on the left is the front hood of a ca...
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Unloading Fish

Date: 1973
Description: A man is walking down a dock holding a large string of white bass. Other men are standing or kneeling on the dock behind him.
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Family Playing on a Beach at Long Lake

Date: 1967
Description: A woman and a baby are sitting in the shallow water on a sandy shoreline. A man and child are playing with a beach ball nearby further out in the water. Th...
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Swimming at Timms Lake

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Description: A mother is kneeling on the edge of Timms Lake, photographing her son who is floating in an inner tube. Other children are playing in the water in the back...
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Playing in the Sand at Long Lake

Date: 1967
Description: Close-up of two girls playing in the wet sand on the shore of Long Lake.
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Keller Lake

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Description: View of marshy area along Keller Lake in the autumn.
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Bass Lake

Date: 1958
Description: Reeds and lily pads growing in the waters of Bass Lake. Trees line the far shoreline.
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Boy Looking at St. Croix Lake

Date: 1967
Description: Elevated view of St. Croix Lake. In the foreground is a boy sitting in the grass looking at the view.
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Pioneer Marina

Date: 1968
Description: View across water towards sailboats docked in the Pioneer Marina. A tree-lined shoreline is in the distance.
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Northern Pike Spawn Collection

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Description: Two men are collecting northern pike spawn on Fox Lake. One man is standing and holding the pike's head, while the other is sitting in a chair with a conta...

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