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Woman with Fish

Date: 1975
Description: Woman in a boat showing a fish she has just caught on the Mississippi River.
Photograph

Fishing Dock

Date: 07 05 1965
Description: A fishing dock along the shore of the Mississippi River. A man is in a boat near the shoreline, and an automobile is behind a tree. A number of boats are l...
Photograph

Rowboats and Young People Fishing

Date: 1890
Description: Oblique view from the Mississippi River. Two young women are in a rowboat near the shoreline, and two young men are fishing in the river. Alma at the foot ...
Postcard

View of Alma, Wis.

Date: 1908
Description: Photographic postcard view over the Mississippi River showing of the town of Alma. Bluffs are behind the town. In the foreground, two men wearing hats are ...
Photograph

Scenic View

Date: 
Description: View of shoreline of boats tied along the banks the Mississippi River. A fish net drying reel is near the boats and a wooden walkway. The far shoreline is ...
Photograph

Jacko Slough

Date: 1910
Description: View along shoreline of a man fishing on a bank while smoking a pipe in Jacko Slough.
Photograph

Geo. Hartman Fish Market

Date: 1910
Description: Five men posing in front of the floating fish market, which is on the shore of the Mississippi River. One of the men is holding a large buffalo fish. The m...
Photograph

Big Mississippi River Catfish

Date: 1910
Description: Large catfish hanging against a fence. The river, with rowboats lined up, is in the background.
Print

Scenery above La Crosse

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Description: La Crosse and scenery above.
Map or Atlas

Die Vereinigten Staaten von Nord-America: Nach der von Wm. Faden 1783 Herausgegebenen Charte

Date: 1783
Description: Map of the newly formed United States showing borders, regions, Native American land, cities, mountains, lakes, and rivers. It includes a small inset map o...
Photograph

Fisherman's Boardwalk

Date: 1960
Description: View of a crowd of people lined up fishing side by side on long pier. A railroad bridge, with a tanker car, is in the background.
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Ice on Old Man River

Date: 1961
Description: People ice fishing on the frozen Mississippi River. Hills can be seen on the shoreline in the background.

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