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Drawing

Barman — John

Date: 1932
Description: John bartending at The Log Cabin.
Photograph

Yahara River Hearing by Dane County Park Commission

Date: 07 13 1949
Description: Dane County Park Commission meeting to hear complaints regarding dead fish in the Yahara River. Stoughton Mayor Truman Felland is standing at the right, te...
Photograph

Men Preparing a Feast

Date: 08 28 1930
Description: Gathering of men at a “Shport [sic] Outing”. The men are standing around a barbecue pit, preparing a feast of fish and corn.
Photograph

Portrait of John Wiggin and Muskie

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of European American man posed standing. He is holding up in his right hand a fishing pole, tree branch, and...
Photograph

The Day's Catch

Date: 1904
Description: Group portrait of men and boys standing in front of two houses all holding a long stringer of fish. Three women are standing in the yard in the background....
Photograph

Record Breaking Catch

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Description: Group portrait of five local youth showing off a record breaking catch of thirty large Carp hanging on a stringer. Town elders, all men, pose in the backgr...
Book or Pamphlet

Cleaning Fish

Date: 1900
Description: Herman Riebe, Alexander Krueger, and an unidentified man are kneeling next to a pile of fish they are cleaning. All the men are holding several of the fish...
Photograph

Korn Brothers

Date: 1910
Description: Three men (Korn brothers), all wearing hats, and two of them in suits, hold a bamboo pole holding stringers of fish between them. They are standing on a do...
Photograph

Fishermen on Wolf River

Date: 1910
Description: Two men stand on a flat boat on Wolf River. They hold stringers of fish suspended from a wooden pole between them. Behind them is what may be a gas pump on...
Photograph

Mr. and Mrs. Schmedeman Showing Off Their Catch

Date: 09 27 1933
Description: Albert and Katherine Schmedeman are standing outdoors, both holding a small stringer with a large fish hanging from it. Both Albert and Katherine are holdi...
Photograph

Montello Fish and Game

Date: 1905
Description: G.W. Roskie, left, of South Dakota, and Dr. Lange of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania pose with their rifles on the porch of the Montello House Hotel. Between them...
Photograph

Ducks Unlimited Dinner

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Description: A man wearing rain gear is holding a pot of seafood with a fish in his mouth while standing in the center of tables during a Ducks Unlimited dinner. Men ar...
Drawing

Invitation to Ice Chippers Gathering

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Description: Invitation for Ice Chippers in black ink, white tempura and blue paint on orange card. It is a drawing of Gene Beckman in a black hooded winter coat, kneel...
Drawing

The Great Rideless One!

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Description: Drawing of a disheveled fisherman with a cigar in his mouth holding up his thumb to hitchhike. He is holding a fish in one hand, and a fishing rod is resti...
Photograph

Stocking Bass

Date: 1936
Description: View from pier towards a truck with dual rear wheels parked with the open bed facing the shore of Lake Koshkonong. Two men wearing waders are dumping a bas...
Photograph

Fish Hatchery

Date: 1935
Description: B.O. Webster, superintendent of fisheries, on the left in an overcoat, and an unidentified man carrying a pail and dipper, on the right, are walking along ...
Photograph

Battle of the Muskies

Date: 09 25 1937
Description: After a long day of fishing, the governors of three states are posing with ten muskies hanging from a birch log wired to two trees. Known as the "Battle of...
Photograph

Bear Cubs

Date: 05 1942
Description: An unidentified woman and a man are tending to two small bear cubs that are wearing harnesses, at the counter of a display in the All-Wisconsin Outdoor Sho...
Photograph

Sturgeon

Date: 1940
Description: Two men dressed in suits and hats are posing while supporting a wooden frame from which four sturgeon are hanging, tied up by their tails. A stone building...
Photograph

Grant Stroh with Pickerel from Little Horn Lake

Date: 1898
Description: Grant Stroh posing with a big pickerel in front of Island Lodge. Caption reads: "Pickerel from Little Horn Lake 39 inches — Grant Stroh."

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