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Fisherman's Shanty

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of a fisherman's shanty along the shoreline surrounded by rocks. At the shoreline is a man and numerous boats pulled ashore. Caption reads: "...
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Fishing Rocks

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Description: Elevated view across water toward large rocks from which people are fishing. Caption reads: "Fishing Rocks, Near Seaview, Wash."
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Fishing From A Pier

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Description: Several people stand on and fish from a pier. A shoreline is visible in the background.
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Fishing Over The Rocky Shore

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Description: A woman and a boy fish from a rock outcrop in the foreground of the photograph, while several other people fish from a boat and rocks behind them.
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Men Fishing From Bridge

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Description: Men fishing from a wooden bridge in front of a shoreline lined with dwellings and trees.
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Fishing On The Pier

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Description: People fish from a wooden pier.
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People Fishing From Rock Outcrop

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Description: A group of men, women, and children fishing from a rock outcrop along the pacific coast. Caption reads: "Fishing Rocks, Near Seaview, Wash."
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Surf Fishing at Point State Park

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Description: View of men surf fishing along a rocky shoreline at Point State Park.
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Fishermen With Big Fish Strung On A Pole

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Description: A fishermen smoking a pipe poses with fish strung from a wooden pole beneath an evergreen tree.
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A Large Swordfish and Fishermen

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Description: Fishermen and women pose with a swordfish tied to a mast aboard a boat.
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 12-18

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Description: She didn't quite make clear what we were going to find when we got here
on the outer edge of worry
It wasn't Chinamen and it wasn't wild rice
A ha...
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Scout at Bird Sanctuary

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Description: Man sitting in pale yellow Scout parked at bird sanctuary. Hat and fishing gear are resting on the grass in the foreground, ocean is in the background.
Map or Atlas

This Map of North America, According to ye Newest and Most Exact Observations is Most Humbly Dedicated by your Lordship's Most Humble Servant Herman Moll, Geographer

Date: 1715
Description: One of Herman Moll's most famous maps, often referred to as The Codfish Map, it shows rivers and portages, cities, Indian villages, wind directions, routes...

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