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Photograph

Fish Bait

Date: 08 02 1963
Description: Contestant baits her hook in Washington Park at the annual Milwaukee county park commission's fishing rodeo.
Postcard

Tenney Park

Date: 
Description: A scenic view down sidewalk towards Lake Mendota. People are standing and looking out towards Maple Bluff in the distance. Caption reads: "Scene from Tenne...
Photograph

Vilas Park

Date: 1928
Description: Children fishing and playing in the water at Vilas Park.
Photograph

David Bickel Fishing

Date: 09 10 1948
Description: David Bickel, 414 Clemons Avenue, fishing on the shore of Tenney Park lagoon.
Map or Atlas

Recreational Map of Glacier National Park, Montana: Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta

Date: 1930
Description: Pictorial map of Glacier National Park, Montana and Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta. Illustrated by Joe Scheurle, it depicts white people, American ...
Map or Atlas

Recreational Map of Glacier National Park, Montana: Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta

Date: 1930
Description: The back of the pictorial map titled Recreational Map of Glacier National Park, Montana: Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta. 14 panels of text and photo...
Photograph

Alvina Niebuhr / Northern Pike Spawning Campaign

Date: 07 17 1953
Description: Mrs. Alvina Niebuhr is shown holding the "winning" contribution can in the campaign to finance the purchase of a northern pike spawning and rearing area in...
Photograph

Waiting for Bass Run

Date: 1936
Description: Elevated view of people in a park along the shoreline waiting for the White Bass run.
Map or Atlas

Inter-state Park, Dalles of the St. Croix

Date: 1926
Description: A brochure with a map of Interstate Park on the Dalles of the Saint Croix River, showing locations of the north and south camp grounds, the fish hatcheries...
Map or Atlas

Map of Kewaunee County, Wisconsin

Date: 1970
Description: A map of parks of Kewaunee County, Wisconsin, showing the fishing spots, lakes and parks in the area, it also provides a location map of the area. On the ...
Photograph

Lake Wisconsin at Summerville Park

Date: 1926
Description: Lake Wisconsin at Summerville Park. Boathouses, docks and fishing boats are along the shoreline.
Photograph

Fishin's Good at Golden Rule Park

Date: 1927
Description: View from shoreline of a pair of men fishing in a lake. Another rowboat is tied at a pier in the foreground. On the far shoreline are cottages and trees.
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 1-6

Date: 
Description: We've at least been able to conserve something if it's only the idea of conserving for conservation's sake
But the community interests ought to come fir...
Photograph

Gary McKenna Holding a Fish

Date: 08 22 1959
Description: Gary McKenna holds a fishing rod and small fish in one hand and a flashlight in the other. The boy won the flashlight as a prize for being the first to cat...
Photograph

Summer Scenes at Madison Parks and Beaches

Date: 08 03 1953
Description: Fishermen ranging in age from seven years to over seventy cast from the breakwater at Tenney Park.
Photograph

Summer Scenes at Madison Parks and Beaches

Date: 08 03 1953
Description: Jimmy Yerges fishing on the breakwater at Tenney Park.
Map or Atlas

Door County, Wisconsin Fun Map

Date: 1970
Description: This map shows roads, parks, swimming beaches, golf courses, yacht harbors, light houses, airports, public hunting grounds, waysides, schools, and fishing ...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin Indian Head Country

Date: 1950
Description: This map covers the fifteen counties lying in the northwestern part of the state of Wisconsin. Shows roads, railroads, state parks, cities, county boundari...
Map or Atlas

Map of Peninsula State Park & Ephraim: Door County, Wisconsin

Date: 1936
Description: This map shows campsites, trails, auto roads, surrounding townships, and points of interest, by including pictorial illustrations. Includes an inserted map...
Map or Atlas

The Great North Woods Tourist and Fishing District of Wisconsin

Date: 1941
Description: This map highlights the fishing district and shows labeled rivers, lakes, cities, county boundaries and points of interest. The map includes a list of trai...

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