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International Truck Advertising Proof

Date: 08 1953
Description: Advertising proof created by Young and Rubicam for the International Harvester Company. Features an illustration of a swordfish being reeled in by men on a...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Caught in Rock Lake

Date: 1910
Description: Photomontage of two largemouth bass hanging from the side of a building, with curious on-lookers observing the scene. The building is a dry goods store own...
Photograph

Mirabella Ice Company Fish Store

Date: 05 12 1939
Description: Men stand around a fish hanging from the ceiling inside the wholesale and retail fish store owned by the Mirabella Ice Company. The original caption reads:...
Photograph

Fishermen For Hire in front of their Store

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Description: Four fishermen for hire stand with fish and fishing equipment in front of their store. The store features a doorway entrance with an open storage area.
Photograph

Snagging Sturgeon from Bridge

Date: 1870
Description: A large group of men are snagging sturgeon from a bridge over the Wolf River. A sturgeon is hanging from a line. More men are sitting on a bridge support, ...
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Wisconsin : Home of the Muskie

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Description: Wisconsin promotional decal with a drawing of a hooked muskellunge leaping out of the water.
Photograph

Noel's Bait and Sport Shop

Date: 06 08 1959
Description: Exterior view of Noel's Bait and Sport Shop with cars parked in the lot in front of the building. Fishing nets can be seen on display in the window. The bu...
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...
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Result of a Day's Fishing

Date: 1895
Description: A card depicting two men posed near a stringer holding the many fish they caught. The caption reads, "Result of a day's fishing on Elk River, Price Co."
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 574-588

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Description: If we could look forward? If they could have looked forward?
at what kind of life
along what kind of dotted lines?

At the top of the stairs, t...
Photograph

Catching a Fish in Moor's Barber Shop

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Description: A man (Sid?) sitting in a barber's chair is getting a straight-edge shave while holding a fishing rod with a large cutout of a giant fish caught on the fis...
Photograph

Muskie

Date: 07 01 1938
Description: Seven-year-old Russell Jefferson, right, is standing holding his rod and reel next to his father, Dan Jefferson. Dan is holding the 38 pound, 6 ounce muski...
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

Selling Fish in Skutari

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Description: Selling large trout caught in Lake Skutari, Albania.
Postcard

The Friendly Buckhorn

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "The 'Friendly Buckhorn,' Rice Lake, Wisconsin". Text on reverse reads: "No vacation trip to Northern Wisconsin is complete without a ...
Postcard

The Friendly Buckhorn

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "The 'Friendly Buckhorn,' Rice Lake, Wisconsin." Text on reverse reads: "No vacation trip to Northern Wisconsin is complete without a ...
Postcard

The Buckhorn

Date: 1925
Description: Text on front reads: "'The Buckhorn,' Rice Lake, Wis." The Buckhorn Tavern had an amazing display of taxidermy and curios, including some hoaxes: a shovel-...
Postcard

The Friendly Buckhorn

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "The 'Friendly Buckhorn,' Rice Lake, Wisconsin." Text on the reverse reads: "No vacation trip to Northern Wisconsin is complete withou...

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