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Early Power Boat Used for Fishing

Date: 1900
Description: Steamboat on Long Lake owned by Lorenzo Newman of Chippewa Falls. It is anchored at Newman Peninsula on Long Lake near a wet boathouse. The boat was operat...
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Trout Fishing on Brule River

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Description: View from shoreline towards eight men trout fishing on the Brule River.
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Ice Fishing on Lake Superior

Date: 1942
Description: Two men and two boys standing on ice in front of a windsled. All four are holding lake trout.
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Spearing Sturgeon at the Dam #23

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Description: Spearing sturgeon at the dam in Kilbourn. There is a man with a sturgeon on a spear in the foreground, and another man with a spear is in the background. A...
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Fisherman Posing with International Scout Pickup

Date: 1961
Description: Advertising photograph of a fisherman posing with fish in hand on a beach in front of an International Scout pickup.
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Tall-tale Postcard: Some Style

Date: 1913
Description: Two men are pulling a giant fish over a wooden fence. They are on the shore of a lake. On the ground beside the men rests a pile of several other giant fis...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Fish Near Dam

Date: 06 30 1916
Description: Three men attempt to pull a giant fish onto shore using a rope. A dam spans the length of the river in the background. Red text in the upper left corner be...
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Tall-tale Postcard: The Daddy of Them All

Date: 08 05 1922
Description: Two fishermen on a lake catch a giant fish. Both of the fishermen are wearing hats and one is smoking a pipe. A dock and the tip of a boat are in the foreg...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Car in Lake with Fish

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Description: Three men in a old-fashioned car are driving in a lake and trying to catch two giant fish near the shore. One of the men drives while the other two are try...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Great Sport Fishing

Date: 1910
Description: Photomontage of three fishermen in a rowboat, seen from behind, trying to reel in giant fish. A shadowy forest is visible on the opposite side of the river...
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Girl Wading in Fox River

Date: 1900
Description: Young girl in foreground, wading in Fox River. Woman standing in a rowboat, pulled to shore, holding a fishing pole and fish.
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J. Robert Taylor Family on Lake Shore

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Description: The J. Robert Taylor family on what appears to be a lake shore, possibly cleaning fish. From left: Donna Taylor Adams, Alma Reinhardt Taylor, Fred Taylor, ...
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J. Robert Taylor Family Holding Fish

Date: 1910
Description: Family lined up and holding fish on what appears to be a lake shore. From left: Fred Taylor, Donna Taylor Adams, Ellen Taylor Higgins, unidentified boy, T...
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Confiscated Sturgeon

Date: 1942
Description: Warden Kramer and an assistant hold up confiscated sturgeon caught with illegal snag lines.
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Sigurd Olson with Catch of Fish

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Description: Sigurd F. Olson, displaying his catch during a family vacation in the Quetico-Superior region.
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Stocking Fish

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Description: Conservation advocate Sigurd F. Olson stocking smallmouth bass in the canoe country near the Minnesota-Canadian border.
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Waiting for Bass Run

Date: 1936
Description: Elevated view of people in a park along the shoreline waiting for the White Bass run.
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Greetings From Devil's Lake

Date: 07 28 1933
Description: Colorized postcard in the Tall-Tale style. Two men standing on the shore are pulling a third man's leg out of a enormous fish's mouth. Two automobiles and ...
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Boat Landing, Cliff House, Devil's Lake

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Description: Black and white postcard of the boat landing in front of Cliff House, a resort hotel, in Devil's Lake State Park. Two men show off their catch of seven fis...
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Lifting the Nets

Date: 1935
Description: Five men in three wooden row boats lifting fyke nets out of northern Wisconsin lake. The men are doing conservation work, netting for walleyes and muskies.

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