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Baiting the Hook

Date: 07 27 1941
Description: An elderly man looking blissful, sitting in a boat getting ready to cast his line.
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Madison Diving Club Members

Date: 11 08 1956
Description: Madison Diving Club members Harold Stitgen, president, Reverend Herbert Schaak, treasurer, and James Filer wearing diving suits and scuba gear, ready for a...
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Diver at Work at Power Dam

Date: 11 05 1911
Description: A diver and team working to inspect the coffer dam for underwater damage caused by flooding.
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West High School Hockey Team

Date: 02 05 1949
Description: Group portrait of the undefeated West High School hockey team in uniform with hockey sticks posing on the ice at a rink outdoors.
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Hearst Trophy Iceboat Race

Date: 01 20 1950
Description: Two iceboaters race their iceboat during the Hearst Trophy Iceboat Race on Lake Monona. Bill Mattison is the man on the right.
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Unloading Marine Supplies

Date: 1945
Description: Marines use an International TD-9 crawler tractor (TracTracTor) and dozer shovel loader to unload supplies on a beach. A ship is in the background. The ori...
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Construction of Bridge over Little Lake Buttes des Morts

Date: 08 10 1973
Description: View across water of early construction of the bridge over Little Lake Buttes des Morts.
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Saranac Glove Co.

Date: 1930
Description: A view of the Saranac Glove Co. factory, located next to a body of water, in which the factory's reflection is visible.
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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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Racing Car on the Beach

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Description: A man wearing goggles drives a Blitzen Benz automobile on the sand along a shoreline. The Blitzen Benz was first built in 1909 by Benz & Cie.
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Cranberry Harvest

Date: 1983
Description: Men harvest cranberries by raking the fruit across flooded marshes onto a conveyor belt which loads the berries into trucks.
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Cranberry Harvest

Date: 1983
Description: Men with rakes and wearing waders work knee-deep in water harvesting cranberries on a flooded marsh.
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Cranberry Harvest

Date: 1983
Description: Men wearing waders stand knee-deep in water harvesting cranberries on flooded marshes.
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Cranberry Harvest

Date: 1983
Description: Man with cranberry rake harvesting berries on flooded marsh.
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Cranberry Harvest

Date: 1983
Description: Man in waders walking through a cranberry marsh during harvest. Marshes are flooded and harvested berries float to the surface. Booms and rakes are then us...
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River Crossing to Outpost

Date: 06 1962
Description: U.S. Army advisor Major M.C. Curley and soldiers crossing a river in the delta region of Vietnam in a small boat to visit an outpost. A large building, a m...
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Rock River

Date: 1977
Description: "Joan Glaab and her son, of Brownsville, start on a boating trek down the Rock River."
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Rock River

Date: 1977
Description: "Joan Glaab and her son, of Brownsville, start on a boating trip down the Rock River."
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Life Saving Crew Entering Boat

Date: 1908
Description: Group of men on a life saving crew launching a rowboat into Lake Michigan. A long pier with a lighthouse at the end bisects the horizon. Caption reads: "Li...
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Fishing on Namakagon River

Date: 1933
Description: View across water of a man fly fishing. He is standing in the Namakagon River in northwestern Wisconsin. Trees are along the shoreline on both sides of the...

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