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Bathing Beauty Slaying Giant Fish

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Description: Bathing suit model posing standing in a rowboat, landing an eight-foot plastic Musky (Muskellunge).
Photograph

Circus People with Fish

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Description: A crew of people from the circus, possibly Ringling Brothers, Barnum, and Bailey, holding up their catch after a fishing trip.
Photograph

Fishermen on Boat

Date: 1938
Description: Two men lifting a net full of fish over the side of a boat. The original caption reads: "Shrimp fleet."
Photograph

Master of Ceremonies

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Description: During his career as an entertainer and magician, Ben Bergor of Madison also booked the acts and served as master of ceremonies for many sports shows aroun...
Photograph

Lifting the Nets on Lake Superior

Date: 1937
Description: Four men in a large row boat lifting fishing nets on Lake Superior near Cornucopia.
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 706-712

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Description: Each little world has its private Atlas
working his ethic in longhand
toward the stage set for the point of No Return
Print

Bookbinders Sea Food House Menu

Date: 07 15 1961
Description: Menu from Bookbinders Sea Food House. The cover features an illustration of a fisherman holding a net with a boat in the background, framed by a border of ...
Book or Pamphlet

Massey-Harris Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1895
Description: Front cover featuring a color illustration of two boys with fishing poles. One byu is wearing a hat and the other boy is holding a hat. In the background m...
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Harvester Co. Catalog Front and Back Cover

Date: 1885
Description: The front cover features a color illustration of a man and woman relaxing near a lake or river. The woman is sitting on a chair under an umbrella painting ...
Photograph

Madison Saddlery Company on an Outing

Date: 1907
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the Madison Branch of the Madison Saddlery Company located at 313-317 E. Wilson Street. The event may be a recreational gathering...
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

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

Sid Holding Fishing Pole in his Backyard

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Description: Sid standing with a fishing pole in his backyard. He is wearing folded down hip waders and he has a cigar in his mouth. He is standing with his foot proppe...
Photograph

Sid Holding Fishing Pole in his Backyard

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Description: Sid standing with a fishing pole in his backyard. He is wearing folded down hip waders and he has a cigar in his mouth. He is standing with his foot proppe...
Photograph

Sid Holding Fishing Pole in his Backyard

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Description: Sid standing with a fishing pole in his backyard. He is wearing folded down hip waders and he has a cigar in his mouth. He is standing with his foot proppe...
Drawing

Opening Day Fishing Season

Date: 1968
Description: Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing titled, "Today and Tomorrow — The Fisherman's Myth Never Flounders," that appeared in the Wisconsin State Journal on...
Photograph

Sid Holding Large Fishing Lure

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Description: Portrait of Sid standing in a room holding an oversized fishing lure attached to a rope. Sid has a cigar in his mouth, and his fingernails are stained, pro...
Drawing

Fisherman at a Tavern

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Description: A fisherman in a ball cap and socks is sitting on a bar stool and talking to the bartender, who is smoking a cigarette and holding a liquor bottle. His wad...
Photograph

Inspecting Ice Fishing License

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Description: Three men are standing in or near the door to an ice fishing shack. One man is holding a fishing pole, and another man is standing in the open doorway of t...
Photograph

Emil Kramer

Date: 09 1940
Description: Conservation Warden Emil Kramer is standing on a float in the American Legion National Convention parade in Boston, Massachusetts. He is wearing waders and...

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