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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).
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Gypsy Rose Lee Fishing

Date: 1950
Description: Gypsy Rose Lee (aka Louise Hovick, 1914-1970) with a large muskie she caught in a northern Wisconsin lake.
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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.
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Salmon Fishing

Date: 10 07 1977
Description: Man and woman napping on the rocks with their hats down over their eyes as they fish for salmon.
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White Bass Run

Date: 1942
Description: People fishing for bass off dock.
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Woman with Fish

Date: 1975
Description: Woman in a boat showing a fish she has just caught on the Mississippi River.
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International Scout II Truck on Fishing Trip

Date: 1977
Description: Color advertising photograph of a man and woman with their fishing gear in front of their Scout II truck on the shore waving to a man in a boat.
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Men and Women by Tents

Date: 1879
Description: A group of interestingly dressed men and women posed before a line of tents. The men are wearing uniforms, possibly those of a band. Fishing poles and cha...
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Virginia Hess with Muskie

Date: 1950
Description: Virginia Hess posing with a muskellunge near the fish scale at Ross Teal Lake Lodge. Virginia Hess was a member of the Hess Oil Co. family, was from Chicag...
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Flambeau Float Advertisement

Date: 02 04 1947
Description: Advertisement for Flambeau Float, 20th Century Manufacturing Company, 123 South Blair Street, taken for Kulzich Advertising Company. The advertising pictur...
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Fishing in a Bucket at Highlander

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Description: A woman (possible Leny Vanbrink) pretending as though she was fishing in a bucket as part of a CIO activity at Highlander Folk School. Three people stand b...
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Cecelia Johnson

Date: 08 11 1948
Description: Mrs. Arthur O. (Cecelia) Johnson holding up a 38-1/2 inch northern pike, which she caught in Lake Mendota near Spring Harbor.
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Three Women

Date: 1870
Description: Stereograph. The woman in front is displaying a Muskellunge, caught in Long Lake, on the residential lawn of M. Newman. Two other woman are standing behind...
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Fisherperson

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Description: A fisherwoman? stands knee deep in a river, presumably trout fishing.
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Woman Watching a Man Fishing

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Description: A woman stands on the shoreline nearby while a man wades in a stream to fish.
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Men and Woman on Bridge

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Description: Two men fish from an earthen bridge while a woman stands holding a fish. There is a house or barn in the background.
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Man and Woman Holding String of Fish

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Description: A young man and woman hold a string of fish outside a tent.
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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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Group with Hammock, Bicycle and Stringer of Fish

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Description: A group of four women and one man gathered around a hammock and bicycle. The man is displaying a stringer of fish which is attached to the hammock. There i...
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People Fishing

Date: 09 15 1962
Description: A group of men, women and children fish from a dock located on the Fox River. In the background are commercial buildings along the shoreline.

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