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| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Popular bathing beaches like this one on Lake Michigan offered relief from the heat as well as the opportunity to be seen in the latest fashions of the 191... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Two canoes are pulled up on the shoreline in the Flambeau River State Forest. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of two men snowshoeing along a flowing stream near Trout Lake. |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | A man wading and fishing in the Brule River. He is wearing waders, a plaid shirt, hat and creel, and has netted a fish. In the background is a forest and p... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Northernaire Resort, on Deer Lake. The resort is in the foreground. Many lakes, surrounded by trees, are in the background, including Big St... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Two men fishing in a rowboat powered by a trolling motor. They are framed by two trees on the shore of Crab Lake. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | View of people fishing and boating in Washington Park Lagoon. Three boys are fishing with long bamboo poles from the bank on the left, and two boys are in ... |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Paddlers in a canoe on their way down the Namekagon river. The shoreline on the left is tree-covered. |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | People ice fishing on the frozen Mississippi River. Hills can be seen on the shoreline in the background. |
| Date: | 08 1963 |
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| Description: | Sailboats "coming about" on Big Cedar Lake. The crew is under the sail of the boat in the center. In the distance is a tree-lined shore. |
| Date: | 1976 |
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| Description: | A woman wearing a hat and a plaid scarf over her head is ice fishing in Governor Dodge State Park. She is sitting on a bucket with her feet on a board. |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | Two canoeists navigate the rapids, called Gilmore's Mistake, on the Wolf River. Rocks and foliage can be seen on the shore. |
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