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Smoke Your Own Fish

Date: 09 02 1953
Description: 1952 Alice in Dairyland Beverly Ann Steffen and 1953 Alice in Dairyland Mary Ellen Jenks standing in front of a "Smoke Your Own Fish" stand at the 1953 Wis...
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Memorial Union Smorgasbord

Date: 04 03 1951
Description: Paul Cleary gets instructions on how to decorate a baked ham from head chef Maurice Comos for the Smorgasbord at the University of Wisconsin Memorial Union...
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Fishing Display

Date: 1940
Description: A display by the Wisconsin Conservation Department erected in a large tent extols the value of smoking fish for food. There are posters identifying differe...
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Spoonbill Catfish

Date: 03 14 1945
Description: A dead spoonbill catfish ("Polydon Spathula") found by former Dane County Coroner Wayne Fisher in a pothole along the Wisconsin River at Prairie du Sac. T...
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Preparations

Date: 07 1951
Description: A man preparing nets wound on large reels for fishing. A row of tubs are in the foreground and a shed is in the background.
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The Net Mender

Date: 07 1951
Description: A man repairing fishing nets wound on large reels at a fishery.
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Making Chowder

Date: 08 1940
Description: Joe Norton, left, and his son Bud are tending a large pan of fish chowder cooking over the coals of a campfire on the shore of Green Lake. In the backgrou...
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Commercial Fishing Nets Drying

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Description: Commercial fishing nets dry on a net reel at Gordon Lodge.
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The Marsh Inn — Interior

Date: 04 30 2010
Description: "At The Marsh Inn, we had as our guests, Andy Kraushaar, Visual Materials Curator at the Wisconsin Historical Society, and his wife [Deena Brazy]. Our wait...
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Smoked Fish

Date: 02 28 1965
Description: Two men are packing smoked fish in a box. In the background smoked fish are hanging on nails on racks.
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Drying Fish Nets

Date: 1963
Description: Fish nets and floats drying while wound onto wooden reels. Clouds are in the sky in the background.
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Fueling Fish Boil Fire

Date: 1967
Description: A man fueling a fire for a fish boil, as people look on.
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Commercial Fishing

Date: 01 27 1955
Description: A commercial fishing boat on Lake Michigan despite the fact that it is 10 degrees below zero. Ice coats various parts of the ship. On the right, fish are f...
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Fish Boil Fire

Date: 1967
Description: Outdoor view of two pots used for a fish boil. One pot is engulfed in flames and children are running from the area.
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Brook Trout Distribution

Date: 1921
Description: Elevated view of automobiles and trucks gathered in connection with the distribution of brook trout fish. The “milk” cans in sight presumably contain finge...
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Packing Smelt

Date: 1935
Description: The description on the reverse of the print reads: "Commercial fishermen hauling in their net and immediately packing the small silvery smelt into boxes fo...
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American Legion Post 347 — Interior

Date: 10 06 2000
Description: "We are at American Legion Post 347 in Lomira, WI."
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Hammerin' Hank's — Interior

Date: 03 15 2002
Description: "Lisa, our waitress, joins us at Hammerin' Hank's in Hartford, WI."
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JD's Fieldhouse — Interior

Date: 02 14 2003
Description: "Breanna joined Shirley when we visited JD's Fieldhouse in Caledonia."
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The Elias Inn — Interior

Date: 07 12 2005
Description: "Hilary was our waitress at The Elias Inn, Watertown."

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