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Poling a Canoe
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The description on the negative envelope reads: "David Sample, guide at Brule, Wisconsin, taking a tourist down the fast moving waters of the Brule River." Sample, standing, is standing and holding a pole at the rear of the canoe, guiding it through a rapids close to the opposite shoreline, while a woman is sitting on gear in the middle of the canoe.
1935
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Buck in Velvet
1935
A flash photograph of a large whitetail buck standing in shallow water of the Brule River.
Poling a Canoe
1940
River guide Bev Dennis is poling a canoe upstream through "The Falls" of the upper Bois Brule River. There is an armchair style seat in the front of the canoe and a high backed seat behind.
Canoeing on the Brule River
1967
View from shoreline of a family canoeing down the Brule River.
Brule River
1967
A family of three are canoeing down the Brule River. Bushes and tall grass are along the shoreline, and trees are in the background.
Canoe Poling
October 1937
Rear view of two canoes, one directly behind the other, each propelled by a man traveling on the Brule River. The man in the foreground is using a pole, and in the far canoe the man is using a padd...
Trout Fishing on Brule River
View from shoreline towards eight men trout fishing on the Brule River.
