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Fishing
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Three barefoot boys are standing on a boulder on the shore of a lake or stream in a wooded area. One boy is holding a thin stick which has a fishing line attached. Another boy and a girl are sitting on rocks nearby.
1940
Wisconsin. Conservation Department
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