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Explore more than 100,000 collection items online through the Society’s digital collections. For over two decades, we’ve been scanning, photographing, and digitizing materials from our collections, creating a rich and growing digital archive that brings history closer to you.
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Fishing as the Sun is Setting
1967
Two children are sitting on a pier, silhouetted by the setting sun. The boy is holding a fishing pole in one hand, and pulling the fishing line in another hand. Boats are docked at a pier across th...
Relaxing on a Pier
1967
A young boy is lying on his back with one leg crossed over his knee on a concrete pier on a lake. A fishing net and a tackle box is next to him, and a fishing pole is leaning against a metal post.
Boy Looking at St. Croix Lake
1967
Elevated view of St. Croix Lake. In the foreground is a boy sitting in the grass looking at the view.
Teaching Fishing
circa 1970-1979
A man is showing a young boy how to unhook a bass from a fishing line while standing on a pier. The boy is holding the fishing pole. The man is wearing a fishing hat and is smoking a pipe.
Stacking Rocks
1967
Two children sit on a shingle beach with Lake Michigan in the background. The girl is watching as the boy is stacking stones on top of each other to make a cairn.
