Gallery›Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library›Ice Fishermen - An estimated 4,500 fishermen who like to get their fish with hard work and cold swarmed onto the ice of Forest Lake Sunday for the annual Veterans of Foreign Wars ice fishing contest. Snow was cleared away from part of the fishing area to form a design resembling a Maltese cross.
Ice Fishermen - An estimated 4,500 fishermen who like to get their fish with hard work and cold swarmed onto the ice of Forest Lake Sunday for the annual Veterans of Foreign Wars ice fishing contest. Snow was cleared away from part of the fishing area to form a design resembling a Maltese cross.
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Ice Fishermen - An estimated 4,500 fishermen who like to get their fish with hard work and cold swarmed onto the ice of Forest Lake Sunday for the annual Veterans of Foreign Wars ice fishing contest. Snow was cleared away from part of the fishing area to form a design resembling a Maltese cross.

Associated Press · [ca. January 1953]

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[Information from item housing] Sports: Fishing: Ice Fishing: Wire Photos

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