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A hat-less man is seated on the large stones that make up a portion of the wing dam that extends across the water. He is dangling a long fishing pole downriver.

A man has 'docked' his fishing boat along the mostly water-covered wing dam across the river ,and is standing on a portion of the uncovered stones to fish.

Closest to the camera are three men standing on a stone-and-wood jetty, dangling their fishing poles into the water. There are at least two people on the jetty in the distance.

A man is fishing from a dam built through the center of a body of water. It is about ten feet across, stone and gravel making a path in the center and about two feet of sticks shoring up either side.

Five men are hauling a net full of catch onto the bank of the river. There are two or three men in a fishing boat still on the water behind them, and another four men are walking along the bank of the river waiting for them.

Three men are knee-deep in the water, stringing out a line presumably to help them fish. There are two empty boats in the water, one by the men and the other off the the right with a crank mounted in it. Another man is working on the nets on the bank…

Four men and a younger boy are pulling up a weighted, broad net from the river. There is netting already piled on the bank, and a boat with a crank shaft floats to the right of the photo.

Shot from the opposite bank, the photo shows a small one-story barge and a tent set up amid the trees. There is a stone bluff to the right.

The photograph is shot across the river, showing smooth water to the left and rough water to the right. It is labeled as a 'wing dam.'

The card shows a bluff rising above the river, and at its base are several buildings and a barge on the water. A cloud of smoke or steam rises toward the left of the photo, but is not easily identifiable.