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[font "Garamond"][size 2]Around the Great Lakes and in upstate New York, a lively ice fishing culture was in place by the second half of the 19th century. The scene was so active and so disturbing to some parties that ice fishing was outlawed for everyone except certain Native Americans on their reservations in 1910.[/size][/font]
[font "Garamond"][#ffffff][size 2][#000000]The beginning of the Great Depression saw the end to this prohibition as economic conditions created a need for new ways of creating income and securing food. Ice spearfishing was resurrected into a major enterprise for both sport and sustenance, with carvers and fish decoy users active on the lakes and rivers of[/#000000] [/size][/#ffffff][/font][url "http://www.fishdecoy.com/michigan.html"][font "Garamond"][#0000ff][size 2]Michigan[/size][/#0000ff][/font][/url][font "Garamond"][#ffffff][size 2], [/size][/#ffffff][/font][url "http://www.fishdecoy.com/Wisconson.html"][font "Garamond"][#0000ff][size 2]Wisconsin[/size][/#0000ff][/font][/url][font "Garamond"][#ffffff][size 2], [/size][/#ffffff][/font][url "http://www.fishdecoy.com/minnesota.html"][font "Garamond"][#0000ff][size 2]Minnesota,[/size][/#0000ff][/font][/url][font "Garamond"][#ffffff][size 2] [/size][/#ffffff][/font][url "http://www.fishdecoy.com/newyork.html"][font "Garamond"][#0000ff][size 2]& New York.[/size][/#0000ff][/font][/url]
[font "Garamond, Times New Roman"][#ffffff][size 2][#000000]The decoys produced during the depression ranged from[/#000000] [url "http://www.fishdecoy.com/native.html"][#0000ff]Native American[/#0000ff][/url] [#000000]designs in unpainted native woods to idiosyncratic Americanized forms in woods and other materials which were brightly colored and lavishly decorate[/#000000][/size][/#ffffff][/font] [indent]
[font "Garamond, Times New Roman"][size 2]These are the collectible decoys which are familiar to sportsmen, art collectors and students of folk and vernacular art today.[/size][/font][font "Garamond, Times New Roman"][#ffffff][size 2] [/size][/#ffffff][/font]
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[font "Garamond"][#ffffff][size 2][#000000]The beginning of the Great Depression saw the end to this prohibition as economic conditions created a need for new ways of creating income and securing food. Ice spearfishing was resurrected into a major enterprise for both sport and sustenance, with carvers and fish decoy users active on the lakes and rivers of[/#000000] [/size][/#ffffff][/font][url "http://www.fishdecoy.com/michigan.html"][font "Garamond"][#0000ff][size 2]Michigan[/size][/#0000ff][/font][/url][font "Garamond"][#ffffff][size 2], [/size][/#ffffff][/font][url "http://www.fishdecoy.com/Wisconson.html"][font "Garamond"][#0000ff][size 2]Wisconsin[/size][/#0000ff][/font][/url][font "Garamond"][#ffffff][size 2], [/size][/#ffffff][/font][url "http://www.fishdecoy.com/minnesota.html"][font "Garamond"][#0000ff][size 2]Minnesota,[/size][/#0000ff][/font][/url][font "Garamond"][#ffffff][size 2] [/size][/#ffffff][/font][url "http://www.fishdecoy.com/newyork.html"][font "Garamond"][#0000ff][size 2]& New York.[/size][/#0000ff][/font][/url]
[font "Garamond, Times New Roman"][#ffffff][size 2][#000000]The decoys produced during the depression ranged from[/#000000] [url "http://www.fishdecoy.com/native.html"][#0000ff]Native American[/#0000ff][/url] [#000000]designs in unpainted native woods to idiosyncratic Americanized forms in woods and other materials which were brightly colored and lavishly decorate[/#000000][/size][/#ffffff][/font] [indent]
[font "Garamond, Times New Roman"][size 2]These are the collectible decoys which are familiar to sportsmen, art collectors and students of folk and vernacular art today.[/size][/font][font "Garamond, Times New Roman"][#ffffff][size 2] [/size][/#ffffff][/font]
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