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I thought this might be fun to see again. The photo was displayed at Shoshone Falls, ID.

Looks a bit "fishy". I wonder what it weighed, and if it took all 3 men to load it on the T?
Norm

"White Sturgeon can reach up to 15-feet long and over 1,100 lbs" according to this:
https://idfg.idaho.gov/blog/2016/08/con ... n-part-1-7
I would guess the one in the Ford is a bit over 8 feet long with the 89" dimension of the body length.
So maybe 600 lbs?

The guy in the middle looks to be in deep thought, " how am I going to get that smell out of my car?"

Neat accessory hood on the car.

So, if there is a doctor's coupe, this must be a sturgeon's touring.

I certainly could be wrong, but the guy in the middle of the first photo and the one in the middle of the third one look like the same guy.

Some Local Wisconsin / Fox Valley History involving sturgeon....

Though one may have only a 'vague connection' to Wisconsin and a possible familiarity of our Fox Valley, be aware there is a substantial Polish population in Menasha. Even when the Highway 441 bridge over Little Lake Butte des Morts was in the planning stage (late 60's into the 70's), it was already referenced to be 'The Polish Connection'... Menasha was land-locked between Highway 41 and the Little Lake BdM to the west, Township of Menasha/Appleton to the north, Neenah to the south, and then with Lake Winnebago to the east. 'Butte des Morts' is French for "Hill of the Dead", while 'Winnebago' in the native language translates as "smelly water."
Speaking of Lake Winnebago, the sturgeon-spearing season is an annual winter event on Lake Winnebago. The normal course of events is to skid an ice shanty onto the ice, usually with room for a couple of occupants - maybe more, depending on heating, the facility size and beer cooler capacity. They'll remove a trap-door floor, then cut about a 4' X 4' hole through the ice. Having that accomplished, lights and sturgeon decoys are placed through the hole onto the lake bottom. Spears will be taken in hand, being 'poised and ready', waiting for the 100+/- years-old pre-historic 5' to 8' long sturgeon to glide by. A whole lot of patience is a definite prerequisite......!

Recent rumor has it that there was a Polish fellow from Menasha who was out on Winnebago doing just that. He happened to peek out his shanty's window, only to see a snow-mobile pulling another shanty over the ice. "Hey!" he said to his buddy and giving him an elbow nudge, "THAT'S what we ought to be doing..... TROLLING!!!!"

Did you hear about the polish helicopter pilot who crashed, he got cold so he turned off the fan

Love the picture of an original Winged Pyramid sign. If I’m not mistaken, that ‘14 touring represents the last year of that sign. Others may have better information. Good catch on that slanted louvre hood...