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Smelt Wrestling

Date: 04 1939
Description: Two men smelt wrestling at the Smelt Carnival in Marinette.
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Confiscated Sturgeon

Date: 1942
Description: Warden Kramer and an assistant hold up confiscated sturgeon caught with illegal snag lines.
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Governor's Fishing Expedition

Date: 09 25 1937
Description: Governor Philip Fox La Follette (center) together with Governors Horner (Illinois) and Kraschel (Iowa) pose in front of the fish they caught during a fishi...
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Amik, the Beaver

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Description: Beaver among twigs and small branches.
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Ginseng Bed

Date: 1935
Description: A covered metal tank with the words "Schulz" and "Minneapolis" painted on it is standing in front of a slatted shade structure over a ginseng bed. The stru...
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Dodge County Farm

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view from hill of chickens ranging near their coop behind a farmhouse and outbuildings on a tidy farm. There is a large barn on the right with two...
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At Rest

Date: 1935
Description: A farmer resting, sitting on the handles of his plow, with his right foot in the furrow. His team, in harness, are standing head to head. They are in front...
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Threshing Scene

Date: 1936
Description: A man is unloading bundles of grain from a horse-drawn wagon to another man (barely visible) who will feed the bundles into an Advance-Rumely threshing mac...
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Farmstead

Date: 1935
Description: Large branches of an oak tree frame the view of a large farmhouse, barn, and outbuildings. The two-story house has two front dormers and porches on the fro...
Postcard

Three Bears

Date: 1935
Description: A mother bear, followed by her two cubs, walking on all fours across a clearing, possibly a road, with a wooded area in the background. The postcard is tit...
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Bear Cub

Date: 1940
Description: A black bear cub holding onto tree limbs while climbing a white pine sapling.
Postcard

Point Henry

Date: 1935
Description: A woman in a light-colored dress is standing at the foot of the steps to a rustic cabin. She is holding a baby bottle and feeding a fawn. The shoreline alo...
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Albino Buck

Date: 1935
Description: Text from the reverse of the print: "Albino buck, one year old, with first set of horns, at State Experimental Game & Fur Farm." The buck, who was called "...
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Tagging a Buck

Date: 1937
Description: Two conservation wardens are crouching to tag a buck lying in the snow. The buck was killed illegally. Two other wardens are standing and observing. The gr...
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Bucks in the Velvet

Date: 1935
Description: Two eight point bucks are standing in dappled shade at the edge of a wooded area.
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Deer on Path

Date: 1938
Description: Nine deer pausing at the edge of a wooded area. There is snow on the ground. The caption on the reverse reads: "Following the leader, single file, down the...
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Deer Crossing Road

Date: 1938
Description: A small herd of deer in a snowy landscape along a one lane road. The caption on the reverse reads: "While some of the herd bravely crosses the road the oth...
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Deer on Road

Date: 1938
Description: A deer leaping in the middle of a snow covered one lane road. The caption on the reverse of the print reads: "Halfway across the road this deer changed its...
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Four Retrievers

Date: 06 1940
Description: Four dogs sitting in the grass, looking attentively to the right. On the reverse of the print is written: "Retrievers — Labradors and golden."
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Woman with Dog

Date: 06 1937
Description: The caption on the reverse of this print reads: "Miss Ferguson sitting with dog on shore of Pine Lake." They are framed by the trunks of two birch trees, a...

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