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Raccoon Cages, Poynette Game Farm

Date: 11 01 1937
Description: Raccoon cages at the State Experimental Game and Fur Farm.
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State Experimental Game & Fur Farm

Date: 11 01 1937
Description: View from the road of the State Experimental Game and Fur Farm.
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Refrigeration Building and Barn

Date: 11 01 1937
Description: New refrigeration building and barn at the State Experimental Game and Fur Farm.
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Elijah Hinkson with Buck

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Description: A man wearing a hat and suit is posing in front of a building and holding a buck, which appears to be dead. The man is holding the buck by its antlers and ...
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Tour at Game Farm

Date: 1935
Description: A well-dressed group of men, women and children have gathered on the lawn near one of the dormitories at the State Game Farm. A description on the reverse ...
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Game Farm Laboratory

Date: 10 1935
Description: A man wearing a white surgical gown and gloves is standing at a surgical table. He is performing a necropsy on a small animal. There is a double basin stan...
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Sorting Eggs

Date: 1939
Description: A technician wearing a white tunic is standing near a table holding a partially filled tray of eggs. There are four racks holding additional trays. Bushel ...
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Netting Pheasants

Date: 04 1946
Description: A man, probably a game warden, wearing a necktie and woolen jacket is capturing pheasants in a net. There is a chicken wire fence behind the birds. Beyond ...
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Three Raccoons

Date: 1937
Description: On the reverse of the print is written: "Raccoon feeding at Experimental Game & Fur Farm, Poynette, Wisconsin." A pan of food is secured in a wooden trough...
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Raccoon in Tree

Date: 1935
Description: A raccoon looking at the photographer from its perch in the fork of a tree. A caption on the reverse of the print reads: "Just as they do in the wilderness...
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A Gaze of Raccoons

Date: 1939
Description: A mother raccoon and five cubs are clustered between the base of a pine tree and a wall. A caption on the reverse of the print reads: "A black raccoon fami...
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Oscar and Raccoon

Date: 1935
Description: Oscar, an employee at the State Experimental Game and Fur Farm, feeding a raccoon which is riding on his shoulder. The raccoon is grasping Oscar's hand wit...
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Wolf Pups

Date: 1939
Description: An unidentified person is holding three wolf pups, or cubs, at the State Experimental Game and Fur Farm.
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Fox Kits

Date: 1935
Description: Close-up of an unidentified man's hands holding a pair of blue fox kits, or pups.
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Badger

Date: 1935
Description: A badger approaching his feeding dish in front of a wooden shelter. The photograph was taken through a chicken wire fence, with its shadow visible on the g...
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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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Marshland Scene

Date: 1963
Description: Long view across the marshland.
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Two Wilson Girls

Date: 1895
Description: Studio double portrait of two “Wilson girls”.
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Cottage at Black Hawk Resort

Date: 1929
Description: View across road of cottage with a screened porch in a wooded area. Picnic tables are on the left. A bench is in front of the cottage. A row of planters in...
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City Hall

Date: 1929
Description: View from street of City Hall building on a corner. There are garages in the back on the left. On the corner there is a stop sign, a Hwy 51 signpost, and a...

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