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Three Hunters

Date: 11 19 1934
Description: Three hunters posing with shotguns and their bounty of a fox, squirrels and rabbits. The man on the right may be UW-Madison chef Carson Gulley.
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Men and the Spoils of Hunting

Date: 11 11 1933
Description: Four men posing with their dog and hunting trophies — moose, deer, bear, and fish hanging in the farmyard.
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Ruth L. Brissee with Rifle and Dog

Date: 09 22 1933
Description: Ruth L. Brissee holding a rifle, standing with her dog in a garden at 2437 Fox Avenue. At age 15 she is the youngest huntress in Dane County.
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Felton Gun Store

Date: 04 29 1932
Description: Interior of Felton Gun Store, located at 120 E. Washington Avenue, with elk, deer, and mountain goat heads mounted on the wall among the firearms and hunti...
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Old Abe and Historical Society Museum

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Description: The Civil War Room of the Historical Society Museum photographed sometime after 1900 when the society moved from third Wisconsin State Capitol to its new b...
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A Family, their Carriage, and their House

Date: 1875
Description: An unidentified family proudly posed in front of their brick, Greek Revival home, with their carriage and team of horses. Although the location is unidenti...
Print

Madison Turners

Date: 1863
Description: Black & white lithograph by Milwaukee lithographer Louis Kurz depicting the Madison Turners or Turnverein at a shooting party on the Madison lakefront. Th...
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Hunters with Rabbits

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Otto Radke, Andrew Echstein, and Jake Lange posed in front of a painted backdrop. They have their guns leaning in front of t...
Poster

"Matterplay"

Date: 01 26 1971
Description: Poster advertising Matterplay at 321 Gorham Street, Madison, Wisconsin. The poster features a combination of fantasy and realism in its representation of s...
Photograph

Ducks Unlimited Dinner

Date: 02 03 1959
Description: 420 men turned out for the annual Ducks Unlimited dinner at Club Chanticleer. Ducks Unlimited was founded in 1938 by persons interested in wildlife conser...
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Ducks Unlimited Banquet

Date: 02 02 1960
Description: Four members of Ducks Unlimited inspect a gun at the annual banquet held at the Club Chanticleer. Left to right are: Toby Sherry, banquet chairman; Fred Ga...
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Vilas Zoo Monkeys Still at Large

Date: 11 25 1960
Description: "Two Rhesus monkeys are still at large after about four months of freedom. Thirty-three monkeys escaped from a Vilas Park zoo cage on August 4, 1960. Zoo d...
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Cap Pistol Legalization

Date: 07 03 1953
Description: After Governor Kohler signed legislation legalizing the sale of caps and cap pistols, many youth prepared to celebrate the Independence Day holiday with th...
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Using Tact on Gisholt Sales Safari

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Description: Drawing depicting the Gisholt Sales Safari man using "Tact" to keep a gorilla happy. The man, who is sweating and holding something in his hand as an offer...
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Duck Hunting

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Description: Walter Stock (left) and Louis Fauerbach posing during a duck hunting outing at Cherokee Marsh. They are holding rifles and standing near the ducks they sho...
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Middleton Sportsmen's Junior Rifle Club

Date: 05 1955
Description: Carl Wettengel, a board member of the rifle club, addressing a room full of parents and youth members inside the clubhouse about the history of the group. ...
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Middleton Sportsmen's Junior Rifle Club

Date: 05 1955
Description: Lt. William Ruddick, Commander of the Navy and Marine Corps Training Center in Madison, checks a gun with instructor M.D. (Pat) Doyle. They are standing in...

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