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Toddler Near Revolver

Date: 08 1927
Description: Small child opening a desk drawer containing a shining revolver (hand gun). The scene was staged for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Depar...
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Farm Hazard: Unsafe Hunting Practice

Date: 12 1926
Description: Staged scene of two hunters in the woods with guns. One man is walking under a branch with his rifle pointed behind him. This photograph was taken for Int...
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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...
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Powwow Group from 1908 Homecoming with Dream Drum

Date: 1908
Description: Copy photograph of five Ho-Chunk men posed standing behind a Dream Drum in front of cloth barriers or tents. A powwow group from the 1908 Homecoming, ident...
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Group Watching Man Ride Sawhorse

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Description: A group in front of a backdrop watches a man in the foreground ride a sawhorse as if it were a real horse. The image was staged at Harry Dankoler's photogr...
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Men Pointing Pistols at Man Riding Sawhorse

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Description: Two men are posing in front of a backdrop pointing pistols at a man who is riding a sawhorse as if it were a real horse and holding up his hand in surrende...
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Boy Aiming Shotgun

Date: 1920
Description: Young boy standing on lawn aiming shotgun into trees. In the background is a lake or river.
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"Sylvia of the Secret Service" Movie Still

Date: 1917
Description: Still from the 1917 Pathé movie "Sylvia of the Secret Service," featuring Irene Castle (playing Sylvia Carroll), captured by the villains.
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Group of European Americans Posing Outdoors

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Description: View towards two men standing on the left, two women in the center who are holding infants in their arms, and two boys standing on the right. The group is ...
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Hunting Scene

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Description: Exterior portrait of two hunters posing with a deer carcass, a fox carcass and rifles on the edge of a stream in winter. Buildings are in the background.
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Hunting Scene

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Description: Outdoor portrait of two hunters posing with a deer carcass, a fox carcass and rifles on the edge of a stream in winter with snow on the ground. Building ar...
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Deer Hunters

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Description: Outdoor view towards two deer hunters posing with their rifles and two deer carcasses. Snow is on the ground, and in the background is a wooden building.
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Six Hunters with Six Deer

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Description: Outdoor portrait of six hunters with their rifles and six deer carcasses.
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Deer Hunters and Deer Carcasses

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Description: Outdoor portrait of two deer hunters posing with their rifles and their deer carcasses hanging from a tree branch strung across two trees.
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Two Unidentified Deer Hunters with Four Dead Deer

Date: 1908
Description: Two deer hunters are sitting on a low bench with their rifles and four killed deer. The deer have tags on their ears.

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