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University of Wisconsin Female Archers

Date: 05 04 1934
Description: Six University of Wisconsin coeds, members of the Archery Club, posing on the archery field with bows drawn.
Photograph

"Archers" Group at Emerson School

Date: 11 13 1930
Description: "Archers" group on stage at Emerson School.
Print

Archery of the Mandans

Date: 1844
Description: Mandan Indians engaged in archery competition (Plate 24).

"The meeting represented here is something like that of an Archery Club in the civilized world,...

Drawing

Indian Taking Aim

Date: 1840
Description: Photograph of a drawing of an Indian aiming his bow and arrow, with one foot standing on an earlier kill.
Photograph

YMCA Camp Wakanda Campers

Date: 06 25 1945
Description: Six young archers at YMCA Camp Wakanda. Left to right: Lowell Hugo, John Stuhlldreher, James Treadwell, Walker Johnson, Tommy Bergmann and John Lonergan.
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Koinonia Children's Camp Archery

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Description: Koinonia Children's campers at the Highlander Folk School participating in archery.
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Blackhawk Bowhunters Club

Date: 07 19 1953
Description: Dale Weiderholt and Bernadine Cowley, members of Blackhawk Bowhunters Club, preparing to shoot.
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Blackhawk Bowhunters Club

Date: 07 19 1953
Description: Lois Herning, age 10, surveys her results on an archery target at Blackhawk Bowhunters Club.
Photograph

Blackhawk Bowhunters Club

Date: 07 19 1953
Description: Dan Brey is set to shoot at the Blackhawk Bowhunters Club. Another man is standing and watching on the right.
Photograph

Blackhawk Bowhunters Club

Date: 07 19 1953
Description: Marjorie Smith is selecting a loaded quiver at the Blackhawk Bowhunters Club. A group of people are standing in the far background.
Photograph

Blackhawk Bowhunters Club

Date: 07 18 1953
Description: Beau Payton and Gordon Heggesta figure out their points at the Blackhawk Bowhunters Club.
Photograph

YMCA Camp Wakanda

Date: 08 04 1953
Description: A scene from YMCA's day camp at Camp Wakanda, located on the shore of Lake Mendota. Archery counselor, William A. Galster, checks arrows on a target with ...
Print

Happy Valentine's Day

Date: 1965
Description: Valentine's Day card of a Cupid with red, curly hair, dressed in pink, holding two white birds. His wings are blue and his arrow quiver is shaped like a he...
Photograph

Invitational Archery Meet

Date: 03 07 1954
Description: A man is standing with bow and arrows at the target of the first annual invitational indoor archery meet held at the YMCA range. He is probably George Van ...
Photograph

Camp Maria Olbrich, YWCA Teen Camp

Date: 07 07 1954
Description: Evelyn Howe, daughter of Professor and Mrs. Herbert Marshall Howe, 2022 Chadbourne Avenue, practices archery at Camp Maria Olbrich, a YWCA Teen Camp locate...
Photograph

State Archery Champions

Date: 08 04 1957
Description: Winners in State Archery competition. Front row left to right: Mike Manthey (Watertown), Sharann Magel (Milwaukee), Butch Szehner (Milwaukee), Jerry MacKo...
Photograph

Standing Near a Pond

Date: 1939
Description: Shirley and Robert Krueger standing barefoot at the edge of a pond. Their shoes and socks are lying on rocks at the waters edge. Shirley is holding a bow w...
Photograph

Indian Boys Practice Archery

Date: 1956
Description: Six Native American boys and teenagers take part in an archery competition. They are holding their bows and carrying arrows in a bag on their backs. Riley ...
Photograph

Sam Blowsnake

Date: 1956
Description: Sam Blowsnake prepares to shoot an arrow with his bow as a crowd of people watches behind him.
Map or Atlas

Amérique Septentrionale: Dressée sur les Relations les Plus Modernes des Voyageurs et Navigateurs, ou se Remarquent les Etats Unis

Date: 1790
Description: An updated and corrected version of Robert de Vaugondy's 1750 map "Amérique Septentrionale: Dressée sur les Relations les Plus Modernes des Voyageurs et Na...

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