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Aftermath of Peshtigo Fire

Date: 1871
Description: Aftermath of Peshtigo fire on October 8, 1871. Devastated landscape with deer carcass in foreground. The Peshtigo fire razed the small town of approximatel...
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Feeding young Fawn

Date: 1950
Description: A fawn suckles a meal from a bottle held by a young girl inside the cage.
Book or Pamphlet

Deering Catalog Illustration

Date: 1888
Description: Back cover of an advertising catalog for grass cutting machinery manufactured by William Deering and Company. Features an illustration of small children an...
Photograph

Feeding Deer at Henry Vilas Zoo

Date: 06 05 1947
Description: Jane and Jone Johnson, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Johnson of Black River Falls, feeding two Virginia deer at Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo).
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Vilas Zoo Deer

Date: 12 20 1948
Description: White and dark European fallow, and a Sika Nippon deer, at the Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo) in Madison.
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Hunters with Deer Carcasses

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Description: Three men standing holding guns with two deer carcasses on the ground. They are posed in front of a log cabin in the snow. A boy is seated on one of the de...
Photograph

Dressing a Deer

Date: 1900
Description: Two men removing the skin from a deer carcass hanging from a tree as two other men look on. Two dogs are lingering nearby.
Print

Indians Trapping Deer

Date: 1615
Description: Drawing of Native Americans chasing deer into an enclosure during a hunt.
Photograph

A Season's Hunt

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Description: Hunters stand outdoors with deer at their feet, showing off their hunting prizes. Several dwellings are visible in the background.
Photograph

Children Feeding a Fawn

Date: 08 1948
Description: A young boy and young girl feed a fawn from a nippled bottle at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition.
Postcard

Santa and Girl in Sleigh

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Description: Photographic postcard of Santa and a young girl, Mary Jane Turner, in his sleigh. Her head is next to his and her arm is around his shoulders. Reindeer can...
Photograph

Locked Antlers

Date: 02 1924
Description: Two dead whitetail bucks with locked antlers, in deep snow near a rock outcropping.
Photograph

Locked Antlers

Date: 02 1924
Description: Two men examine the heads of two whitetailed bucks with locked antlers. A dog stands alongside one of the men.
Photograph

Locked Antlers

Date: 1924
Description: Two men hold the heads of a pair of whitetail bucks with locked antlers. There is a boy and a dog in the background near a rock outcropping and snow is on ...
Photograph

Deer Park

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Description: A deer park in Wisconsin. The deer are confined behind a high wire fence. Large trees are in the background.
Book or Pamphlet

Buckeye Mower & Reaper Catalog Cover

Date: 1869
Description: Features an illustration of a buck in the foreground, and in the background a landscape, which includes on the right a man driving a horse-drawn agricultur...
Postcard

Feeding Deer in the Deer Corral at Trout Lake

Date: 1912
Description: Trout Lake Forest Headquarters, the deer corral, with four fawns. Three of the fawns are eating from a trough, the third from a pail held by a man (partial...
Book or Pamphlet

Deering Harvester Company Foldout Card — Front

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Description: Front of foldout card for Wm. Deering & Co. harvesting machinery. When opened, five panels, with images on both sides, depict various scenes, and include i...
Photograph

Summer Scenes at Madison Parks and Beaches

Date: 08 03 1953
Description: Katherine Bird of Winnetka, Illinois, offering some grass to two deer at the Vilas Park Zoo.
Photograph

Alice in Dairyland Feeding Fawn

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Description: Outdoor portrait of an unidentified Alice in Dairyland winner, wearing her sash and crown and smiling while crouching in an enclosure feeding a fawn. A you...

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