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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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Fred Bear and Deer

Date: 1941
Description: Bow-hunter Fred Bear poses with his bow and a deer carcass.
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Deer Hunters' Camp

Date: 1904
Description: Five deer hunters posing at a camp next to deer carcasses hanging up on a log pole.
Postcard

Evergreen Park Cottage Sanatorium

Date: 1905
Description: The Evergreen Park Cottage Sanatorium, where in 1903 Dr. W.B. Hopkins opened the first tuberculosis sanatorium in Wisconsin. Financial problems caused the ...
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Dead Deer on the Highway

Date: 1968
Description: A Wisconsin game warden removes a dead deer in the snow that had been struck by a vehicle from a rural Vernon County highway next to a deer crossing sign.
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Hunters Carrying Deer in Woods

Date: 1910
Description: Hunters dragging deer from woods. In the center is Frank Langeois, son of Joseph Jr.
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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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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.
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Men with Two Small Bucks

Date: 1910
Description: Bringing in two small bucks, dead and loaded on a sled behind a team of horses, Old Camp 2. The third man from the right is Clarence Deitz.
Poster

Pennsylvania Railroad Travel Poster: In Old Kentucky

Date: 1930
Description: An original lithograph promoting Kentucky and the Pennsylvania Railroad through an artist's depiction of two men dressed in buckskin, wearing raccoon hats ...
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Hunters with Deer

Date: 1940
Description: A group of 14 hunters poses in front of seven field dressed deer which hang from a rack made of metal pipe. There is a barn in the far background, left, an...
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May This Season Find You Happy

Date: 1929
Description: Holiday card with a scene of snow-covered hills, pine trees, the moon and four of Santa's reindeer flying into the sky pulling what is probably a sleigh, ...
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Seasons Greetings

Date: 1948
Description: Holiday card of the history of the State of Wisconsin, 1848-1948. Shows a map of Wisconsin with many historical and themed elements. Image was created by w...
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Morgan's Lost Land Lake Resort

Date: 1935
Description: An antlered whitetail deer with a bell around it's neck, and a black American Water Spaniel, are sniffing nose-to-nose on the lawn outside of some cabins. ...
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Feeding Fawn

Date: 1935
Description: Two small boys at Point Henry Resort at Spider Lake are dressed in short pants and are feeding a fawn from a bottle.
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Man Feeding Deer

Date: 1932
Description: View of a man wearing a hat standing by a tree stump feeding four deer in the woods.
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Les Crandall's Housekeeping Cottages

Date: 1935
Description: Log cabins on forested shoreline of Namakagon Lake. A young deer is standing in front of wooden rowboats on the shoreline.
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Locked Antlers

Date: 02 1924
Description: Two dead bucks with locked antlers are nearly buried in snow. The heads were mounted and hung in the Hotz family Europe Lake cottage until they were stolen...
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Locked Antlers

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

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