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Drawing

Barman — Pete

Date: 1932
Description: Pete bartending at the Roxy Grill.
Photograph

Buckhorn Tavern

Date: 1949
Description: Customers sitting at the bar in the Buckhorn Tavern. There are five mounted deerheads above the bar. The bartender is standing behind the bar.
Photograph

H.W. Simon Paint Store Window

Date: 04 25 1935
Description: H.W. Simon Paint Store window, 1904 Monroe Street. Shows Mautz paint display and H.W. Simon, Decorator sign. The interior of the store can be seen through ...
Photograph

Two Deer on Car

Date: 11 27 1934
Description: A 14-point buck shot by Carl Laughnan, 4138 Mandan Crescent, and a 10-point buck shot by Russell Hegg, 330 Dow Court, are tied to the front fenders of the ...
Photograph

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.
Photograph

Feeding young Fawn

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

Fred Bear and Deer

Date: 1941
Description: Bow-hunter Fred Bear poses with his bow and a deer carcass.
Photograph

Deer Hunters' Camp

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

One Car, Two Men, Three Deer

Date: 1931
Description: Two hunters with rifles pose in the snow by a car with three deer carcasses.
Photograph

Bow Hunter and Deer

Date: 1940
Description: Man in a cardigan and knit hat holding a bow and arrow poses with a dead deer on the hood of a Chrysler.
Painting

Archaic Deer Hunters

Date: 1997
Description: A watercolor of a set of archaic Indian deer hunters with their kill.
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 ...
Postcard

Tall-Tale Postcard: Santa on a Bi-Plane

Date: 1909
Description: Photomontage of Santa Claus and his reindeer riding on the top wing of a bi-plane. More sacks of toys and wrapped gifts are on the lower wing. Buildings an...
Photograph

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.
Photograph

Aline W. Hazard Interviewing Woman

Date: 1957
Description: Aline W. Hazard (in hat) of WHA Radio, recording and interviewing Mrs. Robert Jahnke (Corrine) at Forest Acres Deer Farm. Mrs. Jahnke holds a pair of earri...
Photograph

Stoeber Hunting Party

Date: 10 28 1945
Description: Stoeber hunting party. Three men are posed with assorted game.
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).
Photograph

Young Adult Club Christmas Dance

Date: 12 17 1947
Description: Agnes Dooley, John Fahning, Joe Ann Higgins, Ben Prochaska, Mildred Leach, and Tom Maloney in formal dress standing next to a reindeer and Santa Claus deco...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Underground Newspaper Cover: Maine Times

Date: 11 26 1971
Description: Cover of "Maine Times," an underground newspaper, featuring a photograph of a boy holding a rifle and posing next to a deer, suspended from his garage. The...
Photograph

Henry Vilas Zoo

Date: 1918
Description: White-tailed deer feeding at a trough in their enclosure at the Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo), opened in 1911.

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