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Three Hunters

Date: 11 19 1934
Description: Three hunters posing with shotguns and their bounty of a fox, squirrels and rabbits. The man on the right may be UW-Madison chef Carson Gulley.
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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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Ruth L. Brissee with Rifle and Dog

Date: 09 22 1933
Description: Ruth L. Brissee holding a rifle, standing with her dog in a garden at 2437 Fox Avenue. At age 15 she is the youngest huntress in Dane County.
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Felton Gun Store

Date: 04 29 1932
Description: Interior of Felton Gun Store, located at 120 E. Washington Avenue, with elk, deer, and mountain goat heads mounted on the wall among the firearms and hunti...
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Sears Sporting Goods Display

Date: 03 02 1932
Description: Sears Roebuck & Co. sporting goods display, featuring guns and golf clubs with "Hercules Work Clothes" sign.
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Felton Gun Store Booth at ESBMA Fall Festival

Date: 09 10 1929
Description: Felton Gun Store booth at East Side Business Men's Association (ESBMA) Fall Festival." Sporting goods for sportsmen." Featuring a woodland campsite tableau...
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West High School Girls' Rifle Team

Date: 02 25 1953
Description: West High School Girls' Rifle Team, front to back, Betty Newton, Rita Bisbee, and Alice Pedracine, prepare for their first competitive meet.
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Madison Turners

Date: 1863
Description: Black & white lithograph by Milwaukee lithographer Louis Kurz depicting the Madison Turners or Turnverein at a shooting party on the Madison lakefront. Th...
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Rifle Club Member Aiming a Gun

Date: 04 03 1941
Description: Paul Haberman, member of the Madison Legion Rifle and Pistol Club, aiming a rifle. The Club is sponsoring the "Little Worlds Rifle and Pistol Championship ...
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Boy Aiming Gun While Father Watches

Date: 06 12 1945
Description: Ira Kurth, 3918 Manitou Way, with children Stuart and Kathleen. Stuart is aiming a gun while his father and sister look on.
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Gun Rack

Date: 10 30 1946
Description: Horizontal gun rack located on a closet shelf taken for the R.L. Kulzick Advertising Agency, 409 East Washington Avenue.
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Police Officer Robert O'Brien With Wooden Guns

Date: 03 08 1947
Description: Police Officer Robert O'Brien showing guns he carved.
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Madison Rifle Club Team

Date: 03 28 1947
Description: Group portrait of the Madison Rifle Club team holding the Dick Falk trophy they recently won in the Falk Rifle Club's small bore tournament in Milwaukee. P...
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Rifle Team

Date: 05 20 1947
Description: Group portrait of five men in hunting clothing, holding rifles. There is a revolver instruction chart on the wall in back of the men.
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Madison Soap Box Derby Winners

Date: 07 24 1948
Description: At right is Don Harless, Dane County traffic officer, presenting carry-all bags to winners of the sportsmanship award to Albert Martin, son of Mrs. Annabel...
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Boys Playing With Guns

Date: 1920
Description: Two young boys sitting in a car wearing hats and sunglasses, play cops and robbers. One of the boys is thought to be Reginald Jackson, Jr., of Madison. App...
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La Follette Children Playing Outdoors

Date: 1906
Description: Philp La Follette, Mary La Follette, and Robert La Follette, Jr. playing in costume in the front yard of their home. Phil wears a top hat and long coat. Ro...
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Berg's Sporting Goods Window

Date: 12 11 1948
Description: Berg's Sporting Goods window at the corner of 2123 Atwood Avenue and Division Street, featuring Thompson boats and Evinrude motors.
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Madison Rifle Club

Date: 03 28 1949
Description: Twenty-two men and women pose with their rifles in a indoor rifle shooting range.
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Mt. Horeb Rifle Club

Date: 03 28 1949
Description: Fifteen men and women pose with their rifles in a indoor rifle shooting range.

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