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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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Two Police Officers

Date: 04 21 1932
Description: Portrait of Police Officer Earl V. Bonner, the shortest man on the Madison police force, who joined in 1928, and Romain W. York Jr., the tallest man on the...
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Commercial National Bank

Date: 12 16 1930
Description: Commercial National Bank's "Fort Commercial" (a bulletproof armor cage), with Sgt. Ludwig Lenzer, Co. G, Wisconsin National Guard, holding a rifle.
Drawing

Shooting of Arndt by Vineyard

Date: 1842
Description: Shooting of Charles C.P. Arndt by James Vineyard in the territorial council chamber of the legislature. This depiction of the event was created by the staf...
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View of Capt. L.M. Lange's Company

Date: 1876
Description: Quite possibly this is the "View of Capt. L.M. Lange's Company" listed in the "Centennial Views of the City of Madison, July 4th, 1876. Views of Chicago Li...
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Soldiers on Lake Mendota Shore

Date: 1876
Description: Three men on shoreline of Lake Mendota, one wearing a military uniform like those worn during the 1876 Centennial Celebrations in Madison. The location app...
Print

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...
Photograph

Madison Legion Rifle Club

Date: 04 03 1941
Description: Seven members of the Madison Legion Rifle and Pistol Club.
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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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Police First Aid Training

Date: 11 16 1945
Description: Dane County traffic police receiving first aid training. Officer Rodney Burgenske is performing artificial respiration on Lieut. A.C. Pope while Capt. O.F....
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Madison Rifle Club

Date: 05 17 1946
Description: Eleven members of the Madison Rifle Club posed with rifles in a rifle range. They were Southern Wisconsin Rifle League Champions and a trophy with four med...
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State Historical Society Gun Collection

Date: 08 15 1946
Description: Harold Peterson, a graduate assistant in history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, shown working on some of the guns in the Wisconsin Historical Soci...
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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.
Photograph

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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Rifle Team

Date: 08 19 1947
Description: Group portrait of five men with rifles and Hearst trophy.
Poster

"Time to Pick Up a Gun!?!"

Date: 1970
Description: Handmade poster alluding to a statement from American social and political activist Tom Hayden, in which he allegedly asked, "[Is it] time to pick up a gun...
Poster

Red Power Wisconsin Pow-Wow Poster

Date: 10 05 1970
Description: Poster for an American Indian Pow-Wow, held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Stock Pavillion [sic], October 10, including a coalition of nativ...

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