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Indian Duck Hunting

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Description: Watercolor of Canadian Prairie Indian at lake's shore with gun in hand and a recently hunted duck on the ground. A dog is at his feet. On the far shoreline...
Photograph

Buddy Tolan with Live Turkey

Date: 11 28 1934
Description: Buddy Tolan, 4, of 1726 Helena Street, dressed in snowsuit sitting on a box looking at a live turkey.
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

Mrs. Homer Stone Holding Turkey

Date: 11 16 1932
Description: Mrs. Homer Stone holding a 28 lb "Holland White" turkey.
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Hunting Party

Date: 1920
Description: A group of men stand with rifles at the Echo Lake Hunting Club Camp. Gutted deer hang to cure outside the cabin.
Photograph

Family with Carriage in Yard

Date: 1876
Description: A family stands around a carriage in the yard of a two-story frame house with bay window and multiple additions. Vines grow on the side of the front porch ...
Drawing

Traps for Small Game

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Description: Illustration of wooden trap for small animals.
Photograph

Hunting Party by Train

Date: 1912
Description: A deer hunting party pose with carcasses and supplies by a train on the C. St. P. M. & O. railroad.
Photograph

Walter Dahl with Game and Dog

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Description: Walter Dahl with game birds strung around his neck. He is holding a rifle, and a young dog stands next to him.
Photograph

Rexair Company Employees

Date: 11 25 1947
Description: Group portrait of Rexair (vacuum cleaner) Company male and female employees in the Pompeii Room of the Loraine Hotel, with a live turkey and a poster that ...
Print

International Truck Advertising Proof

Date: 09 1953
Description: Advertising proof created by Young and Rubicam for the International Harvester Company. Features an illustration of a man and a dog hunting geese with the ...
Photograph

Pheasant Banding

Date: 03 07 1945
Description: Robert McCabe, University of Wisconsin Arboretum biologist, and Jim Hale, his assistant, study the band on one of the pheasants caught in the trap in the b...
Photograph

Pioneer Village

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Description: Large area of stuffed wild animals indoors at Pioneer Village.
Photograph

Stoeber Hunting Party

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

Joe McCarthy Cooking

Date: 11 1946
Description: Recently-elected Senator Joseph R. McCarthy tasting a favorite recipe for pheasant during vacation.
Postcard

Woman with Dead Geese

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a woman dressed in a fur coat and wearing a hat standing next to a display of defeathered geese.
Photograph

Children and Their Pets

Date: 04 02 1949
Description: Eight-year-old Mary Katherine Westover, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. E.F. (Marguerite) Westover, 3306 Topping Road, with her special pet, a tame mallard duck a...
Photograph

Middleton Sportsmen's Club Pheasant Release

Date: 04 01 1951
Description: Five men in outdoor clothing holding and placing live pheasants into a large bag. The Middleton Sportsmen's Club released about 150 pheasants at different ...
Photograph

Middleton Sportsmen's Club Pheasant Release

Date: 04 01 1951
Description: Ted Ziegler releasing a pheasant into a rural field. The Middleton Sportsmen's Club raised pheasants from chicks in its brooder house and pens for later re...

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