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Geese Hunters

Date: 10 24 1951
Description: Albert Becker and Carl Van Skike, hunting partners for 32 years, posing in hunting clothes with shot guns while holding three geese they bagged while hunti...
Photograph

Sig Olson and Sons

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Description: Sigurd Olson with his sons, Robert and Sig Jr., after a duck hunt.
Photograph

Night Hunters

Date: 1890
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two hunters, Jacob Gross, sitting and holding a lantern, and Henry Herold, standing and holding a rifle a...
Print

Jefferson Davis on a Scouting Expedition

Date: 1860
Description: A fox, with J.D. and crossbones on his leg, is wearing a coat and hat with a skull on it, and is stealing away in the night on a road labeled: "TO DIXIE'S ...
Print

Jeff Sound on the Goose

Date: 1860
Description: Jefferson Davis seated backwards on a flying goose. He is wearing a military uniform and holds up a sword. The caption and verse below reads: "JEFF SOUND...
Photograph

Hotel Alphin

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Description: Deer and a variety of other game are strung from a tree in a hunting camp at Hotel Alphin. An open tent stands to the right.
Photograph

Dogsled Loaded With Caribou Antler Trophies

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Description: A dogsled loaded with caribou antler trophies travels through Dawson, Yukon Territory, Canada. Two women and three men gather around the dog sled while dog...
Photograph

Sheep Hunters Cache At Head of Totlat River

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Description: View of Sheep Hunters' Cache at the head of the Totlat River in Alaska featuring a hunter in a wooded campsite surrounded by trees and snow.
Photograph

Eddie Arms with Farm Animals

Date: 1945
Description: Eddie Arms stands near a barn with his arm around a cow. There are turkeys in the foreground of this winter scene.
Postcard

Christmas Greetings

Date: 1930
Description: Holiday postcard with a brown terrier dog standing upright on his back feet. He is holding a dead turkey by the feet in his left paw and a basket of dead t...
Print

A Joyous Christmas

Date: 1930
Description: Holiday card of a hunter carrying three dead geese and two dead rabbits. He is wearing yellow leggings and a thigh length, short sleeved green jacket with ...
Map or Atlas

State of Wisconsin

Date: 1931
Description: This U.S. Geological Survey map of Wisconsin shows counties, cities and villages, lighthouses, Indian reservations, military reservations, and bird and gam...
Map or Atlas

General Topography of Copper Falls State Park, Ashland County, Wisconsin : T.45 N., R. 2 W., 4th P.M.

Date: 1949
Description: This 1949 map shows the topography and significant landmarks in Copper Falls State Park, Ashland County, Wisconsin. On the verso is a black-and-white image...
Map or Atlas

Game Count Map, Dane County

Date: 1937
Description: This map of Dane County, Wisconsin, shows the locations and number of ducks, rails, prairie chickens, Hungarian partridges, pheasants, and quails seen in s...
Map or Atlas

Picturesque Tours, Douglas County, Wisconsin, Agricultural, Scenic and Historical : Beginning at the Offices of the Superior Association of Commerce, Androy Hotel, Superior, Wisconsin

Date: 1938
Description: This 1938 tourist map of Douglas County, Wisconsin, identifies game refuges, fishing locations, and other outdoor recreation opportunities in the county. A...
Map or Atlas

Game Survey of Jackson County

Date: 1939
Description: Shows location of deer, partridge, quail, prairie chicken, and pheasants. Includes game count table and significant manuscript annotations. Dated "3-25-39....
Map or Atlas

Game Count Map of Outagamie County

Date: 1939
Description: Map shows the locations and amount of game birds seen in Outagamie County. Natural landmarks are labelled. The bottom of the map contains a legend with sym...
Print

Chequamegon Hotel Dinner Menu

Date: 09 04 1885
Description: Exterior and interior bill of fare from The Chequamegon, with views on the back of rock formations, waterfalls, a spot illustration of a train going over a...
Print

Jamieson House Menu

Date: 10 28 1978
Description: Menu from the Jamieson House, with decorative borders featuring putti holding a platter of meat, wine cellar keys, and a basket of wines; decanting wine fr...
Print

Third Annual Supper of the New England Society Menu

Date: 12 22 1868
Description: Front cover and interior menu pages from the Third Annual Supper of the New England Society, held at Vilas House to commemorate Forefather's Day. On the co...

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