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Photograph

Man Practicing Archery

Date: 
Description: Man holding bow during archery practice.
Photograph

Renaissance Faire

Date: 1909
Description: A group of people dressed up in medieval-style clothing.
Photograph

Maple Bluff Camp

Date: 1873
Description: Stereograph of a group of people posing by the lakeshore of Maple Bluff with tents in the background. One of the woman is holding an archery bow, two women...
Photograph

Campers at McBride's Point

Date: 1873
Description: A group of campers at McBride's Point at Maple Bluff on Lake Mendota. They are equipped with German exercise equipment (exercise pins, "kegels"), a horn (l...
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.
Photograph

Dr. War Eagle

Date: 1898
Description: Dr. War Eagle shoots at a target using a bow and arrow at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition and Indian Congress.
Photograph

Portrait of Henry Stacy (Badsoldier) and George Bearchief

Date: 
Description: A studio portrait of two young boys, Henry Stacy (Badsoldier) and George Bearchief, standing with bow and arrows by a prop stone wall, in front of a painte...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Man and Women

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of group posing in front of a painted backdrop with a prop fence. Two Ho-Chunk women are sitting and wearing several necklaces,...
Document

King's Gateway Hotel Letterhead

Date: 
Description: Letterhead of the King's Gateway Hotel in Land O' Lakes, Wisconsin, with header and footer views of the hotel and nearby Gateway Inn in color, and overlapp...
Photograph

Camping

Date: 1960
Description: Three men holding archery equipment at a campsite in Hiawatha National Forest.
Photograph

Camping

Date: 1960
Description: Two men, a woman, and a dog at a trailer in Hiawatha National Forest.
Historical Object

111 - Camp Pioneers of Joy Camps

Date: 
Description: Page from Joy Camps photo album displaying five photographs. Young campers are participating in a number of activities, including tennis, seesawing, boatin...
Photograph

Standing Near a Pond

Date: 1939
Description: Shirley and Robert Krueger standing barefoot at the edge of a pond. Their shoes and socks are lying on rocks at the waters edge. Shirley is holding a bow w...
Photograph

Sam Carley Blowsnake and Jacob Lone Tree

Date: 
Description: Sam Carley Blowsnake and Jacob Lone Tree stand side by side, drawing back arrows in their bows. People are standing in the background.
Map or Atlas

Amérique Septentrionale: Dressée sur les Relations les Plus Modernes des Voyageurs et Navigateurs, ou se Remarquent les Etats Unis

Date: 1790
Description: An updated and corrected version of Robert de Vaugondy's 1750 map "Amérique Septentrionale: Dressée sur les Relations les Plus Modernes des Voyageurs et Na...
Photograph

Russ Shepherd at McMiller Shooting Center

Date: 09 12 1981
Description: A man is kneeling and pulling an arrow out of a target, which has an illustration of a buck. The man is also holding a compound bow. Caption reads: "Russ S...
Photograph

Gustof Ostling, Ostling Archery Co.

Date: 10 24 1966
Description: A man is spraying paint on the shaft of an arrow. A small child is watching. Caption reads: "GUSTOF OSTLING SPRAYS ON FIRM'S TRADEMARK. 'Helper' Is Grandda...
Photograph

Elof Elfstrom, Ostling Archery Co.

Date: 10 24 1966
Description: A man is standing and holding something in front of a machine. Caption reads: "ELOF ELFSTROM FEEDS NOCK MACHINE. He Designed Precision Device."

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