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Tall-tale Postcard: The Buck Fever

Date: 1910
Description: Two men are hunting with rifles in the Wisconsin woods. It is winter; there is snow on the ground. Instead of shooting a deer, one hunter shoots a giant ...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Rabbits

Date: 1910
Description: Two hunters stand around a pile of giant rabbits that they have killed in a Wisconsin forest. It is winter; there is snow on the ground. One of the hunters...
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Tall-tale Postcard: A Good Bag

Date: 1910
Description: Two hunters, rifles in hand, transport the giant rabbits they have killed homeward. They have tied the rabbits to a wooden pole, which they rested between...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Rabbits Are Scarce

Date: 1909
Description: Rear view of a hunter hauling away a giant rabbit through a snowy forest landscape. He is wearing a leather jacket with fringe and boots. Text in the lower...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Hunting Rabbits

Date: 1909
Description: Photomontage of three hunters surrounded by a large group of giant rabbits in the woods. One of the hunters is in the act of shooting a rabbit. The snowy s...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Hauling the Rabbits

Date: 1909
Description: Photomontage of a group of three men in hunting clothes, with two other men who are preparing to haul away the giant rabbits they have hunted, using a hors...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Salted

Date: 1909
Description: Photomontage of a hunter pouring salt on the tail of a giant rabbit. The hunter is holding a rifle and wearing leather boots and gloves. The surrounding w...
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Zastrow Barn — Exterior

Date: 2004
Description: Wally and Bonita Zastrow live at W2139 Hwy 28/67 (Section 17). Bonita holds Bruno, the dog, and Wally holds Floppy, the rabbit.
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Deer Hunters in Camp

Date: 
Description: Five men holding hunting rifles sitting or standing to the left of a log cabin (only a corner of which is in the image) in front of the hanging carcasses o...
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Henry Clay Monument

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Description: View of the Henry Clay Monument with a statue of Clay inside. In front stand two young girls wearing dresses. Each girl is holding a pet rabbit. On the rig...
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After the Hunt

Date: 1920
Description: Two unidentified young men pose in the snow with their firearms behind seven dead rabbits displayed on a barbed wire fence; there are three dogs on the oth...
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C. Aultman & Co. Advertising Card

Date: 1881
Description: Advertising card featuring a chromolithograph of young boys in a field. One boy is sitting on the seat of a Buckeye implement while holding the reins of fo...
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Alexander Krueger Riding a Horse

Date: 04 04 1904
Description: Alexander Krueger riding a horse named Jim, while holding a rifle. Alexander is wearing a hat, a bandana around his neck, striped shirt, shotgun shell belt...
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Alexander Krueger on a Horse

Date: 04 04 1904
Description: Alexander Krueger riding a horse named Jim, while holding a rifle. Alexander is wearing a hat, bandana around his neck, striped shirt, shotgun shell belt, ...
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Alexander Krueger Standing with a Horse

Date: 04 04 1904
Description: Alexander Krueger standing in front of his horse, Jim, while holding a rifle. Alexander is wearing a hat, a bandana around his neck, striped shirt, shotgun...
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Jennie and Edgar Posing with Dead Rabbit and Two Dead Birds

Date: 04 04 1904
Description: Jennie and Edgar Krueger suspending a tree limb on their shoulders on which is hanging a dead rabbit and two birds. Each of them is holding a rifle over th...
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Group Portrait of the Krueger and Buening Families

Date: 1910
Description: Group portrait of the Krueger and Buening Families in front of the Krueger household. Florentina, Edgar, August, Alexander, Mary and Jennie Krueger with Ed...
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Buening and Krueger Families

Date: 1910
Description: Outdoor group portrait of Florentina, Jennie, Alexander, August, Mary, and Edgar Krueger with Ed Buening, Mrs. Buening, and their son in front of the Krueg...
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Edgar Krueger and his Catch

Date: 1917
Description: Edgar Krueger posing with five rabbits he shot, which are hanging by their feet from the rifle in his hand. A dog is sitting next to him. In the background...
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Edgar Krueger Hunting

Date: 1917
Description: Edgar Krueger posing with five rabbits he shot. The rabbits are hanging by their feet from the rifle he is holding down at his side. A dog is sitting next ...

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