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Eskimo Duck Dance

Date: 1930
Description: Eskimo duck dance to celebrate the spring hunt.
Print

Hunting of the Grizzly Bear

Date: 1832
Description: Hunting of the grizzly bear.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Whitewater

Date: 1870
Description: Bird's-eye view of Whitewater, with insets.
Drawing

Porcupine Mountains

Date: 1854
Description: Drawing of the Porcupine Mountains on Lake Superior. A deer is standing in the lake drinking water. A man is on the rock ledge above the shoreline and is a...
Print

English Hawking and Fishing in Virginia

Date: 1655
Description: Scene from near Jamestown Settlement, ca. 1620.
Drawing

Shooting Wild Pigeons

Date: 09 21 1867
Description: Illustration of four men shooting at a thick flock of wild pigeons. Hunting dogs are gathered around them in the field, which has a number of dead birds.
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.
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Pontoon Airplane

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Description: Two men standing on a pontoon airplane with their dog and a line of ducks they successfully hunted.
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Crow Hunt

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Description: Oswald Neesvig, President of Madison (Wisconsin) Packing Company, draped in and standing among his quarry from a day of crow hunting.
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Hunters with Rabbits

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Otto Radke, Andrew Echstein, and Jake Lange posed in front of a painted backdrop. They have their guns leaning in front of t...
Photograph

Hunting Party with their Game

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Description: Hunting party of three men with two dogs, guns leaning against a car, and game strung out on the vehicle.
Photograph

Duck Hunters

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Description: Two men standing holding guns, with birds draped around their necks from hunt. Line strung between trees shows additional kill from duck hunt. A dog is sit...
Photograph

Four Seminole Native American Boys

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Description: A group of four Seminole Native American youth standing on a path with trees behind them. Three of them are holding rifles and one is holding a dead bird.
Photograph

Oak Shore Club

Date: 1913
Description: Four hunters sit in an automobile parked in front of the Oak Shore Club and laden with dead ducks and geese after hunting.
Photograph

Deer Hunters in Camp

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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...
Photograph

Boy Holding Great Horned Owl

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Description: Young boy holding a great horned owl with its wings outspread. This photograph is a part of a book with photographs and typed text titled "Nature Lovers Pa...
Photograph

Woman Holding Grouse

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Description: View of a woman standing outdoors holding grouse and a gun. She is wearing boots and a jacket. Behind her is a dog sitting in the grass and trees. Text des...
Photograph

Group with Deer in front of House

Date: 1905
Description: The family hunters and their deer in front of a house.
Photograph

Men and Wagon

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Description: Group of people posing with a wagon from which several dead prairie-chickens are hanging. One man is sitting in the wagon with a dog. Seven men are standin...
Photograph

Pheasant Hunting Season

Date: 10 1981
Description: Members of the Rod and Gun Club released birds on grounds they use for hunting on the day preceding the opening of pheasant hunting season. Pictured is Chu...

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