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Painting

State Fair Centennial Mural Study Sketch

Date: 1948
Description: Prior to the 1948 State Fair, artist Robert Hodgell traveled Wisconsin to study its many landscapes. He then produced a series of study sketches outlining ...
Drawing

Petroglyph Tracing

Date: 06 1879
Description: Tracing of a petroglyph depicting an animal figure pursued by a human figure with a bow and arrow followed by a child.
Photograph

Deer Hunters with Deer and Fox

Date: 11 23 1957
Description: Six deer hunters (left) posing with eight deer and one fox (right) hanging from a rack. The hunting party occurred in Washburn and Bayfield counties. The h...
Photograph

Iron River Deer Camp

Date: 1933
Description: Exterior view of hunting camp in the snow. Six bucks are hanging from a tree trunk propped between two trees on the left. Icicles hang off the edge of the ...
Photograph

Ducks Unlimited Dinner

Date: 02 11 1958
Description: Group portrait of six men wearing suits with lapel corsages at the Ducks Unlimited Dinner. In the front row are Joseph Steuer, Angus Gavin and Woodbridge B...
Map or Atlas

Burnett County, Wisconsin : Official County Map

Date: 1991
Description: This 1991 map of Burnett County, Wisconsin, shows Governor Knowles State Forest, wildlife areas, public hunting grounds, and other outdoor recreation facil...
Photograph

Fred O. Petzold in his Woodcarving Studio

Date: 2010
Description: Fred O. Petzold (1911-2011) of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, in a cardigan sweater and plaid shirt stands next to his workbench. His camouflage hunting clothing is h...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Southern Wisconsin Ducks Unlimited Committee

Date: 01 14 1959
Description: The Southern Wisconsin Ducks Unlimited committee organizes a dinner to raise funds to develop duck habitat in the Canadian prairie provinces. Committee cha...
Photograph

Two Men, a Dog, and International Scout Terra

Date: 12 01 1976
Description: An International Scout Terra pickup with cap is parked in a wooded area with two men standing near a dog standing on the open tailgate. The men are holding...
Photograph

Ducks Unlimited Dinner

Date: 02 03 1959
Description: 420 men turned out for the annual Ducks Unlimited dinner at Club Chanticleer. Ducks Unlimited was founded in 1938 by persons interested in wildlife conser...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 187-191

Date: 
Description: First-rate minds to write books, guide the young and lead the nation
but the target runs close to the ground
Print

Palmer House Menu

Date: 10 02 1884
Description: Foldout menu with a central menu listing, with a banner at the top with hunting rifles, a horn, and fishing poles; and surrounding vignettes of hunters aim...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 351-358

Date: 
Description: The boss says —
The center is —

Good workmen then served two masters
One a man, the other a craft

A fine-edged tool biting life-long in...
Photograph

Boy Outdoors Holding Rifle

Date: 1965
Description: Outdoor informal quarter-length portrait of a boy about 10 or 11-years-old holding a rifle.
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...
Photograph

Pheasant Wearing Blinders

Date: 10 1981
Description: All pheasants raised by the Theresa Rod and Gun Club wear blinders. Pheasants raised in captivity tend to peck each other so blinders are used to prevent t...
Photograph

Men with Fox Shot with Bow and Arrow

Date: 1938
Description: Mr. Shorer and companion with a fox shot with bow and arrow.
Photograph

Ducks Unlimited Banquet

Date: 02 02 1960
Description: Four members of Ducks Unlimited inspect a gun at the annual banquet held at the Club Chanticleer. Left to right are: Toby Sherry, banquet chairman; Fred Ga...
Photograph

Dressed for the Fox Hunt

Date: 1930
Description: Edward Ilsley of Milwaukee mounted on a horse and dressed for fox-hunting.

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