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Stoeber Hunting Party

Date: 10 28 1945
Description: Stoeber hunting party. Three men are posed with assorted game.
Postcard

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 ...
Postcard

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...
Postcard

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...
Postcard

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...
Postcard

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...
Postcard

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...
Photograph

Tall-tale Postcard: Kickers without Frogs

Date: 1913
Description: Photographic mock-up for an Alfred Stanley Johnson photomontage postcard entitled "Kickers." A boy wearing waders and holding a rifle stands with his arms ...
Photograph

Tall-tale Postcard: Kickers with Frogs

Date: 1913
Description: Photomontage of a group of giant frogs next to a pond. One of the frogs is kicking a boy's arms, causing them to fly upwards. A dog is sitting by the feet ...
Photograph

Duck Decoy and Croquet Set

Date: 2003
Description: Duck decoy and croquet set on the Quinney farm.
Photograph

Big Bill Thompson and Friends

Date: 
Description: "Big" Bill Thompson (center) poses with two friends from Chicago in front of a lodge.
Manuscript

Indian Setting up a Hunting Trap

Date: 03 1892
Description: An Indian sets up a hunting trap, with a rifle resting against a tree in the background.
Manuscript

Trappers Leaving Hunting Grounds

Date: 
Description: Drawing of trappers on leaving their hunting grounds.
Photograph

Poster Celebrating "The International Safari"

Date: 02 05 1929
Description: Poster or display board describing an expedition across Africa with an International truck. The truck used for the expedition was later promoted by the com...
Photograph

Issuing Hunting License

Date: 1934
Description: Man at the counter of office in Dane County where clerk, Selma Fjelstad, is issuing a hunting license.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Underground Newspaper Cover: Maine Times

Date: 11 26 1971
Description: Cover of "Maine Times," an underground newspaper, featuring a photograph of a boy holding a rifle and posing next to a deer, suspended from his garage. The...
Photograph

Mountain Fox Hunt

Date: 
Description: A mountain fox hunt near Highlander Folk School.
Photograph

Men Acting Like Ducks at Highlander

Date: 
Description: A group of men imitating ducks, participating in a theatrical performance. A man wielding a shotgun is in the background, and is wearing a hat bearing the ...
Photograph

Perry and Elsie Horton with Dogs

Date: 1937
Description: Perry and Elsie Horton, parents of Myles Horton, with fox hounds, at Highlander Folk School.
Photograph

Horse Pulling Wagon Through Field

Date: 
Description: A man with a shotgun and whip sits in a buggy pulled by a single horse in a field, possibly looking for prairie chickens.

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