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Painting

Indian Spearing Beaver

Date: 1821
Description: Indians of the North Red River area, probably in the vicinity of old Fort Douglas, now Winnipeg, Canada, spearing beaver.
Print

Hunting of the Grizzly Bear

Date: 1832
Description: Hunting of the grizzly bear.
Photograph

Leland's Point

Date: 
Description: Man with gun standing on Leland's Point.
Painting

Indian Duck Hunting

Date: 
Description: Watercolor of Canadian Prairie Indian at lake's shore with gun in hand and a recently hunted duck on the ground. A dog is at his feet. On the far shoreline...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye Map of Green Bay and Fort Howard

Date: 1867
Description: Bird's-eye map of Green Bay and Fort Howard, Brown Co., depicts street names and street layouts, houses, trees, and the East River. A reference key at the ...
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...
Drawing

Indian Taking Aim

Date: 1840
Description: Photograph of a drawing of an Indian aiming his bow and arrow, with one foot standing on an earlier kill.
Photograph

Pontoon Airplane

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

Mountain Fox Hunt

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

Hunting Blind on Lakeshore

Date: 
Description: Stereograph of shoreline with what appears to be a duck hunting blind.
Photograph

Three Men and a Dog Crossing a Stream

Date: 
Description: Three men with firearms cross a stream with a dog following.
Poster

Pennsylvania Railroad Travel Poster: In Old Kentucky

Date: 1930
Description: An original lithograph promoting Kentucky and the Pennsylvania Railroad through an artist's depiction of two men dressed in buckskin, wearing raccoon hats ...
Photograph

Hunter near Marsh

Date: 
Description: A hunter is standing beneath large trees near a marsh holding a rifle.
Print

Buffalo Hunting

Date: 1844
Description: North American Indians on horseback during a buffalo hunt. "In [this plate], I have represented a party of Indians in chase of a herd, some of whom are pur...
Photograph

Sig Olson Duck Hunting

Date: 1930
Description: Sigurd Olson duck hunting with his son, Sig Jr.
Photograph

Duck Hunting

Date: 
Description: A duck hunter at the edge of a rocky shoreline, probably Sigurd Olson.
Photograph

Sigurd Olson Duck Hunting

Date: 1942
Description: Sigurd Olson duck hunting from a canoe.

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