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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.
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.
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.
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

Night Hunters

Date: 1890
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two hunters, Jacob Gross, sitting and holding a lantern, and Henry Herold, standing and holding a rifle a...
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.
Drawing

Petroglyph Tracing

Date: 06 1879
Description: Tracing of a petroglyph depicting an animal that has been shot with an arrow.
Map or Atlas

Map of the Famous Hunting and Fishing Grounds Embraced in the Lake Region of Gogebic County, Michigan, and in Iron, Vilas, Forest, and Oneida Counties, Wisconsin

Date: 1895
Description: This late 19th century map of northern Wisconsin and a portion of Michigan's Upper Peninsula shows the township and range grid, the (Lac du) Flambeau India...
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...
Photograph

Fishing and Hunting Group

Date: 1888
Description: A group of young men and women posed before the tents of a hunting and fishing camp.
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Harvester Co. Catalog Covers

Date: 1888
Description: Front and back cover of catalog, featuring on the front an illustration of birds, mice, and flying insects near a wheat field. The back cover reads: "Manuf...
Photograph

Cabin with Sportsmen

Date: 1899
Description: View through trees towards a cabin. One man holding a rifle stands in the center at the left front side of the cabin, and a group of four men sit on the ri...
Map or Atlas

Diana Shooting Club Grounds, Horicon Marsh

Date: 1891
Description: This map shows soft marshland, water channels, solid ground, club boundary and shooting boxes. Big Lake, First Channel, Second Channel, Fout Mile Pond, Mal...
Map or Atlas

Diana Shooting Club Grounds, Horicon Marsh

Date: 1891
Description: This map shows soft marshland, water channels, solid ground, club boundary and shooting boxes. Big Lake, First Channel, Second Channel, Fout Mile Pond, Mal...
Photograph

Hunter's Cabin Interior

Date: 1893
Description: The interior of a rustic hunter's cabin. There is a rifle propped up on a bench in the foreground. A man is reclining in a bunk, while another man is sitti...
Print

Duck Shooting on Lake Winnebago Near Fond du Lac, Wis.

Date: 1858
Description: Engraved print of four men and a dog in a boat on Lake Winnebago. Two of the men are in the center of the boat holding hunting rifles, while one man is sta...

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