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Hoonch-Schad-E-Gab

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk man, Hoonch-Schad-E-Gab (Big Bear), aiming a bow and arrow and wearing a fur hat with feathers...
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Three Hunters

Date: 11 19 1934
Description: Three hunters posing with shotguns and their bounty of a fox, squirrels and rabbits. The man on the right may be UW-Madison chef Carson Gulley.
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Felton Gun Store

Date: 04 29 1932
Description: Interior of Felton Gun Store, located at 120 E. Washington Avenue, with elk, deer, and mountain goat heads mounted on the wall among the firearms and hunti...
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Duck Decoy and Croquet Set

Date: 2003
Description: Duck decoy and croquet set on the Quinney farm.
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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...
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Men in Hunting Cabin

Date: 1900
Description: Two men posed with guns in a hunting cabin. The room in sparsely furnished with a table, chairs, and a bed.
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Animal Trap with Stuffed Squirrel

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Description: Studio portrait of an animal trap on a pile of hay with a stuffed squirrel situated behind it. There is a painted backdrop in the background.
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Chauncey Bottum

Date: 01 24 1944
Description: Autographed photograph of Chauncey "The Bear Hunter" Bottum reading a magazine called Traveler. The autograph is for Governor Goodland, and reads "B...
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Middleton Sportsmen's Club Pheasant Release

Date: 04 01 1951
Description: Five men in outdoor clothing holding and placing live pheasants into a large bag. The Middleton Sportsmen's Club released about 150 pheasants at different ...
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Young Hunter

Date: 1925
Description: A studio portrait of a young man in front of a painted backdrop wearing rubber boots holding his gun and a dead fox with his dog standing nearby.
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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...
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Ducks Unlimited Dinner

Date: 02 11 1954
Description: Group portrait of some of the principal members of the Ducks Unlimited Club. Front row, left to right, are: Norman Ott, Milwaukee, state chairman and trust...
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Walter Simon with his Shot Gun

Date: 11 08 1955
Description: Walter Simon holds his shot gun to show its wooden parts that he crafted himself. According to his obituary, published on October 18, 1964, he was the Dir...
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Ducks Unlimited

Date: 02 02 1956
Description: Group portrait of officials at the Southern Wisconsin Ducks Unlimited annual stag dinner. Front left to right: Perry Neff, Stan Johnson and Dave Gernon. Ba...
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Successful Bird Hunt

Date: 1960
Description: A man holds a wood stretcher/fleshing beam near his game.
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Mink Hunter

Date: 1960
Description: A man holding a mink trap.
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Carl Leopold

Date: 1900
Description: Portrait of Carl Leopold, Aldo Leopold's father, sitting on a rock with a gun. He is wearing hunting attire, a jacket and hat. His dog is sitting in front ...
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Hunter with Gun and Dogs

Date: 1900
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a young man holding a shotgun, and two dogs posing on a sheepskin rug.
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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...
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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...

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