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Marlin Perkins and Zebra

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Description: Marlin Perkins shaking hands behind a zebra.
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Making Friends

Date: 1950
Description: A small raccoon sniffs the head of an unsure-looking baby sitting in a car seat outdoors on a sidewalk against the side of a building.
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Uncovering Bison Bones

Date: 1936
Description: Three men looking over the process of uncovering bones of a bison in Interstate Park.
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Studio Portrait of William Massey, Grace Decorra Twocrow

Date: 1890
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk group in front of a painted backdrop. On the left is William Massey (ChawRoChooChayKah), sitting with his arm aro...
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Shorewood Hills Community League "Shindig" Event

Date: 10 20 1950
Description: Magician Jack Hurlbut, right, pulls a skunk out of a hat in front of Charles Copp, master of ceremonies at the Shorewood Community League's "Shindig" party...
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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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Dairy Days Parade

Date: 1950
Description: Bernard Arms holding a firearm poses on a parade float decorated in an autumn theme, including a stuffed bear, fox, and squirrel. The parade was a part of ...
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Dyer Barn — Exterior

Date: 2004
Description: Dale and Pam Dyer with Elisa (8) and Napoleon, the dog, live at N7863 Hwy P (Section 27). The Dyers, who moved here in 1989, have a host of animals, includ...
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Junior Division of the University League

Date: 09 27 1953
Description: Richard and Ruth Shackleford posing with a prize white mink outside of the small animal house at 2105 Herrick Drive. Richard, a member of the U.W. genetics...
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Mink Trapping on the Wolf River

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Description: A hunter, sporting cold weather attire and thigh-high rubber boots, pulls a mink in a trap off the shoreline and on to his small, motorized, fishing boat. ...
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Slaughtered Pigs

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Description: Two men in the process of butchering three large hogs. The hogs hang off of hooks from a track on the ceiling of the slaughterhouse. The man on the right c...
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Berlin Zebra

Date: 1940
Description: Zebras in the Berlin zoo stretching their necks for what they think may be a treat. It appears that the man is holding a camera. The photograph was taken b...
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Raccoon Hunters

Date: 11 19 1950
Description: "Raccoon hunters, Fred Zastrow, & Alfred 'Butch' Muche, and their dog Ranger display some of their catch on a shed on Madison Road."
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Van Gorden House

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Description: Two men, two women, two girls, and a boy are posing standing in the snow in front of a two-story frame house. The boy is displaying a horse. Possibly the S...
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Neda Mine Bat Hibernaculum

Date: 11 1996
Description: "What was a thriving iron ore mine at Neda is now home to some 500,000 bats. The steel cage keeps humans out, but allows access for the bats."
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Soldier with His Pet Coati

Date: 08 18 1943
Description: Corporal Marcell Vanden Heuval, from Grand Rapids, Michigan, poses with his coati named "Speedy" perched on his shoulder. He was a cook at the military cam...
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The Maunesha — Scene on Crawfish River

Date: 1912
Description: Elevated view of the river with trees on the left. On the right, two young boys are fishing from a rowboat in the river near a landing at the back of a thr...
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Still from "The Show"

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Description: Cock Robin (John Gilbert) stands behind a big cat that is tied to a column. A man sits on a throne with a woman and man sitting on either side of him. An a...
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Edgar Krueger with a Skunk

Date: 12 1905
Description: Edgar Krueger holding onto an animal trap, hanging from a tree branch, with a dead skunk trapped by a front paw. Farm buildings are in the background.
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Examining Trapped Mink

Date: 1913
Description: Alexander Krueger holding up a mink that Edgar Krueger trapped. Edgar is standing next to him looking at the mink while holding his rifle.

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