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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...
Photograph

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...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 187-191

Date: 
Description: First-rate minds to write books, guide the young and lead the nation
but the target runs close to the ground
Print

Artwork of Insects with Human Faces

Date: 
Description: Print of seven insects and one mammal with human faces. Scientific names printed beneath each image. "Melanoplus differentialis" grasshopper, "Eurypelma he...
Photograph

Still from "The Show"

Date: 
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...
Book or Pamphlet

Massey-Harris Co. Card Front and Back

Date: 1894
Description: Front cover featuring a color illustration titled: "Young Canada, 'I wonder what they are doing on the other side,'" and "Merry Christmas." A young boy wea...
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

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.
Photograph

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.
Photograph

Edgar Krueger Posing with his Catch

Date: 1913
Description: Edgar Krueger posing with a skunk he caught. The skunk is hanging from the rifle he has resting on his shoulder.
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Displaying his Catch

Date: 1913
Description: Edgar Krueger posing with a mink he trapped. He is looking down at the mink, which he is holding up against the house, while holding his rifle in the other...
Photograph

Tiger Trap

Date: 1910
Description: During her visit to Sudan, Carrie describes a tiger hunt. The men of the village built large wooden traps for the tiger, seen here with men posed around it...
Photograph

Tiger after Hunt

Date: 1910
Description: Group portrait of men who have taken the tiger out of the trap. In her journal from Sudan, Carrie describes a tiger hunt which occurred while she was visit...
Photograph

People around Wagon

Date: 1910
Description: In her journal from China, Carrie writes that most villages have "one wagon, which is used for carrying the people, supplies, and our luggage." She talks a...
Photograph

Men with Tapirs

Date: 1910
Description: Group portrait of men after a hunt. The man on the left is carrying a Tapir and the man next to him is holding a baby Tapir. Four of the men are holding ro...
Photograph

Don Haack with Ocelot

Date: 04 18 1961
Description: Don Haack, co-manager of Robert Haack Diamond Importers, holds a four-month old male ocelot found in a South American jungle after its mother was shot by n...
Photograph

Brooks McCormick with Group of People with Llama or Alpaca

Date: 
Description: Group of people, including Brooks McCormick in a tuxedo, standing with a llama or alpaca type animal. The group is standing on a path with plants and trees...
Photograph

Boy Feeding a Llama

Date: 1967
Description: A young boy is feeding a llama through a wire fence.
Photograph

Giraffes at the Zoo

Date: 1967
Description: Children and adults are leaning against a railing watching a group of giraffes at the zoo.
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Man Standing with Zebra in Africa

Date: 12 1927
Description: View towards a man standing with a zebra in the yard in front of a building.

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