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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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Richardson Farm

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Description: The Richardson Farm stands at the far edge of a farm field with a creek running through it and animals grazing. The farmhouse is white and surrounded by tr...
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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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Front of Cat and Mouse Trade Card

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Description: Front view of a trade card created by the Plano Manufacturing Company featuring an illustration of a cat climbing a screened window in pursuit of a mouse. ...
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Memorial Wreath: At Rest

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Description: Funeral memorial card of floral wreaths with a banner reading, "AT REST," and an animal tail [?].
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International Truck Advertising Proof Featuring Commander Gatti

Date: 1949
Description: Advertising proof for International trucks, featuring color photographs relating to an expedition to Africa by explorer Attilio Gatti. Includes images of n...
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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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First National Bank of Tigerton Memohead

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Description: Numbered memohead of the First National Bank of Tigerton, Wisconsin, with a three-quarter view of a tiger's head with an open mouth and bared teeth, names ...
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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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Public Museum #960

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Description: Stereograph view of stuffed kangaroo, bear, fox, giraffe, llama, and ram behind a glass enclosure at the Milwaukee Public Museum. Text at right: "Milwaukee...
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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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Cuscus at Nadzab Airport

Date: 01 13 1944
Description: An animal caught at the Nadzab Airport. Robert Doyle described it as a "Possum-like animal, White thick fur with brown splotches - Pink face, feet. Big eye...
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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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Tillie Twine Chases Away Mice and Insects

Date: 1949
Description: Promotional advertisement available through the International Harvester Advertising Service for use by International Harvester dealers, part of the 1949 Tw...
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Wisconsin Thematic Panel 187-191

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

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