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Stuffed Old Abe

Date: 1890
Description: "Old Abe," eagle mascot of the 8th Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. After his death in 1881 he was stuffed, mounted, and put in the Capitol museum.<...
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Stuffed Old Abe on a Perch

Date: 1900
Description: Side view of "Old Abe," eagle mascot of the 8th Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. After his death in 1881, he was stuffed, mounted, and placed in the...
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Old Abe Reproduction

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Description: An eagle of the same type as "Old Abe," eagle mascot of the 8th Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War, displayed in the Civil War Roo...
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Hunters and Fishermans Tavern

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Description: View of the bar at John Kinziger and son's Hunters and Fishermans Tavern. A man, presumably John Kinziger, stands behind the bar. The walls are covered wit...
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People Posing in front of Frame House

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Description: Two women, a man and young girl are posing standing in the yard in front of a frame house with a small porch. The woman standing on the left is holding a h...
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Winnebago Men and Women

Date: 1910
Description: Posed studio group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Winnebago Indian men and one young woman. Each of the men is holding a mounted bird of some s...
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Taxidermy Birds

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Description: Studio portrait of three stuffed birds on a table. Includes two owls on stands, and one heron.
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Studio Portrait of a Dog and Stuffed Bird

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a dog standing and leaning on a tree trunk on which a stuffed bird has been placed.
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Stuffed Peacock

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a stuffed peacock.
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Dog and Stuffed Bird

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Description: View of a dog pointing towards a stuffed bird in a yard.
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Two Women in a Bedroom

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Description: View across bedroom towards two women sitting together. The woman on the right is holding a guitar. On the left is a dresser with a mirror, and a bed in th...
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Fancy Pigeon

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Description: A fancy pigeon poses on a plinth with its breast high and tail fanned. It is unclear if it is living or taxidermy.
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Badger and Raptors

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Description: Stereograph, of what is possibly a diorama, that contains a badger, two owls, a chipmunk, plants, cattails, dried grass, logs, simulated rocks and two shel...
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Hoard Historical Museum

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Description: Interior view of a room with glass cases filled with taxidermied birds and a raccoon, and a crane on a pedestal. Caption reads: "Hoard Historical Museum, F...
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Hunters and Fishermens Tavern — John Kinzinger and Son

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Description: Photographic postcard view of a wall of mounted fish, deer and assorted stuffed birds. A display of postcards is on the left. There is a window on the righ...
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Hunters and Fishermens Tavern — John Kinzinger and Son

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Description: Photographic postcard view of a wall covered with mounted bear and deer heads. Stuffed foxes, bobcats and raccoons on displayed on shelves. Prints of hunti...
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Middleton Sportsmen's Junior Rifle Club

Date: 05 1955
Description: Lt. William Ruddick, Commander of the Navy and Marine Corps Training Center in Madison, checks a gun with instructor M.D. (Pat) Doyle. They are standing in...
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C.C. Lincoln

Date: 1903
Description: Ceylon Childs Lincoln standing near a bench in the Wisconsin Historical Society museum. He was the museum attendant and janitor. There are sculptures and p...
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Kilkare Lodge Dining Room

Date: 1948
Description: The dining room in Kilkare Lodge on Birch Island Lake. Windows line both sides of the room. Two women are sitting at tables at the far end of the room near...
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Kilkare Lodge Lobby

Date: 1948
Description: The lobby, with a stone fireplace at the Kilkare Lodge on Birch Island Lake. There are stuffed deer on mantels flanking the fireplace, and on the mantel ab...

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