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Young Pheasants
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Six young pheasants are clustered in front of a primitive brooder house. There appears to be a black domestic hen among them. There is a pan of grain and a metal water bowl in front of the house. The description on the reverse of the print reads: "'A' type brooder coop — 8 weeks old pheasants."
1934
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Young Blackneck Pheasants
August 1936
Young blackneck pheasants flocking together in two adjacent chicken wire fenced pens. There is a shed in the background, right. The description typed on the reverse reads: "Eight weeks old Black-ne...
A Gaze of Raccoons
1939
A mother raccoon and five cubs are clustered between the base of a pine tree and a wall. A caption on the reverse of the print reads: "A black raccoon family at the State Experimental Game and Fur ...
Three Raccoons
1937
On the reverse of the print is written: "Raccoon feeding at Experimental Game & Fur Farm, Poynette, Wisconsin." A pan of food is secured in a wooden trough. There is a chicken wire fence in the bac...
Planting Trees
1936
A group of young men work on a wooded hillside. The caption on the reverse of the print explains, "A group of CCC [Civilian Conservation Corps] boys doing some spot planting in American Legion Sta...
Badger
1935
A badger approaching his feeding dish in front of a wooden shelter. The photograph was taken through a chicken wire fence, with its shadow visible on the ground.
Sailing
August 1934
Rear view of three young men sailing an E-Scow sailboat numbered U 65 in a regatta on Lake Mendota. "NAN TUCK" is painted on the stern of the boat. Maple Bluff is in the background.
