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Rare Deer Hide Jacket Symbolizes Hunting Heritage
Like many young men living in Ashland, Wisconsin, Ruel Garnich Baldwin (1893-1978) participated in the yearly hunting season. Sometime between 1913 and 1916 he had the hides from deer he had shot made into a jacket by a Native American woman in the Ashland area. Ruel held onto his prized jacket for the rest of his life, occasionally taking it out to show his children.
For more information and images about this rare jacket, take a look at the Museum Object of the Week.
:: Posted November 17, 2005
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