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Drawing

Passenger Pigeon

Date: 04 05 1939
Description: Watercolor painting of a Passenger Pigeon.
Photograph

Man Holding Homing Pigeon

Date: 02 18 1919
Description: Outdoor photograph of a man holding a military homing pigeon in on hand, and a rolled up piece of paper in the other. There is a group of pigeons inside a ...
Print

This Moment Too . .

Date: 
Description: On the left is the back of the card, with a photograph of swans on a lake surrounded by trees. The title reads: "The meek shall inherit . . ." On the right...
Drawing

Owl Sitting on Branch

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Description: Owl with half-closed eyes standing on the branch of a tree, resting at night in a full moon, suggested by the horizontal shade lines and a round white circ...
Drawing

Farm Scene

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Description: Pen and ink drawing farm scene of a man digging in a small, fenced-in plot of bare earth land. The scene includes two cows, two birds, a haystack, windmill...
Drawing

Atwood, Hernia & Fosmark Railroad

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Description: Line drawing of an engineer driving a whimsical locomotive along railroad tracks through a country scene, in which a bull is seen sitting on the grass and ...
Photograph

Cisco Kid Publicity Still

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Description: Outdoor publicity still of Pancho, actor Leo Carillo, sitting on horseback. He is posing with his arms crossed in front of his chest, and a bird (stuffed?)...
Historical Object

Presidential Political Campaign Buttons

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Description: Three presidential political campaign buttons. The button on the top left is white with red text and reads: "Bush and Swaggart." The button at bottom left ...
Postcard

Prairie Chickens

Date: 1913
Description: A quarry of dead prairie chickens, hunting dogs, horses and buggies in tall grass. Caption reads: "Prairie Chickens, Hawkins, Wis."
Photograph

Monona Bay in Autumn

Date: 10 16 2014
Description: View down shoreline towards the branch of a tree leaning over the water of Monona Bay. There are large rocks in the water along the shoreline. American Coo...
Photograph

Sherman Oak with Soaring Hawk

Date: 10 26 2014
Description: An oak tree, barren of leaves, standing in the middle of tall grass. Trees, some with green, red, and yellow leaves are in the background. A hawk is flying...
Photograph

Return of the Red-Winged Blackbird

Date: 04 05 2015
Description: A red-winged blackbird is sitting on a reed surrounded by cattails. In the foreground is a wooden railing. In the background buildings are partially visibl...
Photograph

Woodcock

Date: 1968
Description: Close-up view of a woodcock sitting on the ground.
Photograph

Salzer's Early Bird Radish

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Description: An illustration in the John A. Salzer's Seed Company catalog advertising early bird radishes. The illustration features a basket spilling over with radishe...
Photograph

Girl with Baby Bird

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Description: A young girl is holding a baby bird in her hands. She is wearing a red and white straw cowboy hat.
Photograph

Hunting on a Shooting Preserve

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Description: Two men holding rifles with two black labs in a field. The man on the right is kneeling in the snow and holding a pheasant which one of the dogs is carryin...
Photograph

Hunting Woodcock

Date: 1967
Description: A man is kneeling down in tall grass, holding his rifle in his right hand and two woodcocks in his left hand. His dog (a setter) is lying on the ground nex...
Photograph

Hunting Geese

Date: 1967
Description: A hunter is pointing his rifle into the sky and aiming for a goose flying overhead.
Photograph

Hunting Dog and Woodcocks

Date: 1967
Description: A hunting dog is sitting in the tall grass in front of a log, which has a rifle propped against it near three woodcocks.
Photograph

Turkey Hunting

Date: 04 1966
Description: A man in hunting gear is kneeling on the ground holding his rifle in his right hand, and holding up a dead turkey in his left.

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