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Painting

Braddock's Defeat

Date: 1903
Description: An important event of the French and Indian War (1754-1763) was commissioned in 1903 by Robert Laird McCormick, president of the State Historical Society o...
Photograph

Armistice Day in Milwaukee

Date: 11 11 1957
Description: Uptown Post #400 Drill Team in formation firing a salute on Armistice Day while passers-by pause to pay their respects.
Painting

Battle of Chickamauga, 1863

Date: 1925
Description: "Battle of Chickamauga," an oil painting depicting a dramatic moment in the Battle of Chickamauga, painted by Alfred Thorsen after the lithograph. "Charge ...
Photograph

Aldo Leopold

Date: 1940
Description: Caption on negative sleeve: "Aldo Leopold and son Luna (standing); Mrs. Leopold and two daughters Nina and Estella (kneeling). 'Shack' in background." The ...
Photograph

Surrender of Black Hawk

Date: 1940
Description: Photograph of a painting by Cal Peters depicting the surrender of Black Hawk at Fort Crawford in 1832.
Poster

World War II Scrap Drive

Date: 1943
Description: Poster for International Harvester dealerships promoting the collection of scrap metal for use in war production. Features an illustration of a smiling sol...
Photograph

Soldiers on a TD-18 Diesel TracTracTor

Date: 05 15 1941
Description: Three African American field artillery soldiers crossing a creek on a TD-18 diesel crawler tractor (TracTracTor) and 155 mm gun. The soldiers were from Bat...
Photograph

Boy with Rifle

Date: 05 1928
Description: Boy idling away time with a rifle under a tree on the grounds of a rural school.
Photograph

Sportsmen with International D-15-M Station Wagon

Date: 1940
Description: Three sportsmen with shotguns and hunting dogs around an International D-15-M station wagon ("woody"). The photograph may have been staged for advertising ...
Photograph

Toddler Near Revolver

Date: 08 1927
Description: Small child opening a desk drawer containing a shining revolver (hand gun). The scene was staged for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Depar...
Photograph

Hunter Shows Prize to Man on Farmall H Tractor

Date: 1948
Description: McCormick-Deering Farmall H tractor in a fall setting. A hunter, Mr. Vinson E. Gritten, is holding up a dead rabbit for William Foreman and Junior Scott (b...
Photograph

Farm Hazard: Unsafe Hunting Practice

Date: 12 1926
Description: Staged scene of two hunters in the woods with guns. One man is walking under a branch with his rifle pointed behind him. This photograph was taken for Int...
Photograph

Farm Hazard: Guns within Reach of Children

Date: 07 17 1926
Description: Staged scene of two young boys near a window with one reaching for a shotgun. This photograph was taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Extensio...
Photograph

John F. Deitz

Date: 05 1924
Description: John F. Deitz holding a Luger pistol on a visit to Cameron Dam.
Photograph

Three Hunters

Date: 11 19 1934
Description: Three hunters posing with shotguns and their bounty of a fox, squirrels and rabbits. The man on the right may be UW-Madison chef Carson Gulley.
Photograph

Men and the Spoils of Hunting

Date: 11 11 1933
Description: Four men posing with their dog and hunting trophies — moose, deer, bear, and fish hanging in the farmyard.
Photograph

Ruth L. Brissee with Rifle and Dog

Date: 09 22 1933
Description: Ruth L. Brissee holding a rifle, standing with her dog in a garden at 2437 Fox Avenue. At age 15 she is the youngest huntress in Dane County.
Photograph

Howard Hahn with a Shotgun

Date: 08 23 1932
Description: Howard Hahn, a young boy, holding the shotgun used to foil a kidnap attempt in rural Morrisonville.
Photograph

Felton Gun Store

Date: 04 29 1932
Description: Interior of Felton Gun Store, located at 120 E. Washington Avenue, with elk, deer, and mountain goat heads mounted on the wall among the firearms and hunti...
Photograph

Two Police Officers

Date: 04 21 1932
Description: Portrait of Police Officer Earl V. Bonner, the shortest man on the Madison police force, who joined in 1928, and Romain W. York Jr., the tallest man on the...

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