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Indian Duck Hunting

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Description: Watercolor of Canadian Prairie Indian at lake's shore with gun in hand and a recently hunted duck on the ground. A dog is at his feet. On the far shoreline...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Whitewater

Date: 1870
Description: Bird's-eye view of Whitewater, with insets.
Photograph

On Watch

Date: 09 1958
Description: Silhouette of a guard patrolling while wearing a helmet and carrying a bayonet.
Photograph

Soldiers on Lake Mendota Shore

Date: 1876
Description: Three men on shoreline of Lake Mendota, one wearing a military uniform like those worn during the 1876 Centennial Celebrations in Madison. The location app...
Photograph

Pontoon Airplane

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Description: Two men standing on a pontoon airplane with their dog and a line of ducks they successfully hunted.
Photograph

Dynamiting Spillway to Highlander Lake

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Description: Detonated dynamite effecting the spillway to Highlander Lake.
Photograph

Duck Hunting

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Description: A duck hunter at the edge of a rocky shoreline, probably Sigurd Olson.
Photograph

Sig Olson and Sons

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Description: Sigurd Olson with his sons, Robert and Sig Jr., after a duck hunt.
Photograph

Hunters Posing with Dead Deer

Date: 1910
Description: Two hunters pose in a wooded area. Their kill, two deer, hang upside down from a wooden beam supported by branches of trees. The deer have what appear to b...
Photograph

Petersen Boys on the Pier

Date: 1928
Description: Conrad, resting his feet in a baby carriage, and Edward, center, sit on a bench on the pier at Black Point; their younger brother William stands at right. ...
Painting

Man Hunting at Cherokee Marsh

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Description: Photograph of a watercolor painting of a hunter walking in tall grass among trees by the Johnson duck shack at old Cherokee Marsh.
Painting

Man Hunting at Cherokee Marsh

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Description: Watercolor painting of a hunter walking in tall grass among trees by the Johnson duck shack at old Cherokee Marsh.
Print

Duck Shooting on Lake Winnebago Near Fond du Lac, Wis.

Date: 1858
Description: Engraved print of four men and a dog in a boat on Lake Winnebago. Two of the men are in the center of the boat holding hunting rifles, while one man is sta...
Postcard

Woman in Skiff

Date: 1906
Description: An unidentified woman, wearing a hat and standing in a skiff is aiming a gun toward the shore of the mill pond (Montello Lake). The printed inscription on ...
Photograph

Duck Hunting

Date: 10 10 1936
Description: As described on the negative envelope, an unidentified man is standing in his boat, "Shooting at a flock of mallards at Lake Partridge near Fremont on the ...
Photograph

Town on Lake Caldonazzo

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Description: Guarding the embankment of Caldonazzo on the Tirolian battlefront.
Photograph

On Guard on Lake Garda

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Description: Keeping a close watch on the Gardasee (Lake Garda). There are obstacles on the water make to make it impossible to climb over the embankment.
Photograph

Lake Garda

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Description: Keeping a close watch on the Gardasee (Lake Garda).
Photograph

On Guard on Lake Duerer

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Description: Even the calm surface of the Duerersee (Lake Duerer) must be watched steadily to ensure that there are no enemy surprises from this area.
Photograph

Three Young Men and the Islander Steam Launch

Date: 1904
Description: Three young men are standing on the pier at Island Lodge on Archibald Lake. The Islander steam launch is tied to the pier with a rope. Holding a gun...

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