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Eskimos Catching Crabs

Date: 1930
Description: Wenga and Amutuk catching crabs in the Arctic.
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Eskimo Duck Dance

Date: 1930
Description: Eskimo duck dance to celebrate the spring hunt.
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Hunters on Stand Rock

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Description: View of Stand Rock with three hunters and a dog posing on top. The man at left is sitting on the edge, the man in the middle is standing and holding a gun,...
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Leland's Point

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Description: Man with gun standing on Leland's Point.
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Coon-Nu-Gah (First Boy) and Big Bear

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Description: Coon-Nu-Gah (First Boy) and Big Bear, two Ho-Chunk men sitting on the ground. The man on the left is holding a gun.
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Hoonch-Schad-E-Gab

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk man, Hoonch-Schad-E-Gab (Big Bear), aiming a bow and arrow and wearing a fur hat with feathers...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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Two Deer on Car

Date: 11 27 1934
Description: A 14-point buck shot by Carl Laughnan, 4138 Mandan Crescent, and a 10-point buck shot by Russell Hegg, 330 Dow Court, are tied to the front fenders of the ...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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...
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Hunters with Fox

Date: 11 07 1931
Description: Three men (including Hilgers) proudly display their trophy fox. An automobile is behind them, and a house is in the background.
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Edgar Krueger with Mink

Date: 1913
Description: Young Edgar Kruegar holding a mink he trapped in one hand and a gun in the other.
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Hunting Party

Date: 1920
Description: A group of men stand with rifles at the Echo Lake Hunting Club Camp. Gutted deer hang to cure outside the cabin.
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Hunter Shows Prize to Man on Farmall H Tractor

Date: 1948
Description: Hunter shows a dead rabbit to a man on a Farmall H tractor and a boy in a wagon full of pumpkins. The caption reads: "Mr. [William] Foreman is on the tract...
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Hunting Trip with International Travelall 1000 Pickup

Date: 1970
Description: Color advertising photograph of duck hunters displaying their kills outside an International Travelall 1000 pickup. A hunting dog is standing on the open t...
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Three Deer Hunters

Date: 10 10 1943
Description: Hunters Harold Vandervort, Tom Massengase, and John Voell pose with deer carcass. Original caption reads: "Deer taken by John R. Voell, 226 Bank St., Fond ...

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