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    Looks like NRA Sporters at Work!

    Pictures taken in California 1930’s.


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    JUST THINK HOW EXPENSIVE (RELATIVELY) THOSE RIFLES WERE IN THAT DAY AND TIME. MAYBE ONE OF OUR RIFLES IS IN THOSE PICTURES!

    THINK THEY ATE THOSE YODEL DOGS?

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    Great pics.....In the bottom pic, the fellow took the time to rest the butt of his expensive rifle on his leather boot, rather than in the dirt!!!!
    My Sporter letters to a fellow about 2 hours north of me here in southern NY, so, unless that's him on vacation, I doubt any of those are mine...LOL


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    Old Hunting Photos

    I love looking at old photos regardless of subject. If y'all like old hunting photos, take a look at the album put together by PhillipM.

    Old Hunting Photographs - PhillipM’s Photo Gallery - Military Surplus Collectors Forums

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    very cool.
    notice a lot of Remington M8,s and 81,s..

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    I noticed them also

    Quote Originally Posted by chuckindenver View Post
    very cool.
    notice a lot of Remington M8,s and 81,s..

    Since I have my grandfathers M8. Updated in late 40's with Stith mounts and a 1948 Weaver K4. When I used it to deer hunt all the old guys made fun of my "water cooled job". They couldn't understand that I knew what they were talking about.

    Notice the autos? Seems Buick was a popular make in that area where most of the pics were made.

    I forget where Phillip said he found them, but they seem to be from the "north woods", MN, WI, MI area.

    FWIW,

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    South Dakota Hunting Photos

    Emri, here's some photos from the family album. Great-grandpa was a young man back in the horse and buggy days.

    Omar Hague (1865-1939) with his Winchester lever gun:


    And with his friends with their shotguns:


    And (guessing from other photos he's in) his sister-in-law's father-in-law:

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    Some more old Photos for Emri and others interested

    Here are some more family photos from roughly 1905-1915. If the moderators think this is too far off topic...well, I understand. Home photography became practical, if not necessarily affordable, in 1889 with Eastman's cellulosic film camera. Eastman's earlier model required sending the camera back to the factory for picture development and reloading with fresh media.

    Here is Great-Grampa Omar discing his field with a shockingly well-matched set of horses. Looks like the same hat and coat he wore for the rabbit hunt. This looks like a lot of horses for such a small discer but many hooves make for light work.


    Horse power used to mean a horse was involved. These are tall powerful-looking animals.


    Getting into a little more modern equipment. Anyone know the make and model of this soot factory? Looks steam powered. The horse-drawn water wagon in front of it must be its tender.


    Now we're really getting modern. Make & model anyone? Looks like Great-uncle Mark in the front passenger seat. I've got a newspaper clipping about how he stuck to the land despite the dustbowl years.


    Great-great-aunt Blanche just because of her neat rug.


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    Old automobile

    "Now we're really getting modern. Make & model anyone?"

    Thanks for the pics Vi ! Those were some fine looking horses. As for the automobile, in that part of the country in that time period, my guess would be Sears & Roebuck. They sold cars by catalog "mail" order. They were delivered in a crate and the buyer had to do the assembly!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Emri View Post
    As for the automobile, in that part of the country in that time period, my guess would be Sears & Roebuck. They sold cars by catalog "mail" order. They were delivered in a crate and the buyer had to do the assembly!
    Ah, good thought. I tend to forget how isolated turn-of-the-century South Dakota was from the "modern" world. And Grandpa Omar was known as a man who liked his catalog shopping.



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