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Title: Cat at a Typewriter Continental Chrome PM 1957
Description:
Greetings
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Title: You Ain't Nothin' But a Hounddog! Continental Chrome unused
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Title: Hello from Bondad Colorado, Population About "30" and Growing Chrome unused
Description:
Upper Left: Mother Bear and Cub Upper Right: Rocky Mountain Sheep Lower Left: Herd of Bull Elk Lower Right: Western Mule Buck Deer
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Title: Nashua and Clem Brooks Chrome unused
Description:
"Nashua" Winner of the Belmond and Preakness Stakes and $1,288,565, Nashua has stood at Spendthrift since 1956 where he has sired more than 70 stakes winners. With Nashua is Clem Brooks who has been employed at Spendthrift for over forty years. - Clem Brooks
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Title: Timberline Huskies Farmington (ME), Chrome unused
Description:
George Worthley - owner and driver
Dexter Press, Inc
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Title: Suggestions for Lovers from the Jungle Divided Back PM 1910 Apr-1
Description:
Series 56
The lips that touch liquor shall never touch mine
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Title: Suggestions for lovers from the jungle Divided Back unused
Description:
Series 56
How would you like to try one like this with me?
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Title: Suggestions From The Jungle: Sit a Little Closer, Maud Divided Back
Description:
Series 56
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Title: Suggestions for lovers from the jungle Divided Back PM 1910 May-3
Description:
Series 56
I hope these "lines" will find you well
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Title: Suggestions for Lovers from the Jungle Divided Back unused
Description:
Series 56
I've got the "Rino" let us get married
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Title: Suggestions for Lovers from the Jungle Divided Back unused
Description:
Series 56
Giraffe pair intertwine necks and tongues
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Title: Suggestions for Lovers from the Jungle Divided Back unused
Description:
Series 56
We are never too fat to Love
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Title: Suggestions for Lovers from the Jungle Divided Back PM 1909 Oct-25
Description:
Series 56
Your sweet smile haunts me still
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Title: Brooklyn Supreme - World's largest horse Real Photo
Description:
Weight, 3,200, Height 19 1/2 hands, measures 10 ft, 2 in. around the body, wears a 40 inch collar, takes 30 inches of iron to make one shoe, 11 years old, a pure bread Belgain stallion. Owned by G.G. Goed & Son, Ogden, Iowa Exhibited by: Ralph M. Ferrteman, Callender, Iowa
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Title: F. P. Ranch (OK), Linen unused
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Title: Elsie and Beauregard in Person Linen unused
Description:
Elsie is in her spool beed and young Beaurgard in his corral playpen. The barn colonial boudoir is comple with barrel chair, butter churn lamp and barnyard clock
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Title: Poodles in the Kitchen Linen unused
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Title: Cats Cavorting on a Raft Linen unused
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Title: A Fine Flock of Turkeys in Rockingham County (VA), Linen
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Title: Dogs at the Train Station Linen unused
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Title: He Folks I Just arrived (CA), Linen PM 1943 Aug-21
Description:
Hey Folks! I just arrived dragging my ass into _____ California
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Title: Monkies on Ponies, Forest Park Zoo St. Louis (MO), Linen unused
Description:
Entertainment like this is a special feature that is enjoyed at the St. Louis Zoo. This Zoo has been developed into one of the chief zoological gardens of America. Experts concerned with the captivity of wild animals have come here from all parts of the country and abroad to study the ideal methods and unusual arrangements by which animal dens and paddocks have been transformed into near-to-near haunts
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Title: Scottie Says - We'll Be Leaving Here Soon Linen unused
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Title: Sitting Bull's Sister (TX), Linen PM 1952 Nov-12
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Title: Nu-Trend's Purr-fect Pair Chrome unused
Description:
Molds by Cally Sloan. Designed by Leila. The purr-fect pair. Yesterday's fireside cats come to life. Send for Nu-Trend's mold catalog - $1.00. Techniques taught by Leila. Information available upon request
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Title: Two Girls on Horseback Chrome PM 1953 Sep-4
Description:
For 'tis a jolly, carefree life--Viewed from aloft on a saddle..." --Stuart
Nyce Manufacturing Co
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Title: Bears begging for food Chrome PM 1960 Jul-15
Description:
Great Smoky Mountain National Park Bears of a semi-tame nature roam by the hundreds in the protection of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Visitors are warned that they are dangerous and should not be fed
Plastichrome
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Title: Monfort of Colorado, Inc Greeley (CO), Chrome unused
Description:
Monfort of Colorado's Kuner feedlot is one of two cattle feedlots operated by the Company. Each has a capacity of 100,000 head and supplies cattle for beef processing and marketing by Monfort Packing Plant. Monfort is the world's largest cattle feeder
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Title: Ceylon: Snake Charmer With Cobra Chrome PM 1960 Nov-11
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Title: Here We Go Round the Roundabout Chrome PM 1976 Dec-2
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Title: North Oaks Stables Chrome unused
Description:
Ronald R. Resch, 8540 Kimbro, Stillwater, MN 55082. (612) 439-6878. Boarding, Training, Lessons. Selling & Equipment
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Title: Pollack Mink Farm Deer Lake (PA), Chrome unused
Description:
Route 122, Deer Lake, Pa. - 8 miles North of Hamburg, Pa. All roads lead to Pollack Mink Farm and retail showroom
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Title: Time for School Chrome PM 1973 Oct-9
Description:
Molly Brett By Molly Brett
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Title: "On Trail" Linen PM 1962 Jun-5
Description:
From Original Lithograph on Stone, by Fred Machetanz
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Title: Fish Strung on a Line Linen unused
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Title: "Burgoo King," One of the Famous Kentucky Derby Winners Linen unused
Description:
Burgoo King, chestnut colt, by Bubbling Over--Minawand, by Lonawand. Winner 1932 Kentucky Derby and Preakness. His sire Bubbling Over, won Kentucky Derby in 1926. Owned by Col. E. R. Bradley, Idle Hour Farm, Lexington, Ky
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Title: The Horse's Prayer Linen PM 1942 Dec-23
Description:
Sanborn Souvenir Co
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Title: After You, My Dear Alphonse Linen unused
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Title: Bering Straight Group Alaska Linen unused
Description:
The Colorado Museum of Natural History Denver's Municipal Museum Bering Straight Group in the Ellen M. Standley Hall
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Title: Citation Kentucky Derby Winner 1948 Linen unused
Description:
Calumet Farm's "Citation," one of the all-time greats in turf history is a Ch. c. (1945) by BULL LEA-HYDROPLANE II, by Hyperion. He has earned, through 1948, $865, 160, thereby gaining second postion on the world's leading money winning list in 2 years of racing. He was Best 2 year old and 2 year old colt of 1947. Best 3 year old, 3 year old colt, handicap hors in 1948, Horese of the year, 1948, and second best sprinter to stablemate COALTOWN. Eight Triple Crown Winner, only horse ever to win The Belmont Futurity at 2, and/or the Derby Trial as a 3 ear old, adn the Kentucky Derby. Thru 1948, he has made 29 starts, 21 of ywhich were stakes races, 27 wins, 2 seconds
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Title: Largest Sea Elephant in the World on Exhibition on the Steel Pier - Show Place of the Nation Atlantic City (NJ), Linen unused
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Title: Performing Elephant at Ringling Bros. Winter Quarters Sarasota (FL), Linen PM 1950 Mar-27
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Title: Performing Elephants at Ringling Bros & Barnum Bailey Winter Headquarters Sarasota (FL), Linen unused
Description:
Countless allurements for young and old include the training of elephants and wild animals and the schooling of blooded horses, as well as the practice sessions in which men and women circus stars perfect new spangleland thrillers. Sarasota Visitor's Guide
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Title: Buffalo, N. Y Buffalo (NY), Divided Back unused
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Title: Buffalo, N. Y Divided Back PM 1910 Jul-10
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Title: Eight-Horse Team of Champion Belgian Mares Stockton (CA), Divided Back unused
Description:
Owned by Peffer of Stockton, California
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Title: The Line's Busy! Chrome PM 1970 Feb-4
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Title: Hoard's Dairyman Chrome unused
Description:
Five breeds of dairy cattle
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Title: Travel Lodge College and Restaurant San Diego (CA), Chrome unused
Description:
Travel Lodge College and Restaurant 6675 El Cajon Blvd. on Hwy. 80 Business Route San Diego Calif, Zip 92115 Telephone: 469-6106 Heated Pool, Garden type grounds and Patio, T.V., Radios, Room Phones - Kitchens - Ample Parking. Air Conditioned - Excellent Restaurant on premises. Photography James Blank Pub. by Aztec Distributors, 6374 La Mesa Blvd., La Mesa, Calif, 92041 For Travel Lodge Reservations
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Title: Fish Native to Florida Waters Chrome PM 1969 Jun-22
Description:
SPOTTED SEA TROUT RED SNAPPER RED FISH - also known as CHANNEL BASS The State of Florida is the Fishermen's Heaven. Deep-sea fishing in the Atlantic Ocean or Gulf of Mexico. Trolling, live bait fishing, plug casting or Surf fishing can be enjoyed at all times along the coast, sounds, bays and passes or channels
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Title: Blueblood Jumper Chrome unused
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Title: Elephant Show at Forest Park St. Louis (MO), Chrome unused
Description:
A troupe of young elephants entertains thousands of visitors at free shows presented daily during the summer months. Similar arenas are used for the LION show, and the CHIMPANZEE show. The St. Louis Zoo is a year 'round attraction where an elaborate collection of birds, reptiles and animals is housed in beautiful environs
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Title: Flamingos at Mountain Lake Mountain Lake (FL), Linen unused
Description:
Hand-colored photo of flamingos standing near the shore of a lake
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Title: A Flamingo Nesting in Florida Hialeah Park (FL), Linen unused
Description:
Scene at Hialeah Park
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Title: Perry's Tropical Nut House Seabrook (NH), Linen unused
Description:
PERRY'S TROPICAL NUT HOUSE, Inc. SEABROOK, NEW HAMPSHIRE and BELFAST, MAINE A burly mahout rides this life-size elephant in front of Perry's Tropical Nut House, Seabrook, N. H. Visitors are cautioned not to feed the elephant
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Title: Polar Bear Group (AL), Linen unused
Description:
The Colorado Museum of Natural History Denver's Municipal Museum Polar Bear Group in The Ella M. Dalton Hall
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Title: All Aboard For Grant County Fair Lancaster (WI), Divided Back unused
Description:
ALL ABOARD FOR GRANT COUNTY FAIR LANCASTER, WIS., SEPT. 18-20, 1912 I don't care much for travel away across the sea, A ride astride the old gray mare is good enough for me
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Title: Gray Wolf and a Scrap for Dinner Divided Back
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Title: Mongolean Pheasants Divided Back PM 1912 Apr-3
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Title: Chickens outside thatch-covered hen house Divided Back
Description:
129. We all scratch for the farmer. (Scenes along the country roads.)
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Title: "Pete and Punk" - Biggest Team of Twin Oxen Ever Recorded (VT), Linen unused
Description:
Weighing over 6300 lbs. Largest Twin Holstein Steers in the World Born in Vermont in 1946, standing almost 6 ft. tall, having 11 ft. circumference around the midriff. These huge animals are bred out of Canadian Holstein stock. They are broken to the yoke and capable of pulling 11 tons of dead weight. Pete weighs 3250 and Punk 3125 lbs. They consume 2 bales of hay and 150 lbs. grain every day. The Dam and Sire were normal in size and weight
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Title: Rhode Island Seafood (RI), Chrome unused
Description:
A fine example of several types of ocean fresh seafood from Rhode Island, "The Ocean State". Shown from left to right: oysters, quahogs, little necks, and steaming clams. Bordering with the lemons are cooked crabs, also shown are six cooked lobsters
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Title: White King of the Montie Carlo Casino Chrome unused
Description:
Legendary White King, now a major attraction of the Monte Carlo Casino of the Commerical Hotel of Elko, Nevada. Was taken near Point Hope by a group of Native Eskimos who accepted the challenge of finding the largest polar bear in the wide expanse of the Artic Circle
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Title: Blue Crab and Hermit Crab Chrome PM 1963 Feb-23
Description:
Roger Tory Peterson Executed in water color by Roger Tory Peterson
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Title: Elk in Native State Divided Back
Description:
This beautiful group of elk typifies scenes of early days, but this was before the advent of the camera. Like the view however, now at rare intervals gladden the heart of the hunters, not only in the Rockies yet also the Olympic, even above the clouds
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Title: Mama and Her Babies Divided Back unused
Description:
This space for writing message
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Title: Political Definitions Chrome unused
Description:
SOCIALISM - You have 2 cows & give one to your neighbor. COMMUNISM - You have 2 cows. The government takes both and gives you the milk. FASCISM - You have 2 cows, the government takes both and sells you the milk. NAZISM - You have two cows. The government takes both and shoots you. NEW DEALISM - You have two cows - they gov't takes both, shoots one, milks the other and throws the milk away. CAPITALISM - You have two cows - you sell one and buy a bull
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Title: Little wild horses from Grand Canyon Linen unused
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Title: Desert Sweethearts Linen unused
Description:
Curt Teich & Co
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Title: Hello and Write Soon Linen unused
Description:
The word "Hello" formed out of cartoon fishes. A cartoon fish with "Write Soon" on its side. A short rhyme: "To you this may look fishy - but I tell you I'm sincere; I'm sending you this greeting and wishing you were here!"
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Title: The Peacock, Butchart Gardens Victoria (BC), Linen unused
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Title: A Western Corral Linen unused
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Title: Desert Sweethearts Linen unused
Description:
Lollesgard Specialty Co
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Title: His Heart Sleeps Linen unused
Description:
Charles M. Russell (1864-1926), Montana's famous Cowboy Artist, was the foremost interpreter of the life of the cowboy and Indian of the early West. He lived among the Indians and was a cowboy in the open range days before the coming of the railroad. This reproduction direct from the original by C. M. Russell - fully protected by copyright
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Title: His Heart Sleeps Linen unused
Description:
CHARLES M. RUSSELL (1864-1926), Montana's famous Cowboy Artist, was the foremost interpreter of the life of the cowboy and Indian of the early West. He lived among the Indians and was a cowboy in the open range days before the coming of the railroad. This reproduction direct from the original by C. M. Russell--fully protected by copyright
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Title: Hold Up Bear Yellowstone National Park (WY), Linen PM 1947 Aug-11
Description:
Hold Up Bear, Yellowstone National Park. Bears are one of the greatest attractions of the park. Unless teased they are good natured and inoffensive, but greedy. The so-called "Hold Up" Bears are experts at begging and approaching motorists for treats
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Title: Bringing the Stock to the Fair Post Card (Undivided Back) unused
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Title: Southwestern Fast Freight Post Card (Undivided Back) unused
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Title: A Bare Faced Steal Post Card (Undivided Back) unused
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Title: Man on a Camel Divided Back unused
Description:
Royal Mail, "the comfort route" Passenger services Europe/New York, Europe/ Canada, Europe/South America, Europe/North Pacific Ports, Canada/ West Indies, New York/Bermuda, etc Pleasure cruises to Norway, Mediterranean, West Indies, etc
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Title: Camp Teedy-Usk-Ung Hawley (PA), Linen unused
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Title: Hen Setting at the Ostrich Farm Divided Back unused
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Title: Horse Back Riders Virginia Beach (VA), White Border PM 1935 Sep-25
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Title: Sheep Ranch (NM), Post Card (Undivided Back) unused
Description:
Sheep Ranch. Some of the largest sheep ranches in the world are located in the southwest of the U.S., particularly in New Mexico, where, tended by Mexican herders, flocks of thousands upon thousands of sheep roam over the vast unfenced ranges miles in extent, and at intervals are assembled in corrals for shearing or for shipment by rail
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Title: Trumans' Pioneer Stud Farm Bushnell (IL), Divided Back unused
Description:
America's Largest Importers
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Title: Wild horses on the sage brush plains of Idaho (ID), Divided Back PM 1933 Oct-7
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Title: World's Champion Six-horse Clydesdale Team Linen unused
Description:
Owned by Wilson & Co. Packers
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Title: A Game of Croquet Chrome unused
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Title: Catching The Train Chrome unused
Description:
Molly Brett By Molly Brett
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Title: Dam of Man O' War Chrome PM 1951 Sep-11
Description:
This is Mahubah, dam of Man O' War. Foaled in 1910, she was by Rock Sand and out of Merry Token, Merry Hampton. She died Oct. 9, 1931. She is buried next to Fair Play, sire of Man o' War, in a cemetery about 5 miles northeast of Lexington, Ky. You will enjoy stories of famous horses of yesterday and reports on leading horses of today in The Blood-Horse magazine
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Title: Marguerite Lexington (KY), Chrome PM 1951 Oct-23
Description:
This noted mare, by Celt - Fairy Ray, by Radium, is shown with one of her most famous foals - Gallant Fox. she also is dam of Fighting Fox, Petee-Wrack, Foxbrough, etc. She died Oct. 27, 1945, and is buried at Claiborne Farm, Paris, Ky. You will enjoy the stories of famous horses of yesterday and reports on leading horses of today in The Blood-Horse magazine. May we send you a sample copy? We will be glad to, if you will mail your request to The Blood-Horse, P. O. Box 1520, Lexington, Ky
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Title: Old Pigeon Ranch-Ruins of Old Spanish Fortress Glorieta Pass (NM), Linen unused
Description:
When on your trip there you want to be sure and stop and see the oldest well in U.S.A., the ruins of the Old Spanish Fortress and Trading Post and the Old Battlefield. The visit the Franky Bears, Frank and Elnor are always full of fun and very gland to see everybody
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Title: Racey Helps Chrome PM 1976 Nov-12
Description:
Racey Helps Miss Mouse's Birthday by Racey Helps, The Medical Society Ltd., London
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Title: Star Shoot Lexington (KY), Chrome PM 1951 Oct-2
Description:
America's leading sire five seasons and sire of 27 two-year-old winners in 1916. Star Shoot was by Isinglass - Astrology, by Hermit. He was foaled in England in 1898 and died at Hamburg Place, Lexington, Ky., Nov. 19, 1919. For records of leading sires of today, for news of the race course and breeding farm, read The Blood-Horse magazine every week. For a four-months' trial subscription, send this card and $2 to The Blood-Horse, P. O. Box 1520, Lexington, Ky
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Title: The Tea Shop by Racey Helps Chrome unused
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Title: The Tea Shop by Racey Helps Chrome PM 1974 May-2
Description:
Racey Helps The Medici Society Ltd., London
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Title: Two Big Twos Chrome unused
Description:
TWO BIG TWOS It is difficult to believe that the great influence of Domino on American breeding came from only two seasons in stud--1896-97 . . . You also can get a big deal for two--two dollars for a trial subscription to THE BLOOD-HORSE from April 1 to Aug. 1. Breeding and racing details of the Derby, Preakness, and Belmont winners plus all the other weekly features. Send $2 and this card to THE BLOOD-HORSE, P. O. Box 1520, Lexington, Ky
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Title: Various Small Animals Caroling Chrome unused
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Title: Whirlaway Lexington (KY), Chrome unused
Description:
World's Largest Money Winner! One of the World's Greatest Race Horses! Best Two-Year-Old Colt of 1940! Best Three-Year-Old and Best Horse of All Ages in 1941! Best Horse of the Year in 1942! Retired to Stud in 1943! Calumet Farm (Warren Wright)
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Title: Hauling Oil to Mines in Arizona (AZ), Divided Back PM 1912 Jun-19
Description:
This twenty horse team train of wagons is one of the ways of conquering the desert where the railroads do not run. The mines of Arizona are rich and productive, and in keeping with its topography. In altitude Arizona ranges from below sea level on the south to 13,000 feet above. It has mountainous ranges rich in mineral, pine parks of magnificent timber, rich valleys producing fruits and grains, open tracts too arid for agriculture but valuable for grazing, towering mountains, lava beds, tremendous chasms, as the Grand Canyon, and genuine deserts. Truly a wonderful region!
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Title: The Brown Eared Pheasant Chrome unused
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Title: Fairyland Zoo Black Hills (SD), Chrome unused
Description:
Silas Webfoot, cantankerous telegrapher in Fairyland's Bewitched Village, sends a rapid fire telegraph message. Bewitched village is peopled by live animals who continue their everyday activities although, it is said, they have been changed into animals by drinking bewitched water. Many of these performers have received national recognition in magazines and on TV
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Title: The Two Smallest Horses in the World, Tom Thumb and Admiral Dot Post Card (Undivided Back) unused
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Title: The $25,000 Hairless Wonder, "Blue Bell" Post Card (Undivided Back) unused
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Title: The Best of Friends Must Part Post Card (Undivided Back) unused
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Title: Fish & Gear Divided Back unused
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Title: Four Kitties in Four Buckets Divided Back PM 1906 Nov-30
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Title: Kittens out for a Ride Divided Back
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Title: Two Birds on a Flower Branch Divided Back unused
Description:
Series 113
Jane L. Cannon
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Title: Raising Turkeys in Scenic Utah Linen unused
Description:
Thanksgiving comes every day of the year in this land of big turkey flocks. These fan tailed birds spread out over a vast acreage, sometimes reaching out as far as the eye can see. This region, with its scenic splendors, is a land of superlatives
E. C. Kropp Co
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Title: Interior Salmon Cannery, Daily Capactiy 60 Tons, Columbia River Linen unused
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Title: Sea Lions (Winter Herd), Sea Lion Caves Linen unused
Description:
Sea Lion Caves. On the Oregon Coast Highway about midway between Seaside and Crescent City (18 miles north of Florence) is the winter quarters of many hundreds of sea lions. The land entrance, reached by an enclosed spiral stairway, affords a splendid view of the immense caves. A deep ocean channel permits entrance of sea lions for shelter at all times. This entrance and a natural archway from the south give ample light for day time observation. The high rock walls, and ceiling loudly echo the bellowing of the noisy sea lion bulls
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Title: Photograph of a horse head Divided Back unused
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Title: Portrait of a Horse Divided Back unused
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Title: White Horse Divided Back unused
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Title: Profile of a Horse Divided Back unused
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Title: Baby Mine Divided Back unused
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Title: Malta- Fourwheeler Divided Back unused
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Title: Promenade du Midi (Anes pour la Promenade) Divided Back PM 1905 Feb-13
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Title: "The First Fence" Divided Back PM 1905 Jan-13
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Title: Women in a Horse and Carriage Divided Back unused
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Title: Horse and colt Divided Back
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Title: Horse and its two colts Divided Back
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Title: Pair of Draft Horses, heads only, in Field Divided Back unused
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Title: Welcome Refreshment Divided Back unused
Description:
Two draft horses find a trough of cool water
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Title: "An Old Pensioner" Divided Back PM 1911 Sep-23
Description:
Young girls stand on a fence to pet an old horse
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Title: Tally Ho Stage (NH), Divided Back unused
Description:
Tally Ho Stage, used only in the White Mountains of New Hampshire
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Title: Chums Divided Back PM 1912 May-18
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Title: Hippopotamus Divided Back unused
Description:
Hippopotamus is an African quadruped and as our picture illustrates, of aquatic habits, having a thick skin and short legs. It abounds in all rivers and lakes of middle and southern Africa and resembles a colossal hog. Its skin is thickly covered with bristles and used by the natives for shields and straps. This generally harmless animal eats roots and sappy plants and becomes most dangerous when attacked by the hunter. The meat is tasty and the bacon derived from it a delicacy; the protruding teeth are sold as ivory
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Title: Bullock Cart, Benares Divided Back unused
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Title: Cattle in a pen Divided Back
Description:
Ask the Emigration Land Co., Des Moines, IA, concerning the Pride of Buttermakers" in South Texas. They have been grazed on blue stem Prairie Sod Grass
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Title: From Producer to Consumer Divided Back PM 1911
Description:
Black and white photograph of a man milking a cow
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Title: Two Swans on the Water Divided Back PM Jul-27
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Title: Chinese Pheasant, "Phasianus Torquatus." (OR), Divided Back PM Jan-24
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Title: "On the Sands" Divided Back PM 1906 Aug-8
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Title: A White Mountain State Coach Divided Back PM Aug-10
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Title: Chatsworth House Divided Back unused
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Title: Fireproof Mule Barn Divided Back unused
Description:
Fireproof Mule Barn in Anthracite Coal Mine
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Title: Gems of Art Series Divided Back PM 1906 Oct-19
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Title: Hoot Mon! Not There-Thats a Pay Station! Linen PM 1946 Jun-10
Description:
Cartoon postcard showing two dogs next to a row of parking meters, one tells the other that he should go elsewhere because these were pay stations
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Title: I'm not kicked around here Lily Dale (NY), Divided Back PM 1914 Aug-7
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Title: Interior of Stable, by moreland Divided Back unused
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Title: Ostende Divided Back unused
Description:
N'oubliez pas le conducteur Do not forget the driver
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Title: Our Favorites Divided Back
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Title: The Waggon Team Divided Back unused
Description:
Rendering of "The Waggon Team" by Rosa Bonheur
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Title: There's Money in Iowa Hogs (IA), Divided Back PM 1913 Jun-21
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Title: Young Screech Owns, New York Zoological Park New York (NY), Divided Back unused
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Title: Waiting for Breakfast Divided Back PM 1913 Mar-9
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Title: Country life in Wisconsin Divided Back PM 1912 May-14
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Title: Greetings from California Divided Back PM 1908 Mar-27
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Title: Old One Horse Shay Relic of NH (NH), Divided Back PM Aug-23
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Title: Ralet Arabian Stallion Real Photo unused
Description:
W.K. Kellogg Institute of Animal Husbandry
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Title: Sikin, W. K. Kellogg's Institute of Animal Husbandry Pomona (CA), Real Photo unused
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Title: Black-Capped Chickadee Linen
Description:
No. 46 Chickadee Length 5 1/4 inches This stout-hearted little braver of winter storms is a general favorite. Indeed, many regard him as their closest friend among birds. When Warblers and Swallows and Thrushes have left us, and frost and snow possess the land, the Chickadee comes into his kingdom. His saucy notes ring out in the bleak winter woods and bid us be of good cheer. He comes about our homes, performing his acrobatic feats in the trees of the lawn, and is among the first to find the feeding-shelf and the lump of suet on the trunk. At such times his friendly social qualities are the delight of all. It is doubtful if any bird is proportionately more useful to man than this little member of the Titmouse family, for he is a great destroyer of insects which are harmful to trees. Even during the winter more than one half of his food consists of insects and their eggs. It has been estimated that one Chickadee may destroy over one hundred thousand eggs of the canker worm within twenty-five days. The nest is in holes in trees, old stumps, and situations of similar character. It is composed of grasses, moss, feathers and other soft material. From five to nine eggs are laid, speckled chiefly at the larger end with brown. Classification: Order Passeres. Family Paridae. Scientific name: Panthestes atricapillus. Range: Throughout the eastern and northern United States and Canada. No. 46 from set of 50 Winter Birds of the Northeastern United States. Published by the National Association of Audubon Societies, 1974 Broadway, New York City. Price per set, in a box, $1.00 post paid
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Title: Brown Creeper Linen unused
Description:
No. 49 Brown Creeper Length 5 1/2 inches This curious little climber of tree trunks is fairly common throughout the United States in winter. In the minds of bird-lovers he is usually associated with Downy Woodpeckers, Chickadees and Nuthatches, for, like them, he enlivens our winter woods, and also comes about our homes for the suet that is provided. The spiral clamberings of the Brown Creeper are indeed interesting to observe. Wholly oblivious of your presence, he climbs persistently around the boles of trees, peering into bark crevices and crannies for the small insects and larvae that make up his diet. When he reaches the top of the tree, or the place where the limbs begin to branch, he usually drops to the base of the next, and again begins his spiral ascent. He progresses by little hitches and jumps, and his movements are accompanied by faint and high pitched "screeps" or "tseeps," which are emitted with much regularity. In addition to these notes, the Brown Creeper is said to possess a song of indescribable sweetness. The nest is placed behind loose bark on dead trees or stumps, and is usually not far from the ground. The eggs are from five to eight, white and speckled with brown. Classification: Order Passeres. Family Certhiidae Scientific name: Cernthia familias Range: Eastern North America, breeding from northern tier of states northward, and southward in the Rocky Mountains into Mexico. Winters throughout the United States. No. 49 from set of 50 Winter Birds of the Northeastern United States. Published by the National Association of Audubon Societies, 1974 Broadway, New York City. Price per set, in a box, $1.00 post paid
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Title: Golden-Crowned Kinglet & Ruby-Crowned Kinglet Linen unused
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No. 48 Golden-crowned Kinglet Length 4 inches The Golden-crowned Kinglet is a common winter visitant throughout most of the United States. It comes in mid-autumn and may be seen flitting about the outer surface of trees and bushes. Now and then the gold and orange crown of this diminutive king may be seen as he hangs from some terminal twig. The nest is of soft, green mosses and feathers, suspended from twigs in coniferous trees. The eggs are from six to nine, creamy white and thickly speckled with brown. Classification: Order Passeres. Family Sylviida Scientific name: Regullus satrapa. Range: Breeds from northern United States northward into Canada, and in mountains of United States. Winters from Northern States to the Gulf States. No. 48a Ruby-crowned Kinglet Length 4 1/4 inches This species very closely resembles the Golden-crown. The male Ruby-crown, however, has a partially concealed crest of uniform red, and the female is without any crown patch. The nest of the Ruby-crown is very like that of its relative. The eggs are similar, but not so thickly speckled. Classification: Order Passeres. Family: Sylviida. Scientific name: Regulus calendula. Range: Breeds from Northern States northward to Ungava and Alaska, also southward in mountain ranges of United States. Winters from central United States to Gulf of Mexico
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Title: Mocking Bird Linen unused
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No. 50 Mockingbird Length 10 1/2 inches This famous and versatile vocalist occupies much the same position in North America that the Nightingale does in Europe. Among all our songsters the Mockingbird takes first rank. Although chiefly inhabiting the more southerly portions of the United States, his reputation has extended far beyond the limits of his range, and he has taken a warm place in the affections of all our people. The Mockingbird has, with singular success, adapted his life to the ways of civilization, and he now courts the society of man on all occasions. The orange groves and plantations of the South ring with his music, and many a moonlit night is filled with ecstatic song. In many instances he has left his native Southland and taken up his abode in more northerly states. He possesses a rare degree of hardihood, and repeatedly has been known to brave a northern winter. The nest is placed in a variety of situations--small trees, bushes, brush-heaps, grape-arbors, vines, etc. It is of weed-stalks, small twigs, grasses, and strips of bark. Generally four to six eggs are laid. These are pale greenish-blue, spotted heavily at the larger end with brown. Classification: Order Passeres. Family Mimidae. Scientific name: Mimus polyglottos. Range: The whole of the United States as far north as Maryland, southern Indiana and southern Iowa and central California. No. 50 from set of 50 Winter Birds of the Northeastern United States. Published by the National Association of Audubon Societies, 1974 Broadway, New York City. Price per set, in a box, $1.00 post paid
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Title: Tufted Titmouse Linen unused
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The Tufted Titmouse is sometimes called "Tom-tit" and "Peter Bird." The last name is derived from its most common note, peter peter or peto peto, which it repeats continuously as it flits from tree to tree through the woods. It also has other calls not unlike the notes of its relative, the Chickadee
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Title: Carolina Wren Linen unused
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This active and irrepressible bird is regarded by many as the Beau Brummel of the Wren family. Among Wrens, with their proverbial plain dress, the present species, with its rich rufous upper parts, cream buff and white breast and consipicuous whitish line over the eye, is well equipped to arrest attention
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Title: Northern Shrike Linen
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The Northern Shrike or Butcher Bird, although belonging to the same great order as all our well-loved song birds, exhibits certain hawk-like traits which have given it a rather bad reputation
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Title: Red-breasted Nuthatch (male and female) Linen unused
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No. 45 Red-breasted Nuthatch Length 4 1/2 inches This smaller relative of the White - breasted Nuthatch, although closely resembling the latter, has certain distinguishing characteristics which render it easy of identification. Its smaller size is the first noteworthy difference. There are also the black stripe across the face and the reddish-brown of the breast. Careful observers, however, may readily identify this species by its note alone. While the call of the White-breast is a muffled hank hank, that of the Red breast is pitched in a higher key and has an even more muffled, nasal twang. The Red-breasted Nuthatch often comes in scattered companies, while the White-breast is usually more solitary in its habits. It is especially fond of coniferous trees, and often sends down siftings of bark which are dislodged during its search for food. The nest is usually in a hole of a stump or tree, and is composed of grasses and feathers. There are from four to seven white eggs, thickly speckled with brown. Classification: Order Passeres. Family Stittidae. Scientific Name: Sitta canadensis. Range: Breeds from northern United States across the continent northward. Winters south to the Gulf. No. 45 from set of 50 Winter Birds of the Northeastern United States. Published by the National Association of Audubon Societies. 1974 Broadway, New York City. Price per set, in a box, $1.00 post paid
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Title: White-Breasted Nuthatch (male and female) Linen
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No.44 White-breasted Nuthatch Length 6 inches The White-breasted Nuthatch is always associated, in our minds, with autumn days and the leafless winter woods, for during these seasons of the year it is much in evidence. It is then, too, that in company with Chickadees, Downy Woodpeckers and Brown Creepers it comes to the feeding-shelf or the suet-container. This little gleaner of tree-trunks is one of our most useful birds, for it spends its days climbing about the branches and boles of trees, searching in every cranny and crevice for the insects and larvae that go to make up the larger part of its fare. As it clambers about, now head down, now up, its strange movements are accompanied by a muffled hank hank which, taken together with its black cap, bluish-gray back and white breast, leave no doubt as to its identity. The nest is in hollow limbs or holes in trees or stumps, and consists of leaves and feathers. The eggs are five to eight, white or creamy-white, speckled with reddish-brown. Classification: Order Passeres. Family Sittidae. Scientific name: Sitta carolinensis. Range: Eastern United States, breeding from southern Canada and Newfoundland, south to the Gulf States. No. 44 from set of 50 Winter Birds of the Northeastern United States
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Title: Winter Wren Linen unused
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No. 43 Winter Wren Length 4 inches This little feathered sprite of the woodlands is the despair of those who would make intimate studies of bird-life. It is very small and secretive, and, with its cinnamon-brown upper parts, is difficult to find and follow. The absurdly short tail and small size of this Wren make it easy to identify at all times. Its favorite haunts are brush-heaps, about which it creeps and flits with furtive grace of motion. The roots of upturned trees, mossy logs, the banks of brooks where the water has hollowed out little caves and grottoes, are also much frequented by it. In all such places it finds a welcome retreat. Here it secures the tidbits which go to make up its diet, and also finds protection from enemies. The song of the Winter Wren is described as one of rare beauty, "full of trills, runs, and frace notes," and, as for volume, being altogether out of proportion to the size of the bird. The nest is in brush-heaps, hollow stumps and other similar situations, and consists of grass and weeds lined with feathers. From five to seven eggs are laid. These are white, sparsely speckled with reddish-brown. Classification: Order Passeres. Family Troglodytidae. Scientific name: Nannus hiemalis. Range: Throughout eastern North America, breeding from northern tier of states northward to central Canada. No. 43 from set of 50 Winter Birds of the Northeastern United States. Published by the National Association of Audubon Societies, 1974 Broadway, New York City. Price per set, in a box, $1.00 post paid
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Title: Cedar Waxwing (adult and young) Linen unused
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Cedar Waxwing Length 7 inches The Cedar Waxwing is, in a special sense, a bird of beauty and distinction. Its graceful form and delicate plumage, combined with fine manners and interesting habits, go far to make it an aristorcrat among the birds. It does not come about our homes, however, with the regularity of such tried friends as Robins, Bluebirds and Thrashers. The Waxwing is gregarious save during the nesting season. The remainder of the year it wanders widely about, appearing in companies ranging from five or six up to fifty or seventy-five. It is very fond of wild cherries, blackberries and mulberries. When these are gone, it is off to some fresh feeding ground, flying in close formation and wheeling in graceful motion as it again alights. In addition to fruits and berries, the Waxwing consumes large numbers of injurious insects, and is thus very valuable to the farmer and orchardist. The nest is a compact structure of twigs, mosses, strings, wool, etc., in trees. There are four or five eggs, bluish-white and speckled with black. Classification: Order Passeres. Family Bombycillidae. Scientific name: Bombycilla cedrorum. Range: Throughout North America, breeding from Virginia and Missouri northward to southern Alaska. It winters throughout the United States and Mexico to Panama. No. 40 from set of 50 Winter Birds of the Northeastern United States. Published by the National Association of Audubon Societies, 1974 Broadway, New York City. Price per set, in a box, $1.00 post paid
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Title: Snow Bunting Linen unused
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No. 38 Snow Bunting Length 7 inches Snow Buntings or Snowflakes belong to that small group of birds which, like the Shore Lark and the Lapland Longspur, come drifting down before the smiting blasts of winter. This species is most appropriately named, for it is the only member of the Sparrow family in which white predominates on all its body. The birds, indeed, seem like animated snowflakes as they quietly settle down in large flocks to feed in the snow-clad fields. Snow Buntings feed entirely on seeds, of which they seem to find a plentiful supply no matter how deep the snow or severe the weather. They are rather restless and active birds, starting up the slightest provocation as though tossed into the air, after which they go wheeling across the country to alight in some fresh foraging ground. They sometimes sing cheerily when flying through the chill blasts. With the disappearance of the snow these birds return again to their far northern home. The nest is of grass and moss and lined with feathers. From three to five eggs are laid, pale greenish-white, speckled with brown. Classification: Order Passeres. Family Fringillidae. Scientific name: Plectrophenax nivalis. Range: Throughout the northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere. In North America it breeds from Labrador and Hudson Bay northward. Winters irregularly south into Northern United States. No. 38 from set of 50 Winter Birds of the Northeastern United States. Published by the National Association of Audubon Societies. 1974 Broadway, New York City. Price per set, in a box, $1.00, post paid
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Title: Evening Grosbeaks watercolor Linen unused
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EVENING GROSBEAK (male and female) Published by the National Association of Audubon Societies No. 36 Evening Grosbeak Length 8 inches An element of mystery has always surrounded the coming and goings of these rare winter visitors whose boreal home is far beyond the haunts of man. They are very irregular and infrequent east of the Mississippi, but now and then remarkable flights have taken place, as in 1890 and again 1\in 1910. On such occasions the exreme tameness of the birds is always noticeable and is abundant proof of their innocence with respect to the ways of civilization. Like its relative, the Pine Grosbeak, this species wonders around in flocks of varying size during the winter, visiting the districts of most abundant food supply. It feeds to some extent on buds and seeds of trees. The song is described as a wandering, jerky warble, beginning low, suddenly increasing in power, and as suddenly ceasing as if the the singer were out of breath. The nest, known from only a few examples, is made of twigs and rootlets and placed low in trees or bushes. There are three to five eggs, greenish-white, spotted with brown. etc
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Title: Towhee Linen unused
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No. 35 Towhee Length 8 1/4 inches This active, energetic bird, sometimes called "Chewink" and "Ground Robin," is a general favorite with all those who love the woodland ways. Although a cousin to all the Sparrows and Finches, his tri-colored coat of black, white and rufous set him apart as one of the conspicuous members of the family. He is seldom found far from thick undergrowth and dusky, woodland copses which are his favorite haunts. Here he is equally at home in the cheerless days of winter, when many a leaf-strewn hillside rustles in response to his vigorous scratchings, or again in summer when his far-carrying musical notes ring through the verdant glooms of mandrake and sassafrass. The song of the Towhee, while possessing few if any of the characteristics which have made our best-known vocalists famous, nevertheless has about it an indescribable, ringing clearness which seems to be the very expression of joyous woodland mirth. The nest is on or near the ground, of strips of bark and dry leaves, lined with fine grasses. From four to five eggs, speckled or blotched with rufous, are laid. Classification: Order Passeres. Family Fringilidae Scientific name: Pipilo erythropthalmus erythropthalmus Range: Eastern north America. Breeds from southern Canada, south to northern Georgia and central Kansas. Winters from Ohio and Potomac Valleys south to Gulf Coast. No. 35 from set of 50 Spring Birds of Eastern North America. Published by the National Association of Audubon Societies, 1974 Broadway, New York City. Price per set, in a box, $1.00 post-paid
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Title: Tree Sparrow Linen
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No. 37 Tree Sparrow Length 6 1/4 inches This interesting member of the Sparrow family may readily be distinguished from its relatives by its reddish crown and the solitary blackish-brown spot in the center of its breast. In mid-autumn it appears in our Northern States, often with Juncos, and, as winter comes on apace, it flocks in scattered companies over the snow-clad fields. Like the Junco, the Tree Sparrow frequents the thicket-bordered edges of woodlands, old fence-rows grown up with vines and briars, and especially weedy fields. It also comes to our gardens and often shares the feeding-shelf with Chickadees, Nuthatches and Juncos. As a destroyer of noxious seeds, the Tree Sparrow probably has no equal. Prof. Beale, of the Biological Survey, estimated that this little winter sojourner consumes over 800 tons of weed-seeds each season in the State of Iowa alone. If this be true of Iowa, what enormous quantities must be destroyed throughout its entire winter range! The nest is usually on the ground, but sometimes in low bushes. There are four or five eggs, pale greenish-blue, speckled with brown. Classification: Order Passeres. Family Fringillidae. Scientific name: Spizella monticola. Range: Throughout North America, east of the plains; breeding in Labrador and in the region of Hudson Bay. It winters in the northern half of the United States. No. 37 from set of 50 Winter Birds of the Northeastern United States. Published by the National Association of Audubon Societies, 1974 Broadway, New York City. Price per set, in a box, $1.00 post paid
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Title: White-Winged Crossbill (Male), Red Crossbill (Male and Female) Linen unused
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These curious members of the Finch family are unique and interesting birds. Although migratory, their movements follow no regular course as to time or place. Thus they are erratic wanderers over much of the United States and Canada
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Title: English Sparrow Linen unused
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No. 31 English Sparrow Length 6 1/4 inches This well-known and much-discussed bird was first introduced into the United States in 1851. Through its aggressive character, combined with remarkable powers of reproduction and adaptability, it has spread over practically all of the United States and Canada. Many careful studies have been made of the habits of the species, in order to determine its true economic status. It would seem that, now and then, the English Sparrow does real service as a destroyer of insect pests, but its well-known tendency to drive away our native birds, together with it uncleanly habits and its destruction of grain and tender garden plants, have eveywhere caused a consensus of opinion against the little alien. The general attitude of the public is well expressed in the title of a Government Bulletin which is called "The English Sparrow as a Pest." There is no doubt that the English Sparrow is deceasing in some sections, particularly in our larger cities, where motor vehicles have replaced horses. The nest is of any sort of material to be had, and is placed in every kind of situation. The eggs are from four to seven, varying from almost white to brownish olive and marked with darker specks and bloches. Classification: Order Passeres, Family Frinfillidae. Scientific name: Passer domesticus. Range: Nearly over the whole of Europe, extending eastward to Persia and India. Now over most of the United States and Canada
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Title: Goldfinch (male and female) Linen unused
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Length 5 1/2 inches This attractive little Finch, which is often called Thistle Bird, Lettuce Bird and Wild Canary, is loved wherever known. It is always a welcome visitor, whether during the sunlit days of summer or the dreary cold of winter. It often comes as a jolly pilferer to late summer gardens, where it feeds on the ripened seeds of the sunflower and lettuce, all the while filling the garden with its sweet, joyous notes. Again it may come all unannounced in mid-winter, in small companies, to feed of the seeds of the sycamore tree. On such occasions it may be seen feeding and swinging on the pendant balls. Few birds are so sprightly and joyful. The undulating flight is accompanied by sweet and plaintive notes which make it seem that the Goldfinch, in the exuberance of its joy, is strewing the fields and meadows with song. It nests late in the summer, after most of our birds have reared their young. The nest is in trees or bushes and is made of grasses and moss, lined with thistledown or other soft material. Four or five pale bluish eggs are laid. Classification: Order Passeres. Family Fringillidae. Scientific name: Astragalinus tristis. Range: Throughout eastern North America, from southern Canada and Newfoundland to the Gulf coast. Breeds over this range except in the most southerly parts
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Title: Junco (Male and Female) Linen unused
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This is the common "Snowbird" of the eastern United States, over most of which it is an abundant winter resident. Probably few winter birds come in such large numbers about our feeding stations. It is a friendly and sociable bird, and not so shy as are some of the Sparrows. Many an otherwise dreary winter scene is enlivened by the cheery presence of this little waif of the snow
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Title: Purple Finch (male and female) Linen unused
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Length 6 1/4 inches This species is known only as a migrant to the people of the United States dwelling south of the northern tier of states. The Purple Finch is just a rose-colored Sparrow, the male being streaked and marked with raspberry-red over a portion of his body, while the plainly colored female might easily be mistaken for any one of a number of sparrows. In winter the Purple Finch scatters in small flocks over much of the eastern United States south of its breeding range. In the South it prefers cedar thickets and evergreen forests. It has a natural roving disposition and wanders widely, occurring with no degree of regularity in a given locality. on account of its habit of eating tender buds, particularly those of fruit trees, orchardists now and then have lodged vigorous complaints against this bird. Its song is a sudden, clear, joyous burst of meloday, which ranks high as a vocal performance. The nest is usually on the branch of an evergreen and is composed of grasses and small weed stalks lined with horsehair. Three or four greenish-blue eggs spotted with brown are laid. Classification: Order Passeres. Family Fringillida. Scientific name: Carpodacus purpureus. Range: Eastern North America, breeding from British Columbia, Ontario and Newfoundland to North Dakota and New England. Winters south of its breeding range to the Gulf States
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Title: Redpoll (male and female), Pine Siskin Linen
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No. 30 Redpoll Length 5 1/4 inches The little Redpoll is an irregular winter visitor to the more northerly portions of the United States. Sometimes it comes in flocks when driven southward by unusual cold or lack of food. It closely resembles the Goldfinch in its general habits. The nest is in a low tree or grass tuft, and is of moss and grass lined with hair, feathers, or other soft material. The eggs are from four to six, white, tinged with bluish-green and spotted with reddish-brown. Classification: Order Passeres. Family Fringilidae. Scientific name: Acanthus linaria. Range: Breeds in extreme northern portions of North America, and winters south to northern United States. No. 30a Pine Siskin Length 5 inches Like the Redpoll, the Pine Siskin is one of those widely distributed birds whose movements depend, to a great extent, upon the weather and the food supply. Some years it is absent from much of the region south of its breeding range, again it is abundant. The nest is in coniferous trees, and is made of rootlets and grasses lined with pine needles and hair. The eggs are from three to four, greenish-white and speckled with reddish-brown. Classification: Order Passeres. Family Fringillidae. Scientific name: Spinus pinus. Range: Throughout North America, breeding northward from northern boundary of United States and southward in mountain ranges. Winters throughout United States
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Title: White-throated Sparrow Linen
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No. 28 White-throated Sparrow Length 6 3/4 inches The White-throated Sparrow, while perhaps not so widely known as the Song Sparrow, is a general favorite of bird-lovers. Its silvery, flute-like notes may be heard in sheltered ravines on warm September days, when, as a migrant, it journeys southward to its winter home. It is a very sociable bird, and is found in flocks of varying size. It often occurs in company with other Sparrows and with Juncos and Towhees. It is seldom found far from the ground, and loves briar patches and dense thickets on the borders of woodlands. Here it feeds, spending much time hopping and scratching among the dead leaves for weed seeds and other food. It also fees upon berries and other small fruits. The White-throat is highly regarded in Canada and New England, where it is often called "Peabody Bird", from the supposed resemblance of its song to the syllabels of the name. During migration its presence is made known by the sharp metallic "clink" which rises up in the dusk from the thickets and briar patches wich are its roosting-places. The nest of the White-throat is on the ground, or in bushes, and contains four or five bluish-white eggs thickly speckled with brown. Classification: Order Passeres. Family Fringillidae. Scientific name: Zonotrichia albicollis. Range: Eastern North America; breeds from the region of the Great Lakes and New England and northward; winters southward to the Gulf States
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Title: Song Sparrow Linen
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No. 27 Song Sparrow Length 6 1/4 inches This Sparrow, in its varying forms, is perhaps the most widely distributed and most abundant of all our native birds. It is very hardy and prolific, and exhibits a wonderful power of adaptability, for it is equally at home in many different environments. The Song Sparrow is one of Nature's optimists and may be heard singing somewhere every day in the year. It often sings on bright, sunny zero mornings, when the ground is covered with snow, just as cheerily as when alder catkins sway over the brooks in springtime. It may even break forth in snatches of song at any hour of the night. This well-loved Sparrow is a very friendly and sociable bird, and may readily be attracted about the home by the provision of food and desirable nesting sites. It is very fond of thickets and briar patches in the vicinity of lakes or watercourses, and is usually not to be found far from such situations. The nest is either on the ground or in bushes, and is made of grasses, dead leaves and rootlets lined with finer material. Four or five eggs are laid, bluish-white and finely speckled with brown. Classification: Order Passeres. Family Fringillidae. Scientific name: Melospiza melodia melodia. Range: Greater part of North America. More than twenty geographic races have been described; the eastern race is found east of the Rocky Mountains. No. 27 from set of 50 Winter Birds of the Northeastern United States. Published by the National Association of Audubon Societies, 1974 Broadway, New York City
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Title: Blue Jay Linen unused
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No. 24 Blue Jay Length 11 3/4 inches The Blue Jay, like the Crow, has few warm friends. There are thousands of bird-lovers, however, whose feelings of toleration and half-hearted admiration might be changed into genuine love and respect if he would only mend certain of it ways. As matters stand, he is a sort of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in the bird world. It is only during the nesting season that the Blue Jay's habits are especially objectionable, for at this time he is known to be a thief and a murderer, and his liking for the eggs and nestlings of other birds is only too well substantiated. At other seasons his sprightly ways and independent bearing, together with his handsome coat, have won him a host of friends. A flock of Jays trooping through the autumn woods is enough to excite the admiration of any bird-lover. The Blue Jay is well known as a mimic and ventriloquist. The nest is carefully made of twigs, and is lined with rootlets. It is generally placed in a crotch of a tree. The eggs are from four to six, pale olive-green, speckled with brown. Classification: Order Passeres, Family Corvidae. Scientific name: Cyanocitta cristata. Range: Throughout Nort America east of the Rockies, and from Labrador to Florida
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Title: Crow Linen
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Length 19 inches No bird is better known throughout the length and breadth of our country than the Crow. Although this black marauder has few friends, his sharp wits and cunning everywhere make it possible for him to hold his own against all the persecution that has been directed against him. Indeed, it seems altogether unlikely that the numbers of this resourceful bird will ever be greatly reduced through campaigns of destruction. In spite of his bad reputation, there are those who have come to his defense from various points of view. Even the Bureau of Biological Survey, which has thoroughly studied the food habits of the crow, tells us that at certain seasons and under certain conditions, the crow is a very useful bird. He eats a great many harmful insects, such as May beetles, June bugs, grasshoppers and grubs. During the fall and winter crows congregate in large numbers at some favorite roosting-place usually a dense woodland or a wooded island in a lake or river. The nest is built of sticks and lined with grass, moss, or the bark of the grape-vine. It is usually well up in trees and contains from four to six bluish eggs thickly marked with shades of brown Classivication: Order Passeres Family Corvida Scientific name: Corvus brachyrhynchos Range: Throughout temperate North America
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Title: Horned Lark Linen
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No. 26 Length 7 3/4 inches. These birds are always associated in our minds with snowstorms and smitting blasts of winter, before which they come with wavering, rollicking flight. They are to be found in small flocks and scattered companies feeding in fields and roadways, or in the vicinity of the seacosts. Ofter when the country is deeply covered with snow, they flock about the farms feeding upon particles of grain that have been left where cattle and hogs or other live stock are fed. When disturbed they take wing, uttering a plaintive, quavering whistle, and are off seeking other fields. During periods of excessive cold and snow,they may frequently be seen in small flocks along country roads where the snow has been broken. Here they pick up many particles of food left by the passers-by. The Horned Lark shuns woodlands, and may be found only in open spaces. The nest is of grasses and on the ground. The eggs are three or four, pale bluish-white speckled with grayish-brown. Classification: Order Passeres. Family Alaudiae Scientific name Otocoris alpestris. Range. Breeds in the Artic Zone and Canada and winters south to the Ohio Valley. Several geographic races are distributed widely over North America and southward
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Title: Red-bellied Woodpecker Linen unused
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Length 9 1/2 inches This is one of the handsomest of our Woodpeckers, and presents a pleasing picture, particularly when seen in the leafless trees of late winter or early spring. It climbs in a curious jerky fashion, and each movement is accompanied by a loud, sucking chuh-chuh which may be heard ringing through the woods for a considerable distance. It is sometimes called the "Zebra Woodpecker" on account of the transverse bars of black and white which cross its back and wings. This species is rather shy and wary, and usually keeps to the heavy woodlands where it industriously searches for the regular woodpecker fare of insects and larvae. It also feeds upon ants and beetles on the ground, as well as upon fruit and acorns. The Red-bellied Woodpecker rarely comes close about our homes, although it may occasionally visit our orchards and lawns particularly if these chance to be in the neighborhood of woodlands. The nest of this species is an excavation, either in a dead or a live tree. From four to six white eggs are laid. Classification: Order Pici. Family Picidae. Scientific name: Centurus carolinus. Range: United States east of the Plains, breeding from the Gulf Coast as far north as Pennsylvania and Minnesota, although it is more common southward
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Title: Starling (spring and winter plumages) Linen
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No. 25 Starling Length 8 1/2 inches This species, like the House Sparrow, is an alien, and was introduced into the Untied States in the year 1890. The first shipment of sixty birds was released in Central Park, New York, and since that time they have multiplied greatly, not only becoming very abundant in the New York City region, but rapidly extending their range westward and southward until they are now reported as far distant as Alabama and Illinois. Starlings are resourceful and aggressive, and, to quite an extent, seem likely to drive out some of our best-loved native birds, as, for instance, the Bluebird. It yet remains to be seen what the final result of the introduction of this species will be. Neither has its place yet been fully determined with respect to food habits. Starlings are highly gregarious, and flocks of several thousands may be encountered after the close of the nesting season. Their nests are in crevices of buildings, hollow trees, or nesting boxes erected for other birds. The eggs are from four to six and pale bluish. Classification: Order Passeres. Family Sturnidae. Scientific name: Sturnus vulgaris. Range: Throughout western and central Europe. Introduced into the United States, where it has spread into much of the country east of the Mississippi and south to the Gulf States; also north to the eastern provinces of Canada. No. 25 from set of 50 Winter Birds of the Northeastern United States. Published by the National Association of Audubon Societies, 1974 Broadway, New York City. Price per set, in a box, $1.00 post paid
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Title: Barred Owl Linen
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No. 17 Barred Owl Lengh 20 inches The Barred Owl and its relative, the Great Horned Owl, are the two specis which are generally spoken of without discrimination as "Hoot Owls". While both birds "hoot", even the most casual observer will find no difficulty in distingushing the two by their notes alone. The "hoot" of the Great Horned Owl is a monotone while that of the Barred Owl is varied and full of modulations; at times even reminding one of a sort of wild, demoniacal laughter. The present species, unlike the Great Horned Owl, has a facial disc unrelieved by ear-tufts. The Barred Owl must be regarded, on the whole, as beneficial, although it occasionally catches poultry and birds. "Of 109 stomachs examined, 5 containedpoulty or game; 13, other birds; 46, mice; 1, other mammals; 4, frogs; 1, a lizard; 2, fish; 14, insects; 2, spiders; 9, crawfish; and 20 were empty." (Fisher.) The Barred Owl is preeminently a bird of deep swamps and heavy woodlands. The nest is usually in a hollow tree, although now and then in an old Crow's or Hawk's nest. From two to four white eggs are laid. Classification: Order Raptores, Family Strigidae. Scientific name: Strix varia. Range: Throughout eastern North America from Manitoba and Nova Scotia to the Gulf of Mexico
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Title: Downy Woodpecker Linen unused
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Length 6 3/4 inches This is the smallest and most familiar of our Woodpeckers. It is an almost exact copy of the Hairy Woodpecker, only it is much smaller and has black transverse bars on the white outer tail feathers, whereas these tail feathers in the Hairy are white without the bars. The Downey Woodpecker is a general favorite with that ever-increasing number of bird-lovers who find pleasure in feeding the winter birds. In company with the Nuthatches and chickadees he is a visitor that can always be depended on to come to the feeding-shelf or to the suet-container. In addition he does a lot of scouting for food on his own account, and may be heard at all hours of the day industriously tapping as he searches every crevice and cranny in the bark of the trees of lawn or orchard for the grubs and insects which form his main bill of fare. He may often be seen digging larvae out of weed stalks. The note of the Downy can easily be distinguished from that of the Hairy, for it is neither so loud nor so sharp. The nest is usually in a dead tree. From four to six white eggs are laid Classification: Order Pici. Family Picida. Scientific name: Dryobates pubescens. Range: A resident throughout the wooded portions of the United States and Canada
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Title: Great Horned Owl Linen
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No. 18 Great Horned Owl Length 22 inches This Owl, conspicuous from its ear-tufts, which are nearly two inches long, as well as from its large size and mottled appearance, is found in the more heavily wooded and wilder regions of our country. Often on still winter nights its monotonous whoo-hoo-hoo-hooo may be heard a mile or two away. It is a powerful, skillful hunter, and frequently causes great losses through its night ... on some favorite poultry yard. It is also, now and then, very destructive to both game and song birds, although situations have arisen where it has been almost wholly beneficial.. as in portions of the West where the rabbit has become a pest, or in regions where rats are unusually destructive. "Of 127 stomachs examined, 31 contained poulry or game birds; 8, other birds; 13, mice; 65, other mammals; 1, scorpion; 1, fish; 10 , insects; and 17 were empty." The nest of the Great Horned Owl is usually well up in a tree, generally in the old nest of a Squirrel, Crow or Hawk. Tho or thre white eggs are laid. Classification: Order Raptores. Family Strigidae Scientific name: Bubo virginianus Range: In its varying forms over most of the United States and Canada and southward to Patagonia. No. 18 from set of 50 Winter Birds of the Northeastern United States. PUblished by the National Association of Audubon Societies, 1974 Broadway, New York City. Price per set, in a box, $1.00 post paid
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Title: Bald Eagle (Adult and Young) Linen unused
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The Bald Eagle is a powerful and majestic bird, and, as the emblem of our country, has perhaps been brought more into prominence than its relative, the Golden Eagle. The bird, however, is poorly named as it is not bald-headed, but merely has its crown and neck covered with white feathers. Three years are required to attain this plumage
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Title: Long-Eared Owl Linen
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This species, with its conspicuous ear-tufts and striking plumage of black and white and buff, is one of our most beautiful Owls. Moreover, its unusual facial disk lends an added charm to its generally attractive appearance. Like the Screech Owl, it is strictly nocturnal in its habits, and usually spends its days in thick evergreen woods or in dense swamps
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Title: Screech Owl (gray and red phases) Linen unused
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No. 14 Screech Owl Length 9 1/2 inches In eastern North America the Screech Owl is probably the best known of all the Owls. UNlike most other members of the family, it has come to appreciate the advantages of human neighbors, seeking our dwellings and taking up its abode in barns or other outbuildings. It is particularly fond of old orchard, where it finds a most congenial retreat. Here it secures the small prey which constitutes its food, and the Screech Owl should be regarded as a beneficial bird. "Of 255 stomachs examined only 1 contained poultry; 38, other birds; 91, mice; 11, other mammals; 2, lizards; 4, batrachians;1, fish; 100, insescts;5, spiders; 9, crawfish; 7,miscellaneous; 2, scorpions; 2, earthworms; and 43 were empty." (Fisher.) This species is found in both gray and brown phases of plumage, which have no relation to age, sex or season. The note of the Screech Owl is a whining quaver or tremulus falsetto, which, heard in the quiet dusk of evening, has a strange fascinatinon. This specie builds no nest, but lays its eggs in a hole of a dead tree or a stub, frequently the cavity formerly occupied by the Flicker. From four to six white eggs are laid. Classification: Order Raptores, Family Strigidae. Scientific name: Otus asio asio Range: In its different forms it is found over much of temperate North America from southern British Columbia to Mexico and Florida
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Title: Short-Eared Owl Linen unused
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No. 16 Short-Eared Owl Length 15 1/2 inches The Short-eared Owl differs from most members of its family in being a bird of the open country. It loves swamps and low, wet meadows, frequenting both coastal and inland marshes. In these, its favorite haunts, it preys upon mice and shrews, which constitute about 75 percent of its food. It very rarely preys upon birds. "Of 101 stomachs examined, 11 contained small birds, 77, mice; 7, other mammals; 7, insects; and 14 were empty." (Fisher.) This Owl is not at all shy, and is rarely flushed until almost stepped upon. Its flight is graceful and noiseless. During the winter single individuals are often met, but now and then small groups or even colonies numbering a hundred or more may be found. The nest is placed on the ground and is a rude affair of grass and sticks lined with fine material. Occasionally the nest is placed in low bushes. From three to five white eggs are laid. Classification: Order Raptores. Family Strigidae. Scientific name: Aso flammeus. Range: Nearly cosmopolitan, being distributed over a greater part of both hemispheres. No. 16 from set of 50 Winter Birds of the Northeastern United States. Published by the National Association of Audubon Societies, 1974 Broadway, New York City. Price per set, in a box, $1.00 post paid
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Title: Sparrow Hawk (Male and Female) Linen unused
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This is the smallest of all the North American Hawks and is one of our most beautiful and useful species. Those to whom a Hawk is just a Hawk should take good heed before permitting this splendid bird to be ruthlessly killed
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Title: Cooper's Hawk (adult and young) Linen unused
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Length, male, 15 1/2 inches The Cooper's Hawk, like its close relative, the sharp-shinned, is another of that very small number of birds whose destructive habits outweigh the good they do. The species here described very closely resembles the Sharp-shinned Hawk, but it is larger and has a blackish crown. It also has a well-rounded tail, whereas the tail of the Sharp-shinned is square. The larger size of the Cooper's Hawk, combined with its skillful hunting ability, render it, above all, the real "Chicken Hawk" of the countryside. Its sudden sallies into game farms and poultry yards are often the cause of considerable losses. Its swift and daring attacks leave little chance for the quarry to escape, and it spreads fear and consternation wherever it goes. "Of 133 stomachs examined, 34 contained poultry or game birds; 52, other birds; 11, mammals; 1, frogs; 3, lizards; 2, insects; and 39 were empty." (Fisher.) The nest of this Hawk is placed well up in trees. The eggs are from three to six and are of a pale bluish-white, sometimes faintly spotted with brown. Classification: Order Raptores. Family Buteonidae. Scientific name: Accipiter cooperi. Range: Breeds from southern Canada, south to the southern border of the United States. Winters throughout much of its breeding range and as far south as Costa Rica
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Title: Red-Shouldered Hawk (Adult and Young) Linen unused
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No. 8 Red-shouldered Hawk Length, male, 18 1/2 inches This bird, like its relative, the Red-tailed Hawk, is often called by the misleading name of "Hen Hawk" or "Chicken Hawk." It is unfortunate that these two species should so often be falsely accused of crimes usually committed by two other members of the family. The favorite haunts of the Red-shouldered Hawk are wooded areas in the neighborhood of small water courses. Here it obtains its food, which, for the most part, consists of small reptiles, frogs, mice, insects and crawfish. It seldom catches either birds or poultry, and is a beneficial species. "Of 220 stomachs examined, 3 contained poultry; 12, other birds; 102, mice; 40, other mammals; 20, reptiles; 39, batrachians; 92, insects; 16, spiders; 7, crawfish; 1, earthworms; 2, offal; 3, fish; and 14 were empty." (Fisher.) Often the scream of this Hawk can be heard far above, bringing a touch of the wilderness as the bird soars in great circles in the sky. The nest is usually placed in a tall tree and is sometimes occupied several seasons in succession. From three to five eggs are laid. These are dull white, sprinkled or blotched with chocolate. Classification: Order Raptores. Family Butconida. Scientific name: Buteo lineatus. Range: Throughout eastern North America from Nova Scotia and Manitoba, south to the Gulf of Mexico and west to the Great Plains
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Title: Red-Tailed Hawk (Adult and Young) Linen unused
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This bird, like its near relative the Red-shouldered Hawk, is very generally called by the inappropriate name of "Hen" or "Chicken Hawk." It preys chiefly upon mice and other small mammals, frogs, reptiles and insects
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Title: Sharp-Shinned Hawk (Adult and Young) Linen
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No. 11 Sharped-shinned Hawk Length, Male, 15 1/2 inches The names "Chicken Hawk" and "Hen Hawk," which are so generally misapplied, might, with greater propriety, be used for this species. It is one of the most destructive of Hawks, and, together with the Cooper's Hawk, is sometimes called "Blue Darter." This name is very descriptive of the hunting habits of this active, courageous and persistent little Hawk, for it darts with great swiftness, from out a place of concealment in thick foliage, into a poultry yard or game farm, strikes its quarry and is off again before the keeper has any chance to act. The wild birds of field and forest know it well and fear it. It is even capable of overtaking and catching a Bob-White in full flight. It feeds, to some extent, however, upon shrews, frogs, lizards and insects. "Of 159 stomachs examined, 6 contained poultry or game birds; 99, other birds; 6, mice; 5, insects; and 52 were empty." (Fisher.) The nest is in trees from fifteen to forty feet from the ground. There are from three to five pale white, greenish or bluish-white eggs, heavily spotted and marked with chocolate and shades of brown. Classification: Order Raptores. Family Butconida. Scientific name: Accipiter velox. Range: Breeds throughout all temperate and sub-artic North America, and winters from British Columbia and the northern tier of states southward to Panama
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Title: Bob-White Linen
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This well-beloved bird needs no introduction to the greater number of the American people, for he is known and held in high esteem, not only by those who love to go afield with dog and gun, but by farmers, orchardists and all lovers of the out-of-doors. His cheery call, floating across the greening fields of early spring or the frosty fields of autumn, always arouses a happy response in the minds of those who hear it
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Title: Great Blue Heron Linen
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No. 3 Great Blue Heron Length 48 inches This stately bird is often mistakenly called “Blue Crane” by those who are not students of birds. It is often seen standing motionless in the shoal waters of lake margins or rivers, or on mudflats left by receding tides. Here it catches the fish and frogs, as well as other prey which constitute its food. Again, with neck drawn in and legs stretched out behind, it may be seen flapping with measured wing-beats from one feeding round to another. Its note is guttural squawk. During most of the year it is a solitary bird, but during the breeding season it often congregates in colonies sometimes as many as a hundred pairs gathering for this purpose in a favorite locality. Its nest which consists of a rude platform of sticks and twigs is usually placed in tall trees, although where these do not occur it occasionally nests on the ground. Generally four or five pale-blue eggs are laid. Classification: Order Herodiones. Family Ardeidae. Scientific name: Ardea Herodias. Range: Throughout the Western Hemisphere from Canada to Panama and Venezuela. No. 3. from set of 50 Winter Birds of the Northeastern United States. Published by the National Association of Audubon Societies, 1974 Broadway, New York City. Price per set, in a box, $1.00, post paid
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Title: King-Necked Pheasant (male and female) Linen
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No. 6 Ring-necked Pheasant The native home of this beautiful and useful Pheasant is China. It was successfully introduced into Oregon, Washington and British Columbia many years ago, and has also been released in many portions of the eastern United States. It is now extensively bred on many private and State Game Farms. The Ring-neck, however, has become mixed with the so-called English Pheasant,which has also been introduced into this country, until pure strains are difficult to find. This Pheasant is hardy and thrives in spite of cold weather and deep snow, especially if food is provided. It is regarded by sportsmen as a splendid, active game bird, and, in many districts where it has been released, has come to constitute a great asset to the game-bird resources of the country. In a wild state it nests on the ground beneath cover. Classification: Order: Gallinae. Family: Phasianidae. Scientific name: Phasianus torquatus. Range: China, introduced into Europe, portions of the United States and Canada. No. 6 from set of 50 Winter Birds of the Northeastern United States. Published by the National Association of Audubon Societies, 1974 Broadway, New York City. Price per set, in a box, $1.00, post paid
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Title: Ruffed Grouse Linen unused
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This unique and splendid game bird has long been both the delight and the despair of sportsmen, for its life is spent in thick woods, in secluded swamps, or on densely forested hillsides. When surprised in such haunts, it springs into the air with a rush and whir of wings that are fairly startling
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Title: Turkey Vulture: Published by the National Association of Audubon Societies Linen unused
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No. 7 Turkey Vulture Length 30 inches The Turkey Vulture, otherwise called Turkey Buzzard, is a familiar bird to most people in the United States who spend much time in the open. The grace and beauty of its flight do much to redeem its unpleasant feeding habits which are, nevertheless, highly useful. In some places, particularly in the South, it has been regarded as an entirely beneficial scavenger; again, in other parts of the country, it has been condemned as a carrier of diseases affecting live stock on the farms. The rapidity with which these Vultures gather from far and near about the carcass of a dead animal has given rise to much speculation as to which sense, sight or smell, contributes most to the success with which the birds find their food. The Turkey Vulture usually nests on the ground, in hollow trees, logs or stumps, although occasionally in the dense thickets, or in cavities in limestone formation, as in Florida. The eggs are a dull white with chocolate spots and blotches. Classification: Order Raptores. Family Cathartida. Scientific name: Cathartes aura. Range: Western Hemisphere from southern Canada, southward; northward to southern New York in the Atlantic States. No. 7 from set of 50 Winter Birds of the Northeastern United States. Published by the National Association of Audobon Societies. 1974 Broadway, New York City. Price per set in a box, $1.00 post paid
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Title: A Pair of Common Terns Linen
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Wildlife Post Card Series Subject 3. Restore Protect Conserve America's Wildlife Resourses. Common Tern (Sterna Birundo). The flight of the Common Tern is strong, graceful and erratic. This Tern is found in both the Old and New World, both inland and at seas. In America it breeds from the northern United States and the Canadian provinces down the Altlantic and Gulf Coasts to Texas and in the Bahamas. In winter it ranges from Florida south on the ALtantic side of South America to Patagonia and on the Pacific to Ecuador. It nests preferably on sandy and gravelly places on islands or on shores where it frequently makes little nest except a depression on the sand. The spotted eggs number two or three: both the eggs and the young are difficult to see on the sand. This harmless bird eats small fishs, crustaceans, aquatic worms and inssects
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Title: Black Duck Linen unused
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Black Duck; Length 22 inches This species, though called the Black Duck, is not in reality black, but it so closely resembles the dusky female of its near relative, the Mallard, that it is sometimes called Black Mallard. The Black Duck not only resembles the female Mallard in appearance, but also in its habits much akin to its green-headed cousin. This Duck, however, is said to be one of the wildest and wariest of all the "Wild Ducks." It soon learns to keep well beyond gunshot, and, if too persistently hunted, will fly out to sea, where it passes the day, returning at night to its favorite haunts. It is very alert and active at all times, and has extraordinary powers of flight, even for a Duck. The nest is on the ground in grass or brush, often far from water. It lays from six to twelve creamy or buff-colored eggs. Classification: Order Anseres. Family Anatida. Scientific Name: Anas rubripes. Range: Throughout eastern North America, but far more abundant in the Eastern States and New England. It breeds from central Canada south to wisconsin and Maryland, and winters south to the Gulf
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