Picture of Parker Waterfowlers
 

Pictures from page 59 of William Leffingwell's "The Art of Wingshooting", and Parker ad from page 205 at the rear of the book. Book is first edition printed in 1894. Lots of great ads from gun manufacturers, railroads and hotels., etc. Snapshots of a bygone era when game was plentiful, and long before television and the internet.

if they would have only thought to say - on the right is Joe, holding his D grade 3 frame 12

or what ever :rotf:

great picture -

BTW - i believe the "Limb Dodger" made famous by Buckingham was an Illinois Central train

And now I will have Bob Dylan "Riding on the City of New Orleans" in my head all day!

:rotf::rotf::rotf:

I was thinking the same thing. Except the Willie Nelson version

I'll go with John Prine on this one.

Looks like Blue winged teal and snipe on the barn wall must have been early in the season. No leaves on the trees so a north tier state. Neat picture. Thanks

Also, it's interesting how the building is set up fairly high on wooden log pilasters.

Didn't Arlo Guthrie write and sing the original?

I had to google. Written by Steve Goodman, in 1971, and lent to Arlo Guthrie in 1972, over a beer.
Quote from Wiki;
Arlo Guthrie version
"The City of New Orleans"

Single by Arlo Guthrie
from the album Hobo's Lullaby
B-side "Days Are Short"
Released July 1972
Format 7"
Recorded 1972
Genre Folk
Length 4:31
Label Reprise
Songwriter(s) Steve Goodman
Producer(s) Lenny Waronker, John Pilla
While at the Quiet Knight bar in Chicago, Goodman saw Arlo Guthrie, and asked to be allowed to play a song for him. Guthrie grudgingly agreed, on the condition that if Goodman would buy him a beer, Guthrie would listen to him play for as long as it took to drink the beer.[citation needed] Goodman played "City of New Orleans", which Guthrie liked enough that he asked to record it. The song was a hit for Guthrie on his 1972 album Hobo's Lullaby, reaching #4 on the Billboard Easy Listening chart and #18 on the Hot 100 chart; it would prove to be Guthrie's only top-40 hit and one of only two he would have on the Hot 100 (the other was a severely shortened and rearranged version of his magnum opus "Alice's Restaurant", which hit #97).

and with the conclusion of our musical interlude :whistle:

one thing i always notice in these old photos is the clothing- they did not have closets full of dedicated hunting outfits and except for the well heeled sports with canvas outfits like dukbak, most just likely hunted in what ever old warm cloths had - but they got ducks

my mentor in my earliest days of duck hunting wore Carhart coveralls, i never saw him in camouflage but he as well got his ducks

i expect they understood to avoid motion