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Trapper's Son Hanging Stretched Muskrat Skins

During the 1940s many Louisiana Isleños made a living from fur trapping and hunting. This photograph, made by Marion Post Wolcott for the US Farm Security Administration, shows a trapper stretching muskrat skins over metal forms.

Trapper’s Son Hanging Stretched Muskrat Skins

Courtesy of Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division

Trapper's Son Hanging Stretched Muskrat Skins. Wolcott, Marion Post (Photographer)

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Courtesy of Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Date 1941
Copyright Public Domain
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