Deer
Deer
“upon its flesh were the first settlers of the State, to a very considerable extent, dependent for food. Indeed so eagerly was it hunted, and still so anxious were the people for its preservation, that a law for its protection...was one of the earliest acts of our legislature. But notwithstanding all that has been done for their preservation, their numbers have been constantly diminishing within the state, till they have become exceedingly scarce, except in a few of the most unsettled and woody sections.” —Thompson, 1848
Deer mounts, or [portrait busts]] in the Main Street Museum collection:
Common, or White Tail, Deer (Cervus virginianus)
Portrait bust, Fauna Specimen, unknown date, in need of conservation. The wood support is fully exposed. From Grafton Vermont. Original catalog #16
fa;1989;32;po:
Common, or White Tail, Deer, Cervus virginianus, Portrait bust, Fauna Specimen, unknown date, only somewhat damaged.
From Nebraska. Original catalog #17
fa;1989;33;po:
Common, or White Tail, Deer, Cervus virginianus, Portrait bust, Fauna Specimen, unknown date, in moderately good condition. 9 points.
Original catalog #18
fa;2001;01;du:
Wilfred, White Tail, Deer, Cervus virginianus, Portrait bust, Fauna Specimen, taken Worcester county, Massachusetts, ca. 1920. Dusty. 9 points.
Gift of Jeanette Gould
Original catalog #19
fa;1993;313;di:
Photographic Lithograph of a Diorama Display featuring two adult and one juvenile White Tail Deer (Cervus virginianus).
