Passenger Pigeon Net
date: label: date made
content: before 1914
label: date made
content: before 1903
label: associated dates
content: 1914 03 00 / 1914 03 00
notes: label: Description
content: This net was used by professional passenger pigeon catcher J. M. Blackford of Delavan, WI. At the time of his 1913 correspondence, Blackford says the net "has not been out of the bag in 10 years at least" dating it to well before 1903.
label: Description
content: The passenger pigeon was a bird native to North America that became extinct primarily due to extensive hunting and deforestation in the 19th century.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Wisconsin, Delavan
topic: label: Subject
content: Sports
label: Subject
content: Pigeon Netting
label: Subject
content: Animals
label: Subject
content: Birds
label: Subject
content: Environmental History
label: name of sport or game
content: Hunting
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.282700
label: accession number
content: 56548
label: catalog number
content: 282700
objectType: label: Object Name
content: net, pigeon
label: Object Name
content: Pigeon Netting Outfit
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: net (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cord (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 ft x 28 ft; x 2.7432 m x 8.5344 m