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December 1937. "Deer hunter. Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania." Medium format acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein. View full size.
Next week, the week after Thanksgiving, is the first week of rifle deer season in Pa. Only the car model (now most likely a pickup truck) will have changed when this scene is repeated hundreds more times.
The Remington Model 14 had 12 widely-spaced grooves in the forestock, as does the one in the photo. The Model 141 had 25 narrowly-spaced grooves. Also, the front sight on the 141 was a bead ramp style.
if his name was Elmer J. Fudd.
is a Remington 14 or 141 carbine - probably a 14, as the similar 141 was produced only from 1935 on, and in small numbers.
The Wabbit was too clever so he had to settle for Deer.
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