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Description Newspaper spread showing methods of capturing passenger pigeons for shooting contests. Originally captioned: "The sportsmen’s tournament at Coney Island. Methods of trapping and transporting the pigeons for use in the contests. From sketches by a staff artist."
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Source http://boc-online.org/passenger-pigeons-large-scale-live-capture/
Author Frank Leslie’s Illustrated News (vol. LII, no. 1344, pp. 299–300)

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