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Includes Thorofare, Ty Cobb, several photographs autographed by professional baseball players

Scrapbook – MAX WILDE A Legend of his Time

Photos (Captions taken from his scrapbook, stored separately)

P.301.1.1        The saddle horse is man’s best friend in rugged elk country.

P.301.1.2        Up Deer Creek Pass

P.301.1.3        Max Wilde’s Lazy Bar F Ranch, built in the early twenties.  Wilde outfitted out of here for over 40 years.

P.301.1.4        Max Wilde’s Lazy Bar F Ranch, built in the early twenties.  Wilde outfitted out of here for over 40 years.

P.301.1.5        Max Wilde (foreground) and Ed “Phonograph” Jones heavily loaded with their 1919 catch of furs, as they come out of the high country.  A winter of trapping netted the men 126 fox and 12 coyotes.

P.301.1.6        Max Wilde snow shoeing on his ranch trap line in the 1920’s.

P.301.1.7        A young Max Wilde with his early day catch from his mountain trapping expedition in the 1920’s.

P.301.1.8        Max Wilde (left) and his partner “Phonograph” Jones with their trap line prizes.

P.301.1.9        Trapping the hard way (23A. P.23 Dec. Western Outdoors)

P.301.1.10      The means of travel and part of the catch from a Thorofare trap line.

P.301.1.11      Max Wilde, top of the divide entering the Thorofare.

P.301.1.12      The famous Thorofare country.  Still one of Wyoming’s most productive elk hunting grounds.

P.301.1.13      Furs displayed at the Cody Trading Company filmed following the Wilde-Jones trapping expedition in the 1920’s.

P.301.1.14      Max Wilde – Deer Creek Pass

P.301.1.15      Max Wilde with two bighorn rams taken by his hunters.

P.301.1.16      Heading to winter trap site.

P.301.1.17      Tom Yawkey – Long time owner of the Boston Red Sox – Buck deer taken near Lazy Bar F Ranch – Late 1930’s.

P.301.1.18      Max Wilde and Mickey Cochrane (Hall of Famer) – Pheasant hunt near Burlington, WY.

P.301.1.19      Max Wilde and Hall of Famer, Ty Cobb – taken in the 1920’s in front of the Irma Hotel in Cody.

P.301.1.20      Trophies taken from early hunting camps.  Thorofare – Wyoming.

P.301.1.21      Max Wilde with trophy bull elk.

P.301.1.22      Yawkey, E. Collins, Speaker, Cochrane, Miller, Max and Rube Walburg – Baseball Greats taken in the late 1930’s near Lazy Bar F Ranch.

P.301.1.23      Eddie Collin with bull elk.  Thorofare – late 1930’s.

P.301.1.24      Rube Walburg, Tom Yawkey

P.301.1.25      Baseball Hall of  Famer, Jimmy Foxx.  Bull elk taken in Thorofare in the late 1930’s.

P.301.1.26      After the hunt – Left to right – “Pinkey” Higgins, Tom Yawkey, Jimmy Foxx, and “Lefty” Grove – late 1930’s.

P.301.1.27      Jimmy Foxx – At Bridger Lake, Wyo.

P.301.1.28      Left to right – “Lefty” Grove, “Snooks” McDonald, “Gabby” Barrus and Jimmy Foxx.

P.301.1.29      “Bing” Miller – Thorofare moose 1937

P.301.1.30      Tom Yawkey, Southfork buck deer

P.303.1.31      Ty Cobb (L.), Tris Speaker

P.301.1.32      Baseball Greats and Punks – Left to right – “Lefty” Grove, “Snooks” McDonald, “Gabby” Barrus, Jimmy Foxx and Tom Yawkey. 1937

P.301.1.33      Tom Yawkey with record bull elk.

P.301.1.34      Carter Mountain Country

P.301.1.35      Tom Yawkey – Long time owner of the Boston Red Sox

P.301.1.36      Ben Wadell – trophy pronghorn

P.301.1.37      l. -  “Pinkey” Higgins – former Red Sox mgr. r. – Bucky Harris

P.301.1.38      The 19th Hole – Wilde (Left)

P.301.1.39      The pause that refreshes and time to “dry out” in camp.

P.301.1.40      L-R – Leo Reel, Max Wilde and “Gabby” Barrus

P.301.1.41      Mike Godfrey (R) and “Gabby” Barrus

P.301.1.42      l-r – “Gabby” Barrus, California hunter, and Leo Reel

P.301.1.43      Max Wilde – mule deer

P.301.1.44      Max Wilde - Thorofare elk

P.301.1.45      Alice Wilde and her bull elk.

P.301.1.46      The Nash automobile crew filmed during their early day hunt at Bridger Lake in the Thorofare.  Max Wilde (left) and Ed Jones (right) are seated.

P.301.1.47      Southfork Buck

P.301.1.48      Tom Yawkey with record Thorofare bull elk taken in the late 1930’s.

P.301.1.49      Dude teepee sleeping tent, Bridger Lake

P.301.1.50      “Phonograph” Jones – great story teller, cook and guide, once cooked for Buffalo Bill Cody and served as a guide and cook for the Max Wilde camps for many years.

P.301.1.51      1957 – Pictures of the Arthur Godfrey trip

P.303.1.52      1957 – Arthur Godfrey trip

P.301.1.53      Arthur Godfrey trip

P.301.1.54      Arthur Godfrey trip

P.301.1.55      Max with trophy ram

P.301.1.56      “Lefty” Grove

P.301.1.57      Bridger Lake, Thorofare

P.301.1.58      l-r – “Pinkey” Higgins, Jimmy Foxx, “Lefty” Grove – Bridger Lake

P.301.1.59      Baseball greats fill out with Canada geese at Bridger Lake in the Thorofare country.  Left to right:  Jimmy Foxx, Tom Yawkey, Wilde, “Lefty” Grove and “Pinkey” Higgins.

P.301.1.60      Record bull elk taken by Grancel Fitz (Wyoming) – Early 1930’s – 64” spread – 7pt. one side, 9pt. other

P.301.1.61      Fitz bull elk stats

P.301.1.62      Deer Creek Pass

P.301.1.63      The Lazy Bar F

P.301.1.64      Top of the World

P.301.1.65      On the move to high country

P.301.1.66      Wait for a live one

P.301.1.67      Good Shot

P.301.1.68      Some of Lazy Bar F

P.301.1.69      Gearing Up