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Ojibwa Chief Obtossaway
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Hand-colored postcard depicting Ojibwa Chief Obtossaway. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepared by Paul Vanderbilt, the first curator of photography at the Wisconsin Historical Society.
1903
Detroit Publishing Co.
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W013A5X
WHi 23895
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