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Ottawa Indian Camp
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Beach fishing camp showing several people around a fire drying fish with a tent in the background. Captioned: Ottawa Fishing Camp -- On the Island at Frankfort -- "John Wee-was-sum" and his family -- Spring 1889. Cyanotype.
1889
Burmeister, Charles
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WHi 4565
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Trials and Tribulations of Amateur Photography
1887
Scrapbook page containing a cyanotype print and an albumen print looking toward Lake Michigan.
An Old Historical Landmark
1888
Cyanotype image with the caption "An old historical landmark" -- 1888 -- "The last log house in Frankfort" -- Burned June 1889.
First Attempt
1887
Scrapbook page containing a cyanotype and albumen print of a picket fence and the caption: "First Attempt;" 1887, What's the Matter? "Light struck."
Cyanotype of Chippewa Indians
Cyanotype print of Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians near Bradley Junction, near Minocqua. A man wearing a suit and hat is standing in the background.
