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River Baptism

Date: 1888
Description: A baptism in a river in southern Wisconsin.
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Chippewa Indian Deer Hunt

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Description: Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indian deer hunt on snow shoes.
Drawing

Medicine Man Jes´ akkid´

Date: 1885
Description: Illustration of medicine man Jes´ akkid´ bending over an ill person, removing disease from his/her body.
Drawing

Ground Plan of Indian Effigy Mounds

Date: 07 1838
Description: A map diagram of Indian effigy mounds seven miles east of Blue Mounds in the Wisconsin Territory.
Drawing

Chippewas Gathering Wild Rice

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Description: Illustration of three Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians gathering wild rice into a canoe.
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Chippewa Indian Cemetery

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Description: Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indian cemetery, Lake Vieux Desert.
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Red Cliff Reservation Cemetery

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Description: Man posing by a gate in the Red Cliff Indian Reservation cemetery.
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Menominee Indians

Date: 03 18 1953
Description: Menominee Indians of the Zoar Settlement in Northern Wisconsin performing a dream dance. Standing figures: "Grandma" Dutchman and husband "Charlie."
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Indian Pow-Wow

Date: 07 28 1929
Description: Indian pow wow at Bear Trap Falls near Keshena.
Postcard

First Peace Council ever Held between Chippewas and Siouxs

Date: 1896
Description: Colored postcard view of "Buffalo Bill" Cody center right in white coat and hat surrounded by Native Americans in traditional garb, military personnel and ...
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Launching of the Detroit Edison

Date: 09 09 1954
Description: Elevated view of the sideways launching of Hull 418, the Detroit Edison at Manitowoc Shipbuilding, Inc. A group of people are gathered at the wharf ...
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Governor Lucey and Alice in Dairyland

Date: 02 09 1972
Description: Group portrait of Governor Patrick Lucey, Alice in Dairyland Marsha Lindsay, and others at ceremonies proclaiming the Dairy Cow as Wisconsin's official "Do...
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Mortgage Burning Ceremony

Date: 12 18 1955
Description: Two men and two women are standing around a plate, over which one man is holding a singed document while another man is holding a match. Caption reads: "Ma...
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Central American Religious Procession

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Description: Slightly elevated view of a procession of people walking along a street past a church. They are carrying a float with a glass coffin. Flowers and streamers...
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Ephraim Centennial Celebration

Date: 05 18 1953
Description: Two women in historical dress posing with a man. Caption reads: "Left to right: Dorothy Sohns an Ephraim Wis school teacher Hjalmar Holand * and Mrs. Olga ...

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