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| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | "The Scalp Dance is given as a celebration of a victory; and amongst this tribe, as I learned whilst residing with them, danced in the night, by the light ... |
| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | Full-length portrait of Mah-To-Toh-Pa. He is holding a decorated spear. "In the former letter I gave some account of Mah-to-toh-pa (the four bears), second... |
| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | Group of men engaged in a war dance. They hold spears, axes, and bows. (Plate 29) |
| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | North American Indians on horseback during a buffalo hunt. "In [this plate], I have represented a party of Indians in chase of a herd, some of whom are pur... |
| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of North American Indians. Portraits of the O-Jib-Be-Ways, and individual portraits, one smoking a pipe. Symbols corresponding to individual... |
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| Description: | Two illustrations depicting the capture by Europeans of Africans who were taken away on ships to be slaves. The caption is in French. |
| Date: | 1854 |
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| Description: | An illustration of a nun/nurse carrying a pitcher in the sick ward of Charity Hospital. Patients lay in rows of beds along the walls. |
| Date: | 06 12 1858 |
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| Description: | A political cartoon in "Harper's Weekly" about railroad company presidents' purchasing Wisconsin state legislatures and governors. The caption reads: ... |
| Date: | 04 04 1863 |
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| Description: | Illustration depicting a large group of people gathered in the yard of a house. Three woman stand on the porch steps, and men, women and children are gathe... |
| Date: | 10 03 1863 |
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| Description: | Illustration depicting a crowd watching the Potomoc-Sword presentation. |
| Date: | 06 19 1862 |
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| Description: | Illustration depicting crowd attending the presentation of a sword to General Burnside. |
| Date: | 1821 |
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| Description: | An illustration of items manufactured by Indians, including a canoe, two paddles, moccasins, rolled mat, pipe bowl, and a beaded bag. |
| Date: | 1838 |
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| Description: | Position of H.M.S. Terror on the 22nd of February, 1837. The sailing ship was immobilized in the sea ice near Southampton Island, at the entrance to... |
| Date: | 1698 |
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| Description: | An illustration of two men looking out at Niagara Falls. The Niagara Falls in Jean Louis Hennepin’s A new discovery of a vast country in America (London: M... |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | Lithographic view of a man in a canoe on Big-Foot's Lake (modern day Lake Geneva) with a small settlement on a bluff overlooking the lake. A group of birds... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of Reverend John Blaschke of St. Wenceslas Church. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length portrait of Reverend Louis Kaluza. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of Reverend Leo Suchy. |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Newspaper halftone in Mrs. Louise Lawrence Van Dyke's obituary in the Milwaukee Sentinel. Portion of the text: "Liberal Donor to Charity. Mrs. Louis... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Upham obituary portrait. Some text from obituary, "Mrs. Upham Is Dead at 75. Widow of Attorney Was Leader in Club and Education Work." |
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