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Betsy Thunder

Date: 02 06 1913
Description: Betsy Thunder, Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) medicine woman, posing in front of a painted backdrop near a prop stone wall.
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Billboards on Water Street

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Description: Billboards with advertising for the "Georgia Up-To-Date Minstrels" at the Opera House on Saturday, April 7. Bridge visible to the left. The J.J. McGillivra...
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Main Street, First Street Intersection

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Description: Native American man, and two women in a wagon pulled by a single horse. Storefronts include a jeweler on the left with an awning advertising books and stat...
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Boy and Girl on First Street

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Description: View of two small Native American children standing on the city scale. Across the street is a horse-drawn wagon near commercial buildings.
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Jackson County Jail

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Description: Native American man, possibly John Swallow, smoking a pipe near a barred window, possibly a jail, except the window has panes and curtains, and at his feet...
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Pow Wow Scene

Date: 1908
Description: Drummers and dancers at pow wow led by Chief Winneshiek, below Lutheran Church in a canvas enclosure.
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Portrait of Henry Stacy (Badsoldier) and George Bearchief

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Description: A studio portrait of two young boys, Henry Stacy (Badsoldier) and George Bearchief, standing with bow and arrows by a prop stone wall, in front of a painte...
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Portrait of Seated Ho-Chunk Woman

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk woman. She is sitting on a prop stone wall and is wearing a dress with earrings and long strands of beads. She is...
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Studio Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Males

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two Ho-Chunk males posing sitting and leaning against a prop stone wall. Probably John Blackh...
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Portrait of Blackhawk and Louisa Mike

Date: 1925
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk couple, Blackhawk (KaRaChooSepMeKah), and his wife Louisa Mike (HumpACooWinKah). B...
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Studio Portrait of Five Ho-Chunk Men

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of five Ho-Chunk men posing in front of a painted backdrop. Two of the men are sitting on a prop stone wall, and three of the m...
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Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Men in Regalia

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of two young Ho-Chunk men standing and wearing regalia, including wampum strings. Behind them is a prop stone wall. Standing (l...
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Studio Portrait of Ida Lizzie Decorra Blowsnake in Hinukwaje

Date: 1900
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk woman, Ida Lizzie Decorra Blowsnake (Real Wampum Woman) (WooRooShiekESkaeWinKah) posing sitting on a prop stone w...
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Studio Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Woman

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Description: Studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk woman posed sitting on a prop stone wall in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a white bead necklace, bracelets, rin...
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Two Young Ho-Chunk Men

Date: 1905
Description: Full-length studio portrait of two young Ho-Chunk men standing in front of a prop stone wall and a painted backdrop. On the right is Tom Thunderchief, (son...
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Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Man and Woman

Date: 1905
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk man and woman posing standing in front of a prop stone wall and painted backdrop. A hat is on the ground in front...
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Studio Portrait of Susie Decorra Thundercloud, Albert Henry and Dora Monegar Wallace Green

Date: 1920
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk group, Susie Decorra Thundercloud (UkSeKaHoNoKah), left, Albert (Robert) Henry (HeKeMeGa), center, and Dora Moneg...
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Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Couple

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Description: Studio portrait of Will Thunder (NaKikSayWaHeKah) (Son of [WaConChaKah] John Thunder aka Dr. Thunder and [WeHonPeKaw] Lucy Bear, Thunder.) He is wearing a ...
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Studio Portrait of Henry and Belle Greencrow

Date: 1905
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop and prop stone wall of a Ho-Chunk couple, Henry Greencrow (CooNooZeeKah), left, and wife Belle H...
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Studio Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Men in Regalia

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Description: Studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk men standing and wearing hats and regalia. The man on the right is holding a rifle, and the man on the left, William Hindsl...

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