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Ho-Chunk Powwow Participants

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Description: This photograph of Ho-Chunk powwow participants is a copy made by Van Schaick. From left to right are: John Hazen Hill (HaNaKah), William Hall (HunkKah), W...
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Band in the Country

Date: 1897
Description: Eleven uniformed musicians holding their instruments stand in a semi-circle, with the two drummers seated with their drums. The band consists of 2 trombone...
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Semi-Centennial Pow Wow

Date: 1908
Description: Drummers and dancers at Semi-Centennial Pow Wow. Spectators are in the background, and a canvas is stretched around the clearing to make an enclosure. Buil...
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Men Resting in Tent

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Description: A group of young men rest inside of a tent. One man plays a harmonica while others listen and or read.
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Dancers Forming a Circle

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Description: Dancers form a circle while two seated men play a guitar and a mandolin.
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European Americans Posed around Medicine Drum

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Description: European American men, women, and children posing sitting and standing underneath an arbor around a medicine drum and a Ho-Chunk man.
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Ho-Chunk Cattail Mat Lodge and Tepees

Date: 1908
Description: A Ho-Chunk cattail mat lodge and tepees in an area partitioned off by canvas barriers. There is a person sitting on the ground on the left, and a medicine ...
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Panoramic Ho-Chunk Group Portrait

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Description: A panoramic group portrait of Ho-Chunk men, women, and children, possibly gathered for a powwow. They are posed standing and sitting in a field in front of...
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Two Women Playing Violins

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Description: Two women are standing outdoors in front of trees and a blooming bush of flowers, probably hydrangeas, and playing violins. On the back of the print, one o...
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Men Posing with Musical Instruments

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Description: Group portrait of nine men standing and two men sitting in a field with trees in the background. Each standing man is holding a musical instrument, includi...
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Logging Camp

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Description: Men posed sitting and standing in a logging camp in front of a steam locomotive. A man in the middle foreground is posed sitting and playing a concertina. ...
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Logging Camp

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Description: Group portrait of men posed standing, sitting and holding tools in a snow-covered logging camp in front of several teams of oxen and horses. One man holds ...
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Powwow

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Description: Group of men and drum posed in front of an arbor and an American flag. Native American powwow held six miles east of town.
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Alma Center Band

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Description: Band posed playing in a circle formation, probably the Alma Center Band, in a concert on the lawn in front of the Jackson County Court House. The house in ...
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Small Group in front of a Tent

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Description: Two women, a boy, and a man playing the trumpet are posing sitting in front of two men and two women standing in front of a tent, wooden building, and fenc...
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Men Playing Instruments

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Description: View across stage towards two men posing sitting, one playing a guitar and the other a mandolin, with two other men standing nearby. In the background are ...
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Indian Pow Wow

Date: 1926
Description: Native Americans posing for a group portrait, with two drummers are sitting in the front row.. The group is wearing a mix of western dress and native dress...
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Group of People Posing in front of Tent

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Description: Two girls, a boy, and a man playing a trumpet posing sitting in front of two women and two men posing standing. Behind them is a tent, a wooden fence, and ...
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Patriotic Parade on Main Street

Date: 1908
Description: View from wood sidewalk towards a marching band parading up Main Street during a patriotic celebration. There is a banner that reads: "Welcome" in the back...
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Small Band on Main Street

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Description: View from sidewalk towards a small brass band marching down a patriotically decorated Main Street. Pedestrians are walking along the sidewalk on the right....

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