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Homecoming Powwow

Date: 1908
Description: Ho-Chunk men and women sitting and standing around a large medicine drum in an area portioned off by canvas barriers in front of a lodge. Identified as the...
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Group of People Singing in Parlor

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Description: Three women and two men playing instruments and singing in a parlor. Man plays a bass, while a woman plays a guitar.
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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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Group Listening to Guitar Player

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Description: A group of men and women gather around a guitar player on the bank of a river.
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Native American Powwow

Date: 1908
Description: Ho-Chunk Chief Winneshiek leads a powwow just North of Main Street in Black River Falls.
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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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Tea Party with Guitarist

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Description: Seven women and two men gather for tea, while one of the men plays a guitar. They are posed in the corner of a room.
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Group of Women in Costume

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Description: Studio portrait of group in costume in front of a painted backdrop.
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Ho-Chunk Group at Homecoming Powwow

Date: 1908
Description: A group of performers taking a break from entertaining tourists. The man on the left is wearing a traditional Ho-Chunk beaded shirt, belt, and breechcloth ...
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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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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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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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Studio Portrait of Two Men and a Woman Playing Instruments

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a woman flanked by two men, all standing, wearing minstrel costumes and blackface makeup. The men are pl...
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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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Playing Instruments in a Parlor

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Description: Two men and a woman are posing sitting in a parlor and holding musical instruments. The woman is sitting on the right in front of a piano playing a banjo. ...
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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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Family in Front of Frame House

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Description: Group portrait of men, women and children posing in front of a single-story frame house. The man on the left is holding a shotgun, the man next to him is h...
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Brass Band on Main Street

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Description: View across unpaved Main Street towards an African-American brass band standing and playing in front of the storefront for A.F. Werner. Pedestrians watch f...

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