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Keshena Indian School

Date: 1929
Description: Keshena Indian School, an Indian Government School building.
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Menominee Women's Crew

Date: 1943
Description: Ribes eradication crew of Indian women on the Menominee Reservation pose together in a line.
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Government Indian School

Date: 1929
Description: The Government Indian School in Keshena.
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Keshena Indian School

Date: 1929
Description: The U.S. Department of the Interior, Keshena Indian School.
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St. Joseph's Indian School

Date: 1936
Description: St. Joseph's Indian School on the Keshena Menominee Reservation.
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Military Road Sign

Date: 1923
Description: Old Military Road sign. Sign reads: "1864 — 1924 Old Military Road — In March — 1863 — Abraham Lincoln affixed his signature to an act of Congress which en...
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Blister Rust Eradication Staff

Date: 08 1935
Description: William Cowan, the white pine blister rust control foreman on the Menominee Reservation, with his two assistants, Joseph Dodge and Leo Waukechom (right).
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Menominee Indian on Bicycle

Date: 04 1954
Description: A young Menominee Indian (Charles ?) pauses briefly for a photograph while straddling his bicycle. He is stopped on the road with the snow-covered Wolf Riv...
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Snow-Covered Road

Date: 1902
Description: Elevated winter scene of snow-covered road through Keshena, Wisconsin. There are horse-drawn vehicles and pedestrians, and a church is in the background.
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Woman in Park

Date: 1900
Description: A woman stands near the bank of the Red Cedar River in Riverside Park.
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Indian Pow-Wow

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

Date: 1929
Description: Group of people at Bear Trap Falls in the Wolf River near Keshena. People are standing on the shoreline on the left near a sign for the falls. A man is sta...
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John Corn's Place

Date: 09 03 1925
Description: A deteriorating one and a half-story log structure owned by John Corn. He was a Menomonee tribesman who operated a logger's place of entertainment and supp...
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Abandoned Log Shack

Date: 09 17 1961
Description: A broken down, abandoned log shack on the Stockbridge Indian Reservation.
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Spirit Rock

Date: 1930
Description: View of a sign identifying the Spirit Rock, which is a large boulder surrounded by sturdy protective posts. There are tree stumps in the foreground and a w...
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Judging Horses

Date: 1925
Description: Slightly elevated view of a group of men gathered around four teams of horses hitched to sleighs in a snow covered lot. There is a dog at the center of the...
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Menominee Indian Reservation Sawmill

Date: 1957
Description: View from shoreline of logs floating in the water of Neopit Mill Pond. The sawmill is across the water, partially obscured by tall piles of logs.
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Indian Camp

Date: 1940
Description: Two large woven baskets with shoulder straps are sitting on the ground in front of an open tepee in a forest clearing. There are two tin cups on the ground...
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Dells of the Wolf River

Date: 07 26 1931
Description: An elevated view of the Wolf River. The base of Smokey Falls is in the foreground. A large pine is growing on the rocky bank on the right. The printed capt...
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White Pine

Date: 1940
Description: Lear Shewano is dwarfed by a grove of huge virgin white pine trees in the Menominee Indian Reservation. He is wearing a white hat and plaid shirt.

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