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Ho-Chunk Encampment in a Field

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Description: View from field of a Ho-Chunk encampment in a field surrounded by trees, probably a powwow and/or medicine dance site.
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C.R. Monroe and N.L. Ellis

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Description: Three photographer's wagons, two owned by C.R. Monroe and the other by N.L. Ellis, in front of tents in the countryside. Two men and a woman are posing sta...
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Logging Clean-Up Crew

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Description: Group of men and a boy posed holding logging tools and standing in front of tents on the banks of a river, probably just south of Black River Falls. A man ...
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Eating in a Tent

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Description: Group of men and one boy posed sitting on benches on either side of a long table for a meal in an open-sided tent on the banks of a river. In the backgroun...
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Crowd at a Speech

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Description: Crowd of men and boys gathered around a tent, probably listening to a political or patriotic speech or debate.
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Crowd at a Speech

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Description: Crowd of men, women, girls and boys gathered around a tent, probably listening to a political or patriotic speech or debate.
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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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Children Posed Near Tent

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Description: Boy and three girls posed near a striped tent near a wooden house.
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Large Group Posing Outdoors

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Description: Eleven men and four women are posing standing in front of tents and farm buildings. They are holding buckets and baskets.
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People Posing Under Awning

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Description: Men and women are posing standing and sitting under a rough awning. They are sitting in chairs and a hammock near a table in the woods. A few people are we...
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Group of People Under Awning

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Description: Six women, two men, and a girl are posing sitting and standing near a table under the awning of two tents in a clearing in the woods.
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Group of People in Rowboats

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Description: View across water towards three boats near a shoreline. The rowboat in the center has five women, and one of the woman is holding a banjo. On the right is ...
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Rock Spring Park

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Description: Seven women, a dog, a young girl and a man are posing standing at the bottom of a rocky hill. A steep stairway is leading up to the top of the hill, where ...
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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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Boys and Horses

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Description: View across dirt road towards two men standing, each holding two horses, on either side of a tent. A boy is standing in the center in front of the tent, an...
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Group Portrait of Men in the Woods

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Description: Large group of men posing standing among other men on horseback in front of tents in the woods. The horses are wearing yokes. There appears to be a wood st...
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Hunters Posing with Dead Deer

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Description: Group portrait of six men posing standing with rifles by five deer strung up on a tree limb near a tent in a field. Other animal pelts are hanging near the...
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Gathering in a Park

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Description: View towards a group of people gathered in a park. A structure with flags and patriotic banners is in the background. A band is sitting on chairs in the ce...

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