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Studio Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Man Holding a Fan

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk man posing sitting near a prop wooden fence. He is holding a hand fan in his right hand with a...
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Ho-Chunk Man Standing in Front of a Stone Wall

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk man (Ae'n tto Ao K ni K K [old Ho-Chunk writing]) standing in front of a prop stone wall with his left hand on th...
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Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Man and Two Women

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two Ho-Chunk women posed sitting and wearing several necklaces, earrings, and shawls wrapped around their...
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Portrait of Ho-Chunk Man and Woman

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Tom Whitewater, standing behind a prop wooden fence, and his wife, Sallie Dora Goodvillage, Whitewater (W...
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Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Man and Woman

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk man posing sitting on a stump on the left and wearing a dark-colored suit and hat, and a Ho-Ch...
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Portrait of Three Ho-Chunk Men and a Small Dog

Date: 1890
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of three Ho-Chunk men posing standing behind a prop wooden fence. They are all wearing differently cut suit ...
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Studio Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Boys

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two Ho-Chunk boys posing standing next to a prop wooden fence. They are both wearing suits, bandanas, an...
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Portrait of Ho-Chunk Boy in Winter Dress

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk boy posing standing in front of a prop wooden fence. He is wearing a winter coat, scarf, and k...
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Oak Hill Farm Poster

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Description: A hand-drawn poster, including a star design and two photographs, advertising Oak Hill Farm, founded by Mr. and Mrs. H.H. Harris.
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Usinger's Sausage Factory and Retail Store

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Description: View from across street of Usinger's Sausage Factory and Retail Store on 1030 North Third Street. Note the murals on the left side of the factory.
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Outdoor Exhibit

Date: 1925
Description: An outdoor exhibit, possibly at Tower Hill State Park, with a display featuring a "pig of lead" found near the shot tower there. There is also a bronze pla...
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Wooded Lane

Date: 1935
Description: A man stands at the end of a country lane lined with trees and carpeted with leaves. The trees overhead form a Gothic arch. The top of a wooden fence and g...
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Farmer with Silo and Bull

Date: 1915
Description: A farmer wearing hat is standing in the middle distance beside a bull. Behind him is a large silo.
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Cauldron and Shacks

Date: 1920
Description: View of barnyard of crude shacks, a clothesline with clothing, a boiling cauldron, and a washtub with washboard set on a log. Ceramic jugs with holes in th...
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Mohawk Trail View of Town

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Description: Men stand near an automobile parked along Mohawk Trail, a historic road surrounded by trees, to view a scenic overlook.
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Cranberry Harvester with Cranberries

Date: 1935
Description: Unidentified man holding a cranberry rake, next to newly harvested cranberries in crates.
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Prairie Court Housing Development

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Description: Exterior view of the Prairie Court Housing Development, located at 26th and South Parkway in Chicago. This 14 story apartment building was designed by Kec...
Book or Pamphlet

Gray Tractor Pamphlet

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising the Gray tractor "with the Wide Drive Drum." The color illustration depicts a man using the tractor to work in a fiel...
Print

Why Best Tractors are Tracklayers

Date: 1919
Description: Front cover of an advertisement for Best tractors featuring a color illustration of a man using a plow pulled by two oxen to work in a field. The headline ...
Print

Hotel Badger Dinner Menu

Date: 10 29 1908
Description: Front cover and menu listing from the Hotel Badger, with an etching of a fox sitting on the ground looking up at a bunch of grapes hanging on a vine over a...

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