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Gesell Children Studio Portrait

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Description: Four of the Gesell children in a studio setting in front of a painted backdrop.
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Studio Portrait of Three Men

Date: 1895
Description: Studio portrait of three men standing, one of whom is a little person, standing in front of a painted backdrop. All of the men are wearing hats, and the ma...
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Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Men

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Description: Studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk men posing standing in front of a painted backdrop. The man on the left holding the blanket, is Louis Bearchief. Both men a...
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Portrait of Ho-Chunk Family

Date: 1905
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk man sitting and wearing modern dress, flanked by two Ho-Chunk women standing and wearing several necklaces and sh...
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Studio Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Men

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Description: Studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk men, one posed standing and the other sitting, both wearing suit jackets, vests with watch fobs, ties, and hats. Probably J...
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Studio Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Men

Date: 1890
Description: Full-length studio portrait of two young Ho-Chunk men posing in front of a painted backdrop. They are both wearing suits and ties. The unidentified man sit...
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Studio Portrait of a Standing Ho-Chunk Man

Date: 1895
Description: Studio full-length portrait in front of Van Schaick's gazebo backdrop of a Ho-Chunk man, wearing period clothes, standing next to a prop stone wall draped ...
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Studio Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Men

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of two men. The unknown man on the left has his left hand on a prop wooden fence post, and Frank Yellowfeather Climer, on the r...
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Studio Portrait of the Martin and Green Families

Date: 1900
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two Ho-Chunk couples. Albert Henry (HahNahKah) is standing with his wife, Martha Henry. Sitting in front ...
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Studio Portrait of Three Young Ho-Chunk Men

Date: 1935
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two young Ho-Chunk men posing sitting in front of a man standing behind them. The two men sitting are wea...
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Studio Portrait of Four Young Ho-Chunk Men

Date: 1895
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two young Ho-Chunk men posing sitting in front of two men posing standing, William Hall (HunkKah), left, ...
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Studio Portrait of Five Ho-Chunk Boys

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of (l to r) Johnie Thunder and George Bearchief (Ha Na Kah) sitting with their legs crossed in front of thre...
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Studio Portrait of Seven Young Ho-Chunk Men

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of three young Ho-Chunk men posing sitting in front of four young Ho-Chunk men posing standing. Most of the ...
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Businessman at his Desk

Date: 1918
Description: Unidentified business or professional man seated in a chair in front of a roll-top desk. He is wearing round eyeglasses, and there is a typewriter on the d...
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Conrad and Maria Schmitt

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Description: Full-length portrait of Maria and Conrad Schmitt, Sherwin Gillett's mother- and father-in-law.
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The Gillett Children

Date: 1916
Description: Studio group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of the Gillett children, left to right: Sherry (b. 1913), Lorin (b. 1915), and Harry (b. 1910).
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The Gillett Children

Date: 1920
Description: Studio group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of the Gillett children, left to right: Harry (b. 1910), Sherry (b. 1913), and Lorin (b. 1915).
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Man Posing as Orator

Date: 1916
Description: Unidentified man wearing medals, in studio pose apparently as orator, with raised hand.
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Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Melby

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a European American man and woman. The man has a moustache and is sitting in a chair on the left and is w...
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Studio Portrait of European American Man

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified European American man with a moustache posed standing. He has his left hand r...

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