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Portrait of Two Women in Hats and Gloves

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two women posing standing. They are wearing dark dresses and hats. One woman is wearing glove...
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Portrait of Mrs. John Coleman

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Description: Studio portrait of an elderly woman seated, probably Mrs. John Coleman.
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Portrait of Man with Top Hat and Cane

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a man holding a cane in his left hand, standing beside a tall stump with a hat resting on top...
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Chief Little Black Hawk

Date: 1895
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of George Blackhawk (WonkShiekChoNeeKah), sitting, and an unidentified man who is standing and w...
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Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Olaf Olson

Date: 1898
Description: Studio portrait of a man posing sitting on the arm of a chair and holding an umbrella, and a woman posing standing. They are in front of a painted backdrop...
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Man Posing near Wooden Fence

Date: 1898
Description: Man posing standing in the road in front of a wooden fence holding a derby hat. There is a house in the background.
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Dream Drum Dancers

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Description: Five Ho-Chunk performers in front of cloth barriers or tents. A powwow group from the 1908 Homecoming. The five are full brothers according to the 1881 tri...
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L. & M. Association

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Description: Four men, a boy and a dog posed standing on the steps of the storefront of the L. & M. Association building. It later became the E.E. Homstad Grocery Store...
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Nick Nelson Furniture Store

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Description: View from street of the Nick Nelson Furniture Store, with a man posed sitting on the steps. A rocking chair sits in the middle of the stoop in the open doo...
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Studio Portrait of Woman and Chair

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a woman posed standing next to a stuffed chair. She is wearing a dress and a hat.
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Studio Portrait of a Young Girl

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a young girl sitting next to a prop stump.
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Studio Portrait of Henry Rice Hill

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Native American man posed sitting. Henry Rice Hill, wearing native dress, and holding a steel head toma...
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Studio Portrait of Native American Man

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Native American man posed standing next to a stuffed chair.
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Mrs. Merlin Hull

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a woman posing standing. She is wearing a dark-colored, tight, button-down winter coat and a hat. The wom...
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P.H. Jones

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Description: Studio portrait of man with a moustache posing standing and leaning with his left arm on a stump and holding a glove, and wearing a dark-colored overcoat, ...
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Studio Portrait of Two Men

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two men posing with a prop fence and gate. The man with a moustache on the right is posing sitting with h...
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Studio Group Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Al Whitting; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Long

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Description: Studio group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two European American men and two European American women. Identified, from left to right, as: Fran...
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Studio Portrait of Unidentified European American Man

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a man posing standing near an upholstered chair. He is wearing a long fur coat and hat.
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Studio Portrait of Unidentified European American Woman

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a woman posing sitting. She is wearing a dark-colored dress and a dark-colored hat with a large feather.
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Copy Photograph of Charcoal Drawing of Woman

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Description: Copy photograph of a charcoal or pastel drawing of a woman wearing a dark-colored blouse with a light-colored collar.

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