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House and Family

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Description: Family posing in yard of house with four horses, with two pulling a horse-drawn carriage. There are four women, two men, a young man, five young girls, and...
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Powwow Group

Date: 1908
Description: Ho-Chunk performers gathered behind a drum and Winnebago baskets at the 1908 Homecoming. Standing from the left are Jim Swallow (MaPaZoeRayKeKah), William ...
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Farm Family and Farm

Date: 1889
Description: A farm family posing in front of farm buildings and farmhouse. The young daughters are wearing matching dresses. Men in the background are standing with a ...
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Mrs. Charles Van Schaick on Horseback

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Description: Mrs. Charles Van Schaick, posing on horseback, is riding past the livery stable. It was unusual for women at this time to ride horseback.
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Portrait of the Male Children in the Lowe Family

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Description: Studio portrait of three young Ho-Chunk men posed sitting in front of a painted backdrop and wearing suits, one holding a small boy. The male children of t...
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Studio Portrait of Joe Thunderking Lowe and Family

Date: 1904
Description: Studio portrait of a large Ho-Chunk group posing in front of a painted backdrop, including five men, three women, three girls, and two smaller children. Th...
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Powwow Group from 1908 Homecoming with Dream Drum

Date: 1908
Description: Copy photograph of five Ho-Chunk men posed standing behind a Dream Drum in front of cloth barriers or tents. A powwow group from the 1908 Homecoming, ident...
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Ho-Chunk Powwow Police

Date: 1910
Description: Six Ho-Chunk men lined up for a group portrait at the powwow grounds. The men with sticks in their hands are members of the Bear Clan, who act as police fo...
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Studio Portrait of Two Men in a Prop Rowboat

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Description: A studio portrait of two men posing sitting in a painted rowboat prop in front of a painted backdrop. The man on the right has his hand in the "water" and ...
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Men Posing with Musical Instruments

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Description: Group portrait of nine men standing and two men sitting in a field with trees in the background. Each standing man is holding a musical instrument, includi...
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Men Logging

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Description: Five men posed standing and holding logging tools next to a team of two oxen in a snow-covered forest.
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Farm Buildings

Date: 1895
Description: Board frame house and farm buildings.
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Farm Buildings and Frame House

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Description: View towards a frame house with a front porch. There are log farm buildings in the background on the left. In the left foreground is a wire fence with wood...
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Two Women and Man Posed Outdoors

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Description: Two women and a man are posing standing on the snow-covered ground in front of a frame house. There is a hand-operated knife grinder in the yard.
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People in the Yard Outside a Frame House

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Description: Man posing standing near a wooden fence surrounding a frame house. Another man is posing standing in the doorway, while a man and woman are posing sitting ...
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People in front of Frame House

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Description: Two women, two men, and three boys posing near a wooden fence in front of a frame house. One boy is sitting on the fence and another is mounted bareback on...
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People in front of Frame House

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Description: Four men, two women, a boy, and a small child in chair are posing near a picket fence in front of a frame house, with a woman and girl posing on the porch.
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Family in Front of Frame House

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Description: Group portrait of a man, woman, two boys, two girls, and a dog posing standing in the yard in front of a frame house and farm buildings.
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People in the Yard Outside a Frame House

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Description: Two men and two women posing standing in the yard of a frame house. Behind them an elderly woman is sitting on the porch.
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Group in the Yard Outside a Frame House

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Description: Man and two women posing sitting, with one woman holding a child. They are surrounded by two men, two women, two boys, and two girls standing in the yard i...

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