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Village

Date: 1910
Description: View across field towards a fenced village of elevated, thatched buildings.
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People Working in a Field

Date: 1910
Description: People working in a field. Beside them is a basket full of a type of food.
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Man and Woman in Field

Date: 1910
Description: In her journal from Ceylon Carrie records: "Both men and women wear a sort of skirt made of a straight piece of cloth wound around the body." Here, a man i...
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Women and Girls

Date: 1910
Description: During her travels, Carrie wrote about the conditions of women in the area, including their literacy, social status, working conditions, and ownership righ...
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Boys Marching with "Guns"

Date: 1906
Description: Boys marching down a neighborhood street with toy guns. The leader is carrying a big stick. A boy in the back is carrying a flag.
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Main Street Lighted by Nernst Lamps

Date: 1900
Description: View down center of unpaved Main Street, lit by Nernst lamps. On the left side of the street is M.L. Nelson's office at 119. On the right side of the stree...
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Pipestone Quarry

Date: 1930
Description: Large pieces of stone are scattered on the gound near the smooth wall of a shallow quarry. Vegetation is growing on the surface above the wall and among th...
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Arrowhead

Date: 1930
Description: A Native American point shows the characteristic contours produced by flint knapping.
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Indian Agricultural Implements

Date: 1930
Description: Ears of corn with their husks braided together for drying are arranged over farming tools, including a sharpened stick, rake, hoe and a cultivator made fro...
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Dressing a Deer

Date: 1930
Description: An American Indian woman is bending over the carcass of a young deer on the ground in a wooded area. A man, far right, is looking at the camera while holdi...
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Trapper with Hides

Date: 1920
Description: A Native American trapper sits on his haunches in front of a building where various hides on stretchers have been hung to dry. The building is sided with s...
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Two Men

Date: 1900
Description: Two unidentified Native American men, probably Ho-Chunk, posing for a seated, full-length studio portrait. Each is seated on a blanket and is shirtless. Th...
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Spirit Rock

Date: 1930
Description: View of a sign identifying the Spirit Rock, which is a large boulder surrounded by sturdy protective posts. There are tree stumps in the foreground and a w...
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Women with Baskets

Date: 1930
Description: Two unidentified Ho-Chunk women posing outdoors behind a pile of baskets made from split black ash. There is a tarpaper covered dwelling behind them with a...
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Pottery Vessels

Date: 1930
Description: Two pottery vessels are displayed on a cloth covered stand. The pots are in the Woodland Indian style, with vertical striation decoration.
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McSherry Cave

Date: 07 1929
Description: View uphill towards the entrance to the McSherry Cave. A woman is standing at the entrance. Trees and shrubs are growing on top of the cave.
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Balanced Rock, Devil's Lake

Date: 08 26 1913
Description: View through trees towards a man posing next to a large rock formation of a balancing rock. On the right is another rock formation. Below in the background...
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Garden Beds

Date: 1910
Description: An unidentified man standing in a wooded area. A light snowfall has highlighted linear ridges in the soil which indicate the location of Stockbridge Indian...
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Ears of Indian Corn

Date: 1930
Description: Five ears of Indian, or flint, corn (Zea mays indurata) illustrate the variation in size and coloration.
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Garden Beds at Leeman

Date: 1930
Description: A map of the site of a Native American village with a complex of linear raised garden beds and cache pits near Leeman. Also shown are a farmstead, road, an...

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