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Preparing Corn for Drying

Date: 1930
Description: A Native American woman is sitting on the ground preparing corn for drying. A man, with arms akimbo, is standing nearby, observing. Husked corn is piled on...
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Methodist Hospital Sun Roof

Date: 1930
Description: Sunroof of the Methodist Hospital, showing patients, nurses, and a view of Lake Monona in the background.
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Hospital Room

Date: 1930
Description: Posed view of a patient room in the recently constructed Methodist Hospital, showing a nurse on the telephone near a bed, and a doctor and elderly patient ...
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Madison Skyline

Date: 1930
Description: Madison skyline, looking from the roof of the recently-constructed Methodist Hospital toward the Wisconsin State Capitol, obscured by The Loraine Hotel, wh...
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Hospital Hallway

Date: 1930
Description: View of a hallway in the recently-constructed Methodist Hospital. There is a man sitting at the end of the hall under the window.
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Nurses' Station

Date: 1930
Description: Posed view of a nurses' station in the recently-constructed Methodist Hospital
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Nurse with Native American Girl

Date: 10 1936
Description: A nurse poses outdoors holding a Native American girl at the Lac du Flambeau Indian reservation.
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Cranberry Drying and Storage

Date: 1934
Description: Hand-colored image of two men loading cranberries in crates into an open air drying shed shortly after harvest.
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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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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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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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Corn Hills

Date: 1930
Description: A composite lantern slide with two early views, ca. 1910, of raised corn hills on the campus of Carroll College (now Carroll University). At top is a view...
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Drying Corn

Date: 1930
Description: An unidentified Native American man is standing with his hand on a makeshift work table holding shelled corn spread over a piece of cloth. The table is mad...
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Potawatomi Couple

Date: 1930
Description: A Native American man and woman, identified only as Potawatomie [sic] Indians, posing in front of a log structure. The woman is wearing large earrings and ...

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