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| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | A Ho-Chunk man dressed in a mix of native and contemporary clothing dancing around singers seated around a drum. Ho-Chunk men are sitting and standing arou... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | A cattail mat–covered wigwam (ciiporoke) and a small teepee were set up in a mock Ho-Chunk village for the 1908 homecoming celebration. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | A Ho-Chunk cattail mat lodge and tepees in an area partitioned off by canvas barriers. There is a person sitting on the ground on the left, and a medicine ... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Formal portrait of the Lake Mills Fire Company preparing for a race in which volunteer companies in harness pulled their fire hose carts. Ralph Engsberg, ... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | A young doe stands in the underbrush. Text on photograph reads: "At Home." and "Copyright 1908 By W.H. Emmett Aldrige, Mont." |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Angled view of the left side of a residential street lined with trees, probably taken in early spring. The home of A.H. Allyn is on the left. A covered fou... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | A view of a shoreline. Caption reads: "Part of the homestead plat and waterfront. Prudence Island." Along the left is a rock wall, and a house in the dista... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Statue of General Anthony Wayne an American Revolution General, astride a horse. Dedicated on June 20, 1908 the Henry K. Bush-Brown bronze surmounts a gent... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | A large group of Ponca Native Americans in the Sun dance, at the 101 Ranch, one of the early focal points of the oil rush in northeastern Oklahoma. Caption... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | A view of two men on horses with many banners in the background. This was during the adoption of George Miller of the 101 Ranch, one of the early focal poi... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | The Native American Chief Geronimo, prominent Native American leader and medicine man of the Chiricahua Apache, riding in an automobile with three other me... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | The children's playground in McLaughlin Park. Caption reads: "Children's Playground, McLaughlin Park, Tillary Street School." |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | A view of the Prudence Island granite lighthouse, established in 1852 and automated in 1972, more commonly known locally as the Sandy Point Lighthouse. The... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Composite of views of a rapid transit trolley crossing a bridge as men stand by and observe. Caption reads: "Scenes on the Lake Shore Fast Trolley Line." |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the length of the Historical Society Library Reading Room, including tables, chairs, lamps and skylight. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View across field toward a group of cattle, with a farmhand to the right. A cow is laying on the ground in front of the herd. Caption reads: "Cattle on 101... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Ranch hands inspecting the brand on a cow. Another man has the cow roped by its neck. Other ranch hands are in the middle ground, along with the herd of ca... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View across field toward ranch hands having dinner at the chuckwagon. A dozen or so men are sitting on the ground, while a few other ranch hands mind the c... |
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