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Ho-Chunk Woman with Baskets

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Description: Studio portrait of an elderly Ho-Chunk woman with baskets.
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William H. Metcalf

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait of William H. Metcalf.
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Portrait of an Elderly Woman

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Description: Waist-up portrait of an elderly woman wearing a brooch and daycap.
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Elderly Woman in Bonnet

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Description: Three-quarter length portrait of an older woman wearing a bonnet sitting in a chair with a tasseled armrest.
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Portrait of an Old Man

Date: 11 30 1930
Description: Copy photograph of a portrait of an old man done for "Mrs. Dean".
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Portrait of Elderly Couple

Date: 1893
Description: Studio portrait of an elderly couple, both seated in chairs in front of a painted backdrop.
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Portrait of Old Lady

Date: 11 30 1930
Description: Copy of a portrait of an old woman, taken for Mrs. Dean.
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Two Elderly Men

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two elderly men in suits, one standing and the other, James Gorman, sitting on a table.
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William Triggs Sterling

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Description: Carte-de-visite of William Triggs Sterling sitting in a chair and holding an ornate walking stick in front of a painted backdrop.
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Studio Portrait of Elderly Ho-Chunk Man

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an elderly Ho-Chunk man with a beard. He is wearing a suit jacket, vest over a plaid shirt, and ...
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Portrait of Elderly Ho-Chunk Man

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait of an elderly Ho-Chunk man with a beard posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop. He is wearing a suit jacket, vest, and plai...
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Studio Portrait of Elderly Ho-Chunk Man

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an elderly Ho-Chunk man with a beard posing standing next to a prop wooden fence. He is weari...
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Portrait of Elderly Ho-Chunk Woman

Date: 1920
Description: Full-length studio portrait of an elderly Ho-Chunk woman, Mary Snowball Decorra Buffalohead (PayDokSeKah [Edge of brow is yellow]), sitting and holding a p...
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Portrait of Elderly Ho-Chunk Woman

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of an elderly Ho-Chunk woman sitting and wearing long bead strands. In the background is a painted backdrop. Mary Snowball, Dec...
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Elderly Ho-Chunk Man James Bird

Date: 1900
Description: Full-length studio portrait of an elderly Ho-Chunk man posing sitting. He is wearing a suit jacket, vest with watch fob, trousers, and a hat with a United ...
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John Davis in Modern Dress

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Description: Studio portrait of John Davis posing sitting and wearing a white shirt, tie, eyeglasses, and a hat. He is sitting in front of a painted backdrop.
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Studio Portrait of Green Grass

Date: 1920
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of an elderly Ho-Chunk man, Green Grass (HaWinChoKah). He is posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop, and is wearing a...
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Portrait of Elderly Ho-Chunk Woman and Two Girls

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Description: Studio portrait of an elderly Ho-Chunk woman with a shawl over her shoulders posing with two Ho-Chunk girls in front of a painted backdrop. The woman on th...
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Studio Portrait of Elderly Ho-Chunk Man Henry Rice Hill

Date: 1900
Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait of an elderly Ho-Chunk man Henry Rice Hill (SanJanMonEKah), posing in front of a painted backdrop. Henry was a privat...
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Studio Portrait of Betsy Thunder

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Description: Studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk woman posing sitting and wearing several necklaces. Betsy Thunder, who was reportedly a medicine woman.

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