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Farm and Rural Homestead

Date: 1890
Description: Bucolic scene in Wisconsin illustrates agricultural prosperity after the depression.
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Girls in Red, White and Blue

Date: 1904
Description: Nine girls are posing standing and wearing patriotic costumes. One girl is holding a flag of the United States. Probably a smaller group, from a total of t...
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Woman Carrying Straw

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Description: Woman carrying straw into a log shed. The straw is probably bedding for cattle.
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Boy Mowing the W.R. O'Hearn Yard

Date: 1898
Description: Boy mowing the lawn in front of an elaborate Victorian frame house, probably the residence of W.R. O'Hearn located at Tenth and Harrison Streets. The house...
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Group under Grape Arbor

Date: 1899
Description: Mr. Henry and Mrs. Ella Hoffman with unidentified couple under a grape arbor.
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Wooden Picket Fence

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Description: View down side of wooden picket fence in a residential section of town. There is a wooden bench against the fence, and stalks of corn can be seen just over...
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Cornfields

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Description: Cornfield and views of houses from a hill.
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Group with Cows in front of House

Date: 1905
Description: Two boys, each with a cow, posing in front of a house and standing on the lawn framing a woman and young child standing on a board sidewalk.
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Girl With Cow

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Description: A girl holds a cow by a rope as it grazes. In the background, a large, two-story house is visible.
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Gathered Group of Women

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Description: A large group of women gathered outdoors, possibly cutting potatoes. In the background is a tent.
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Seated Baby Wearing Shorts

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Description: A studio portrait of a young child wearing only shorts seated on a small chair which is on a bale of hay near two logs in front of a painted backdrop.
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Two Men with Oxen

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Description: Portrait of two men standing with two teams of oxen in front of a frame house and garden.
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Outdoor Portrait of Frank Browneagle and Wife

Date: 1906
Description: Frank Browneagle (HeWaKaKayReKah) and his wife, Annie Snake (KhaWinKeeSinchHayWinKah) stand in front of their two homes. The domed wigwam (ciiporoke) on th...
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Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Man, Woman, and Child

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified man sitting with his family, and holding an apple in his mouth. The Ho-Chunk woman is pos...
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Ho-Chunk and European-American Group in a Field

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Description: Several Ho-Chunk and European American men, women, and children standing and kneeling in a field. Probably picking cranberries at Gebhardt's nursery. A lar...
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Ho-Chunk and European American Group Harvesting Cranberries

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Description: Several Ho-Chunk and European American men, women, and children standing and kneeling in a field with wooden boxes. Probably picking cranberries at Gebhard...
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Ho-Chunk Woman in Field with Tents

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Description: A Ho-Chunk woman walking in a field. In the background are several white tents, possibly an encampment for a cranberry harvest.
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Group of Ho-Chunk Men and Boys

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Description: A group of Ho-Chunk men and boys standing in front of two canvas tents set up at a Ho-Chunk gathering, possibly a cranberry camp. The smiles on their faces...
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Frisk Cloud Sitting on a Steer

Date: 1905
Description: Frisk Cloud (MauhHeTaChaEKah) is riding at cow at a powwow. Watching Frisk, left to right, are two unidentified men, Albert Thunder (CheNunkEToKaRaKah), Ge...
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Members of Blue Wing Band with Steer

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Description: A Ho-Chunk man is posing sitting on a steer, and two Ho-Chunk men are posing standing to the left. They are members of the Blue Wing Band with a steer for ...

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