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Two Men Smoking Cigars

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two men smoking cigars and wearing summer hats. Joseph Bowar is sitting, and his brother, Jacob Bowar, is...
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Four Men Wearing Overalls

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of four men, all dressed in overalls, standing together. One man is holding a cigar. The two men...
Photograph

Copy Photograph of Henry Thunder and George Funmaker Sr.

Date: 1888
Description: Copy photograph of a studio portrait of two young Ho-Chunk men posing standing and wearing regalia, including a finger-braided shawl on the man on the righ...
Photograph

Copy Photograph of Henry Thunder and Old George Funmaker

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Description: Copy photograph of a studio portrait of two young Ho-Chunk men posing standing and wearing regalia, including a finger-braided shawl on the man on the righ...
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Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Man and Boys

Date: 1900
Description: Full-length studio group portrait of young Ho-Chunk men. Standing (l to r) are George Otter (Hay Cho Kah), Johnnie Thunder (Hoonk Nee Kah), and George Bear...
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Studio Portrait of Frank Browneagle and Annie Snake

Date: 1903
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Frank Browneagle (HeWaKaKayReKah), a Ho-Chunk man, and Annie Snake (KhaWinKeeSinchHayWinKah) ...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Two Unidentified European American Men

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two young men wearing hats and suits. The man on the left is posing standing with a cigar in ...
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S.M. Babcock

Date: 1888
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of group of nine men, identified on the reverse as associates of the Geneva, New York Experiment Station. St...
Photograph

Sid Holding a Trout

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Description: Portrait of Sid standing and holding up a trout in his hands. Both Sid and the trout have an unlit cigar in their mouths. Sid's nails are stained, probably...
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Sid Pretending to Fall in the Darkroom

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Description: Sid simulating falling in the darkroom with a rather awkward posture. He is sitting on a stool with his legs up in the air, and is pretending to hold somet...
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Sid Posing in Gisholt Darkroom

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Description: Portrait of Sid posing in the Gisholt darkroom while smoking a cigar. He is sitting in a chair and is wearing a ripped, button up white shirt with a bow ti...
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Sid Going Through the Wringer

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Description: Sid in darkroom with a cigar in his mouth, rolling a miniature, printed cut-out version of himself through a photographic print wringer in a darkroom. Sid ...
Photograph

Sid Sleeping on the Job

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Description: Sid sleeping on the floor near a desk in the darkroom at Gisholt with a cigar in his mouth. His legs are crossed and his head is resting on a cardboard box...
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Sid Waking Up at Work

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Description: Sid is holding a cigar in his hand while sitting on the floor in the darkroom at the Gisholt Factory on a piece of paper near a sink, looking as if he just...
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George Baxter Burrows and his Brother

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Description: Ninth plate daguerreotype of George Baxter Burrows and his brother, seated with legs crossed, facing front, smoking cigars and wearing suits and straw hats...

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