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Unidentified Man Dancing

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Description: An unidentified man dancing for a group of onlookers in Black River Falls during the 1908 Homecoming Celebration. He is wearing a Sioux-style eagle feather...
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Dream Drum Dancers

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Description: Five Ho-Chunk performers in front of cloth barriers or tents. A powwow group from the 1908 Homecoming. The five are full brothers according to the 1881 tri...
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Semi-Centennial Pow Wow

Date: 1908
Description: Drummers and dancers at Semi-Centennial Pow Wow. Spectators are in the background, and a canvas is stretched around the clearing to make an enclosure. Buil...
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Pow Wow Scene

Date: 1908
Description: Drummers and dancers at pow wow led by Chief Winneshiek, below Lutheran Church in a canvas enclosure.
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Dancers Forming a Circle

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Description: Dancers form a circle while two seated men play a guitar and a mandolin.
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Women Dancing a Routine

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Description: Four young women dancing outdoors in a synchronized line, probably at Rock Spring Park.
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Portrait of Man Dancing

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Description: A studio portrait of a standing man in front of a painted backdrop, possibly in a dancing costume with shorts and leggings. He is also wearing a top hat an...
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Ho-Chunk Men around Drum

Date: 1908
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...
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Studio Portrait of Two European American Children

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two European American girls posed standing and holding hands. They are both wearing matching, light-color...

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