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Mother and Baby

Date: 1903
Description: A mother sits with her baby on front steps in the sun surrounded by toys.
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Women Circus Drummers

Date: 1942
Description: Five women drummers with the Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus posing with striped drums. They are wearing band uniforms, including large hats to...
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Politician with Menominee Indians

Date: 1959
Description: Wisconsin State Senator Alfred A. Laun (R.) of Kiel, participating in what appears to be a square dance with Menominee Indians and others. This image is pa...
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Menominee Indian Family

Date: 1931
Description: A portrait of a Menominee family in traditional dress. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepared by Paul Vanderbilt.
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American-Indian Youth Gathered Around International Truck

Date: 1953
Description: Color photograph of young Native-American men dressed in traditional clothing standing around an International R-Line truck. The young men are with a small...
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Potowatomi Playing Moccasin

Date: 1921
Description: Postcard depicting a group of Potawatomi men at Stone Lake playing the game of moccasin. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepared ...
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Ho-Chunk Performers

Date: 07 24 1946
Description: Mr. and Mrs. James Hawkins or Henry Thunder and Stella Stacy. Probably at Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Indian Village.
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Ho-Chunk Man with Drum

Date: 07 24 1946
Description: Unidentifed man with drum who was probably recorded for song collector Helene Stratman-Thomas, probably at Winnebago (HoChunk) Indian Village.
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Ho-Chunk Performers

Date: 07 24 1946
Description: Mr. and Mrs. James Hawkins or Henry Thunder and Stella Stacy. Probably at Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Indian Village.
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Roi Clearwater with Drum and Flute

Date: 08 17 1946
Description: Roi Clearwater, (Ottawa/Chippewa Indian), singer of Ottawa Indian songs, of Lake Delton, Wisconsin.
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Indian Protest

Date: 08 02 1971
Description: Site of a demonstration by Lac Courte Oreilles Chippewa against the Northern States Power Company dam on the Chippewa Flowage, Sawyer County. There is an A...
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Red Cloud Park

Date: 1978
Description: Native Americans keeping the music alive. George Whitewing, a Ho Chunk musician from Wittenberg, Wisconsin, plays his drum while a crowd looks on in Red Cl...
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Cream Separator Arrival Celebration

Date: 04 21 1927
Description: Elevated view of a marching band posing in front of trucks loaded with International Harvester cream separators, recently arrived by train.
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Two Ojibwa Men Shaking Hands

Date: 1935
Description: Two Ojibwa men standing outdoors on a blanket while shaking hands. The man on the left is dressed in a suit and wearing a hat while holding a blind walking...
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Parade at Midwest Shrine Convention

Date: 09 07 1956
Description: Osman Temple drummers from St. Paul, Minnesota take part in the Midwest Shrine parade as it moves around the corner of South Carroll and West Main Streets....
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Gimbels-Schusters Department Store Pop-Concert-Fashion Show

Date: 08 19 1965
Description: The Beatle-haired drummer from the DuPont dance group band, playing at a pop-concert-fashion show hosted by the Gimbels-Schusters department store, outside...
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Hispanic Community Concert

Date: 1973
Description: Musicians in the foreground are performing before a crowd at a Hispanic Community concert in Milwaukee.
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Portrait of Chief Yellow Thunder

Date: 1971
Description: Outdoor full-length portrait of Chief Yellow Thunder. Trees are in the background, and he is looking off into the distance and is holding a drum which is r...
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Original Lumberjack Band

Date: 1923
Description: Members of a band posing outdoors for a group portrait with their musical instruments. The band members are wearing coats and hats, and a few are wearing m...
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Mel's Circus Clown Band

Date: 1963
Description: Group of seven men posing in clown costumes and holding musical instruments. A drum on a wheeled cart has a cartoon representation of a clown, and is label...

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