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Elderly Woman Holding Book

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Description: An outdoor portrait of a woman seated near a tree, holding a book titled "Our Friends," with a fence in the background.
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Elderly Ho-Chunk Man with Dogs

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Description: An elderly Ho-Chunk man with a beard is posing sitting in a field with two dogs. He is identified as Nehamakeewakh (Slits His Own Throat). A fence and tree...
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Portrait of Frank Mike Outside a Lodge

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Description: Elderly Ho-Chunk man, identified as Frank Mike, posing sitting outside a lodge wearing a suit coat and a shawl wrapped around his waist. In the background ...
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Studio Portrait of John Thunder

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of a young Ho-Chunk man posing standing in front of a prop wooden fence and a stump in front of a painted backdrop. He is weari...
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Ho-Chunk Log Grave House

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Description: View of a Ho-Chunk log grave house in a wooded area.
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Black River Falls Public Library

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Description: Panoramic picture postcard of the exterior of the Black River Falls Public Library. One side of the library has a large white stone on which is carved: "Pu...
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Group near Brush Pile and Fence

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Description: View from field of several individuals around a large pile of brush under spits near a rough short fence and lodge. Possibly a feast fire at a powwow.
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Ho-Chunk Summer Lodges

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Description: Ho-Chunk summer lodges behind a fence surrounded by trees. In the foreground is a wagon.
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Crowd in Field

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Description: View from hill across dirt road and fence of a crowd of European Americans, and possibly some Ho-Chunk spectators. Horses are pulling buggies near the fenc...
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Wedding Gathering

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Description: Panoramic view of a large group of people posing standing in front of a house, gathering for a wedding. The bride and groom are standing in the center.
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Group Portrait in Front of House

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Description: An outdoor group portrait of twelve people and two horses. The four men, seven women, one child, and two horses are all standing in front of a house. There...
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Elevated View of Town

Date: 1890
Description: Elevated view of town, probably looking south from the Van Schaick residence.
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Lake's Hotel

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Description: Exterior of Lake's Hotel with people posing sitting on the lower porch. Possibly located across from the railroad depot across the Black River, probably in...
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Evangelical Lutheran Church

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Description: Large group, probably a congregation, posed standing in front of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by a snow-covered road, east of the Jackson County Courtho...
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Church and Houses

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Description: Church building and two frame houses.
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Church

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Description: Church, probably the Second Methodist Church, built in 1858 on the northwest corner of Fourth and Harrison Streets.
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Water Tower

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Description: Men posed standing on top of the City Water Tower, probably seventy feet high. A smaller group of men stand at the base behind a fence, and there is snow o...
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Water Tower

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Description: In the far background on the left a man is posed sitting in a buggy hitched to a single horse in a field near the water tower. Other people are standing be...
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People Gathered in Front of Store

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Description: Group of men, women, and children posing standing in front of a small country store. A man and boy are sitting in a buggy pulled by a single horse. In the ...
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C.R. Monroe, Traveling Photographer

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Description: Man displaying two horses in front of a photographer's wagon that says "C.R. Monroe, Traveling Photographer." Two women, one holding a photograph, are pose...

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