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Chief Little Black Hawk

Date: 1895
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of George Blackhawk (WonkShiekChoNeeKah), sitting, and an unidentified man who is standing and w...
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Three Young Ho-Chunk Women

Date: 1931
Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait of three young Ho-Chunk women. One of the women is posing standing in the center behind the other two woman posing sit...
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Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Women

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk woman posing sitting on the left wearing with a plaid shawl over her shoulders, and a young Ho...
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Man in Horse-Drawn Sleigh

Date: 1885
Description: Winter scene with a European American man with a beard and moustache sitting in a sleigh pulled by a single horse on snow-covered ground in front of the C....
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Studio Portrait of Ed Greengrass and Jennie Blackhawk

Date: 1895
Description: Studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk man and woman posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop. They are identified as Ed Greengrass (CheWinCheKayRayHeKah) and ...
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Older Ho-Chunk Man Wearing Fur Coat

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait of an older Ho-Chunk man posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop. He is holding a dog (blurred by movement) in his lap, and ...
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Ho-Chunk Man in Fur Coat

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Description: Studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk man posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop. He is wearing a long fur coat and a Scotch cap.
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Women Wearing Furs and Hats

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Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait of two women posing standing in front of a painted backdrop. Both women are wearing elaborate hats and fur shawls, and...
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A.F. Werner Store Advertisment

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Description: Small girl posed outdoors on a fur rug in front of an advertisement for the A.F. Werner Store. The poster is attached to a sleigh on a snow-covered street,...
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Mill on Robinson Creek

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Description: Woman and girl posed sitting under a fur in a carriage pulled by a single horse by a wooden bridge. Behind them is a large wooden building, possibly a mill...
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Logging Camp

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Description: Logging camp with numerous bobsleds loaded with logs. Two men and two women are posed sitting in a sleigh pulled by a team of two horses in front of a wood...
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Logging Camp, Black River Falls, Wisconsin

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Description: Elevated view of men posed standing in a logging camp, displaying six teams of two oxen. One man is posed seated in a buggy pulled by a single horse, and a...
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Group of People Posing in front of House

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Description: Two men, six women, and a young girl are posing standing in the yard in front of a single-story frame house. There is also a man and woman sitting in a bug...
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Man and Woman in Horse-Drawn Buggy

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Description: Man and woman posing sitting in a buggy pulled by a single horse. There is a large fur over their laps. They are in front of the gate of a wooden fence and...
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People in Front of Farm Buildings

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Description: In the center is a man posing sitting on a plow pulled by a team of two horses. In front of him is a dog, and another dog is lying behind the plow. Standin...
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Man Standing Near Child in Sled

Date: 1910
Description: Winter scene with a man standing in a coat next to a child bundled in a sled on the snow-covered sidewalk in front of the storefront of J.R. McDonald. In t...
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Group of People Posing in Sleigh

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Description: A man, sitting between two women,is holding the reins of a horse-drawn sleigh. The group is sitting on furs and have a blanket over their laps. In the back...
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Children in the Snow

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Description: Two images on a negative of two children sitting on a fur-covered chair surrounded by two girls and three boys standing in front of a log house on snow-cov...
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Group Portrait of Men and Women

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Description: Studio group portrait of women and men posing sitting and standing. They are all wearing hats and coats. Two of the men wear thick, fur coats. Against the ...
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Bill Maddox and Family

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Description: Studio group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a European American family in winter costume and a baby carriage sleigh. The child is sitting in a ...

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