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Elephants in Circus Parade

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Description: Several elephants walk up a hill in a circus parade along Main Street. They are followed by a group of horses, while bystanders watch from a platform on t...
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Man on Horse

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Description: Man riding a horse into town, in front of the old Catholic Church which lost its steeple in a storm.
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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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Ho-Chunk Man and Women in Wagon

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Description: Ho-Chunk man and two Ho-Chunk women in a wagon pulled by a two-horse team. They are probably about to cross the bridge toward the Mission at the intersecti...
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Ho-Chunk Man and Women in Doorway

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Description: A Ho-Chunk man and two Ho-Chunk women are standing in front of the entrance door of a wooden building, probably the Mission. The man is wearing a suit, bow...
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Ho-Chunk Man Walking with European American Man

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Description: View down wooden sidewalk towards a Ho-Chunk man smoking a cigar and wearing a duck bone breast plate and fur pants on the left, and a European American ma...
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Dentist Office and Church

Date: 1900
Description: View from across street of a dentist office and Baptist Church along a road. Two horse-drawn carriages are being driven in opposite directions on the road.
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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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Blacksmith and Wagon Shop

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Description: View across street towards six men posing, with four of the men wearing aprons and work clothes, and two men in suits holding guns. Beside them on the left...
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Ringling Brothers Circus

Date: 08 17 1892
Description: Elevated view of crowd gathered to watch elephants parade down Main Street. Probably the Ringling Brothers Circus.
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Memorial Day Parade

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Description: Elevated view of patriotic parade on Main Street, probably a Memorial Day Parade. Over the street, reaching from one sidewalk to the other, is an arch deco...
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Large Group of People in front of Little Norway Church

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Description: Slightly elevated view of a large group of people, some posing sitting in wagons on the road, and others standing near the fence, in front of a church, pro...
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Group Playing Lawn Tennis

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Description: Two men and two women playing lawn tennis. Behind them is the front of a small church, a large two-story house and other wooden buildings in the far backgr...
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Three Women on the Steps of the Methodist Church

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of three European American women posing standing on the stairs of a building. Location identified as the Methodist Church.
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Storm Damaged Church

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Description: View towards the front of a church, with wooden debris in the forground. People are standing near the entrance behind the debris. Identified as the old Cat...
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Three Girls and Storm-Damaged Church

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of three girls posing standing in front of a church among wooden debris. Identified as the old Catholic Church (formerly a Universal...
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Fountain at the Jackson County Courthouse

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Description: View across lawn towards two boys posing standing near a fountain. There is a church and a house along a sidewalk across the street. Identified as the foun...
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Child with Toy Gun

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a small child with a toy gun posing standing on snow covered ground by wooden buildings. The house on the right is identified as the ho...
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Couple in a Wagon

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Description: Exterior portrait of a man and woman posing sitting in a wagon pulled by a single horse. Location identified as in front of the Methodist Church, its steep...
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Four Boys on a Snow-Covered Street

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Description: View from street towards four boys posing standing on a wooden sidewalk lining a snow-covered street. Location identified as the Jackson County Courthouse ...

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