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Women with Schuetzen Rifles

Date: 06 1887
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Emma Protz, an unidentified woman (likely Julia Protz), and Clara Tester posing with "schuetzen-rifles." ...
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Dwight S. Allen

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Description: Full-length carte-de-visite studio portrait in front of a backdrop of Corporal Dwight S. Allen, Company C, 22nd Wisconsin Infantry, in uniform, leaning on ...
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Hunters with Rabbits

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Otto Radke, Andrew Echstein, and Jake Lange posed in front of a painted backdrop. They have their guns leaning in front of t...
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Studio Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Men in Regalia

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Description: Studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk men standing and wearing hats and regalia. The man on the right is holding a rifle, and the man on the left, William Hindsl...
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Little Soldier and Bettie Littlesoldier

Date: 1905
Description: Copy photograph of a studio portrait of Ho-Chunk couple, Little Soldier (NoGinKah) and his wife Bettie Littlesoldier (BayBayBawKah) sitting and wearing re...
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Studio Portrait of Albert Thunderking Lowe and Edward Funmaker

Date: 1905
Description: Full-length studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk men posing standing in front of a painted backdrop near a prop stone wall. A hat is on the ground between them....
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Studio Portrait of Charles Sine Sr. and Harry Swallow

Date: 1920
Description: Full-length tudio portrait of Ho-Chunk men, Charles Sine Sr. and Harry Swallow, both posing sitting, wearing hats, and holding guns in front of a painted b...
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Group Portrait of Tom Roddy and Two Ho-Chunk Men

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Description: Copy photograph of a studio portrait of a European American man flanked by two Ho-Chunk men, all posing standing. The Ho-Chunk men are dressed in regalia a...
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Studio Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Group

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Description: Studio portrait of group of people posing in front of a painted backdrop. A Ho-Chunk woman, identified as the wife of George Greengrass, sits in front of t...
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Older Ho-Chunk Man Green Grass with Pistol and Dog

Date: 1880
Description: Green Grass (HaWinChoKah), in period dress with the exception of his Ho-Chunk moccasins. He is holding a pistol, and his dog is lying next to his chair on ...
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Studio Portrait of Young Ho-Chunk Man

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of a young Ho-Chunk man standing next to a fringed, plush chair. He is holding a rifle with his right hand, and is wearing a su...
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Man Wearing Wild West Outfit

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of a man with a large moustache and trimmed beard wearing a Wild West outfit, including a wide-brimmed hat, fringed shirt, and ...
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Group Posed with Rifles and Pistols

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Description: A group of men, women and children posed in Harry Dankoler's photography studio holding rifles and pistols as if they were surrounded.
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Group Watching Man Ride Sawhorse

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Description: A group in front of a backdrop watches a man in the foreground ride a sawhorse as if it were a real horse. The image was staged at Harry Dankoler's photogr...
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Men Pointing Pistols at Man Riding Sawhorse

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Description: Two men are posing in front of a backdrop pointing pistols at a man who is riding a sawhorse as if it were a real horse and holding up his hand in surrende...
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John Crossman

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Description: Seated carte-de-visite portrait in front of a painted backdrop of John Crossman, Company C, 1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery, sitting with a musket across his...
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Wilson Colwell

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Description: Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of Captain Wilson Colwell, Company B, 2nd Wisconsin Infantry, with revolver and sword. Colwell was killed in action at...
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Martin Shenk and Ryndert Van Loon

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Description: Full-length carte-de-visite of Martin Shenk, holding a flag, and Ryndert Van Loon, holding a musket with bayonet attached. They are posed shaking hands in ...
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John Hodges

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Description: Tintype and hand-colored portrait of John Hodges (who lived in La Fayette), Company I, 28th Wisconsin Infantry, holding his musket. He enlisted on August 2...
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Ada James with Others

Date: 1900
Description: Informal studio portrait of Ada James holding a gun, and her father, David G. James in a hat, with four other people dressed in pioneer-type costumes. A wo...

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