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Chief Oshkosh

Date: 1850
Description: Drawing of Chief Oshkosh rendered from a daguerreotype by J.F. Harrison. He is wearing a top hat wrapped with a ribbon. Also a suitcoat, bowtie, beaded nec...
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Aquanama and Paul Ackenebowa

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of Menominee Indian chief Aquanama and Menominee Indian Paul Ackenebowa, seated, facing front, both wearing hats, coats and n...
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John Nuwi

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Description: Three-quarter length formal portrait in front of a painted backdrop of John Nuwi, a Mascouten (or Prairie) Potawatomi, who lived at Skunk Hill in Wood Coun...
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Dream Drum Dancers

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Description: Five Ho-Chunk performers in front of cloth barriers or tents. A powwow group from the 1908 Homecoming. The five are full brothers according to the 1881 tri...
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Charles E. Brown Among Burial Mounds on the Edgewood Campus

Date: 05 05 1939
Description: Charles E. Brown poses near a historic tablet marking one of a row of conical burial mounds on the Park and Pleasure drive on the north shore of Lake Wingr...
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Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Men

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Description: Studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk men posing standing in front of a painted backdrop. The man on the left holding the blanket, is Louis Bearchief. Both men a...
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Studio Portrait of George Greengrass and his Wife

Date: 1900
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk man posing standing next to his wife who is posing sitting. They are identified as George Gree...
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Studio Portrait of Charles Smith and Wife

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Description: Studio portrait of a young Ho-Chunk man, Charles Smith, and his wife. The man is posing standing by a prop stone wall, and is wearing a suit jacket, vest w...
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Studio Portrait of Luke Snowball Jr.

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Description: Studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk man, Luke Snowball Jr., posing sitting and wearing a shirt, tie, and hat in front of a painted backdrop.
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Studio Portrait of Thomas Thunder

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk man, Thomas Thunder, posing sitting and wearing a suit jacket, vest with watch fob, t...
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Studio Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Men

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Description: Studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk men, one posed standing and the other sitting, both wearing suit jackets, vests with watch fobs, ties, and hats. Probably J...
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Studio Portrait of Henry Thunder and Soldier Woman

Date: 1905
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk man posing sitting and wearing a suit jacket, tie, and hat. Next to him on the rig...
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Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Group

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two Ho-Chunk men posing sitting, and a Ho-Chunk man and woman posing standing, all wearing modern dress. ...
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Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Man Rufus Twin

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Description: Studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk man, Rufus Twin of the Nebraska band. He is posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop and is wearing a suit jacket, tie, ...
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Studio Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Men

Date: 1890
Description: Full-length studio portrait of two young Ho-Chunk men posing in front of a painted backdrop. They are both wearing suits and ties. The unidentified man sit...
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Studio Portrait of Three Ho-Chunk Men

Date: 1931
Description: Studio group portrait of three Ho-Chunk men posing in front of a painted backdrop. Two men are all wearing neckties. Mark Henry is standing in the center b...
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Portrait of Four Young Ho-Chunk Men

Date: 1908
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two Ho-Chunk men posing sitting in front of two Ho-Chunk men posing standing. All the men are...
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Studio Portrait of Frank Thunder and Two Ho-Chunk Women

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Description: Studio portrait of two young Ho-Chunk women wearing several necklaces, earrings, and shawls, sitting in front of a Ho-Chunk man posing standing and wearin...
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Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Boy

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Description: Studio full-length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk boy with short hair posing sitting and wearing light-colored boots, a suit and nec...
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Studio Portrait of a Seated Ho-Chunk Man

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Description: Studio full-length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk man posing sitting in a chair with his legs crossed and hands clasped. He is weari...

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