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Barn Raising

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Description: Barn raising. The foundation is constructed from local fieldstone or "pudding stone," found in the nearby fields. A large group of men are is posing holdin...
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U.S. Navy Ships Company

Date: 03 17 1945
Description: Elevated group portrait of United States Navy, Ships Company.
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Men in Farmyard with Farm Implements

Date: 1873
Description: Four men stand with a scythe, hoe and pitchfork in the yard of a farmhouse. By the porch of the house are three women. The wood frame house has a stone fou...
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Family on Wrap-Around Porch

Date: 1873
Description: A family is seated on the wrap-around porch, with two men posed holding shotguns standing below them at foundation level. There are two windows in the ston...
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Children on Snow Sled with Mother

Date: 12 06 1947
Description: Winter scene with Betty Ann and Arthur G. Field on a sled in the snow with their mother Elizabeth Field kneeling next to them near a stone wall. The family...
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Boys and Toy Airplane

Date: 1920
Description: Reginald Jackson, Jr., of Madison, holding the toy airplane, and a group of friends, all of whom are wearing short pants, sitting on the windowsill in fron...
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Studio Portrait of Five Ho-Chunk Men

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of five Ho-Chunk men posing in front of a painted backdrop. Two of the men are sitting on a prop stone wall, and three of the m...
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Studio Portrait of Susie Decorra Thundercloud, Albert Henry and Dora Monegar Wallace Green

Date: 1920
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk group, Susie Decorra Thundercloud (UkSeKaHoNoKah), left, Albert (Robert) Henry (HeKeMeGa), center, and Dora Moneg...
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Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Women and Boy

Date: 1900
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop and prop stone wall of a Ho-Chunk boy and two young Ho-Chunk women. The boy is standing and wearing a hat an...
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Studio Portrait of Four Ho-Chunk Men and Women

Date: 1900
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two Ho-Chunk women posing sitting in front of two standing Ho-Chunk men. The women are wrapped in shawls,...
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Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Man, Two Women, and an Infant

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two Ho-Chunk women posing sitting, one holding an infant in her lap, and a man standing. The woman on the...
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Studio Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Man and Children

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk man posing sitting wearing a vest, bandana, and hat, and holding an infant. He is surrounded b...
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Studio Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Men and Boy

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk man posing sitting on a prop stone wall on the left, and wearing a suit and bandana and holdin...
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Studio Portrait of Five Ho-Chunk Men

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two men posing sitting in front of three man posing behind them along a prop stone wall. All of the men a...
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Studio Portrait of a Young Ho-Chunk Group

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Description: Studio portrait of two young Ho-Chunk women (unknown) seated, wearing several necklaces, earrings, traditional blouses, rings, and moccasins, in front of a...
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Alligator Attack

Date: 1903
Description: Humorous posed photograph of a woman in a wagon being attacked by an alligator. The alligator is stuffed and propped against the side of the wagon. The wom...
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Americanization Pageant Color Guard

Date: 08 31 1953
Description: Outdoor group portrait of a Boy Scouts color guard that participated in the Americanization Pageant. They are, from left: David Ross, David Langhammer, and...
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Three Bicyclists in front of Schumann's Store

Date: 04 25 1941
Description: Theresa Manderino [Mandarino?], Vincenza Raimond, and Mary Baldarotta [Baldarotto?] resting and posing on a low wall in front of Schumann's Store, as part ...
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Group Standing in front of a Wall

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Description: Three women and two men posing standing on gravel at the base of a stone wall. To the left is water.
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Market Place and Russian Troops

Date: 1918
Description: A large group of Russian soldiers are assembled and appear to be drilling within the center of a Russian town. Civilians stand off to the side observing th...

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