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Mrs. Ketch Ka Mi

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Description: Full-length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Mrs. Ketch ka mi, daughter of Potowatomi Indian Chief John Young.
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Studio Portrait of Four Young Ho-Chunk Men

Date: 1900
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two young Ho-Chunk men sitting in front of two standing young Ho-Chunk men wearing hats. The man sitting ...
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Portrait of a Young Ho-Chunk Man

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Frank C. Thunder (son of [Wa Con Cha Kah] John Thunder aka Dr. Thunder and [We Hon Pe Kaw] Lucy Bear, Thunder). He is standi...
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Studio Portrait of a Young Ho-Chunk Man

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a young Ho-Chunk man with short hair posed sitting with his arms crossed and wearing a light-colored shir...
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Studio Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Men

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk man posed sitting on the left on a prop stone wall, and Henry Winneshiek (ni do ni KA) on the ...
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Portrait of Mary White Swan and with Ho-Chunk Woman

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk woman, who is wearing several necklaces and a hair ribbon, posing standing on the left with he...
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Copy Photograph of George Funmaker

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Description: Three-quarter length copy photograph of a Ho-Chunk man posed standing. He is wearing full regalia, including a finger braided sash, and holding a calumet p...
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Portrait of David Goodvillage with Wife and Granddaughter

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Description: Studio portrait of a Sioux man, Ho-Chunk woman, and Ho-Chunk girl, all posing standing in front of a painted backdrop and wearing full regalia. Identified ...
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Copy Photograph of a Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Woman

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Description: Waist-up copy photograph of a studio portrait of Ho-Chunk woman wearing bead necklaces and earrings, probably the wife of Dr. Bill Thunder and the mother o...
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Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Woman

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Description: A studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk woman. She wears drop earrings and many beaded necklaces.
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Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Women

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Description: A studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk women in front of a painted backdrop. The woman on the left is posed standing and is wearing necklaces, earrings, and a B...
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Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Women

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Description: A studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk women in front of a painted backdrop. The woman on the left is posed sitting and is wearing a ribbon work shirt with sil...
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Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Women Posed Standing

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Description: A studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk women wearing similar outfits posed standing in front of a painted backdrop. Both women wear several earrings, necklaces,...
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Eydie V. Watts

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Description: Photograph of Eydie V. Watts, member of the Milwaukee City Civil Service Commission. Ms. Watts sits on a chair with her hands clasped. She is wearing a str...
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Sherwin and Emma Gillett — 60th Wedding Anniversary

Date: 1966
Description: Sherwin and Emma Gillett posing for their 60th Wedding Anniversary with their 1906 portraits in a frame behind them.
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Sherwin and Emma Gillett's 50th Wedding Anniversary

Date: 1956
Description: Sherwin and Emma Gillett at their 50th Wedding Anniversary, seated in front of a photograph of them in a heart-shaped frame with the caption: "When you and...
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Actress Florence Lawrence in a head and shoulders studio portrait with hat

Date: 1908
Description: Head and shoulders studio portrait of Florence Lawrence wearing a hat. She wears a cameo and looks directly at the camera.
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Mrs. Earl Baltes

Date: 1930
Description: A young woman identified as Mrs. Earl Baltes poses in nineteenth-century attire, seated on the floor with her arm resting on the open bottom drawer of an a...
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Unidentified Native American Man

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of unidentified Native American man. Seated three-quarter length portrait, facing forward. He is wearing a fur and quill head...
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Doug DeWitt at the Drums

Date: 1942
Description: Doug DeWitt is sitting behind the drums. The words "Rhythm Wreckers" are printed on the drum face. Behind Doug DeWitt, on a shelf, are several things: a re...

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