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Three People on Ladder

Date: 1899
Description: A man and two women standing on a stile of broad wood in the middle of a field. The man standing on the second step, wearing a coat, bow tie, and fedora. T...
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Farm Family Posing Outdoors

Date: 1900
Description: View down driveway towards a farm family posing in front of their farmhouse and farm buildings. An older man and woman are sitting. Three women are standin...
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Men with Dog on Ice Jam

Date: 1876
Description: Three men and a dog are standing on thick chunks of ice looking over logs on an icy river.
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Girl with Sunflower

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Description: Girl posed standing holding the stem of a sunflower.
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Family Scything in a Field

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Description: Three men scythe a field, possibly of wheat. Behind the men there are three children and a woman standing in a row.
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Men Extracting Stump

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Description: Three men operate a stump extractor in a field. The piece of machinery was probably a Svenson Grubber sold by J. H. Carnahan.
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Three Men Extracting a Stump

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Description: Three men working with a two-horse team on a hill turning a winch to extract stumps, probably a Svenson Grubber sold by J.H. Carnahan.
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Man and Women in Buggy

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Description: A man and woman sit in a buggy that is pulled by a two-horse team.
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Woman Driving Carriage

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Description: A woman drives a buggy that is pulled by a horse wearing a fly-net. The fly-net would be set on top of the horse's back and would shake with the horse's mo...
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View from Carriage

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Description: A view from a carriage pulled by a two-horse team. The carriage is moving down the road, towards a group of women.
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John Greencloud Standing in Field

Date: 1906
Description: Ho-Chunk man posing standing in a open field holding a flintlock gun. He is wearing garters, moccasins, a breech cloth, necklace, and feathers in his hair....
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Portrait of George Monegar on a Mule

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Description: A Ho-Chunk man on the right is sitting on a mule wearing a Sioux headdress along with other regalia, in a field in front of tents and trees. A European Ame...
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Portrait of George Monegar on a Mule in a Field

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Description: A Ho-Chunk man on the left is posing mounted on a mule, and is wearing a Sioux headdress among other regalia. A European American man is posing standing on...
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Two Ho-Chunk Men in a Field

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Description: Two Ho-Chunk men posing standing in a field. The man on the left is wearing a bow tie, vest, and hat, and the man on the right is wearing a long bandoleer,...
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Ho-Chunk Woman and Girls in a Field

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Description: A woman and two Ho-Chunk girls are standing outdoors in a field. The woman on the left is wrapped in a shawl. The face of a girl can be seen just behind he...
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Portrait of Joe Bear Heart and Wife Posing Outdoors

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Description: Lantern slide of a Ho-Chunk woman posing sitting on the ground in a clearing with trees in the background. She is sitting cross-legged and is holding an ea...
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Ho-Chunk Log Grave House

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Description: View of a Ho-Chunk log grave house in a wooded area.
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Ho-Chunk Women in Buffalo Dance Lodge

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Description: A group of Ho-Chunk people standing in the rear of a Buffalo Dance Lodge. The Buffalo Dance would take place in the spring, when the grass was long enough ...
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Group of Ho-Chunk Men and Boys

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Description: A group of Ho-Chunk men and boys standing in front of two canvas tents set up at a Ho-Chunk gathering, possibly a cranberry camp. The smiles on their faces...
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Frisk Cloud Sitting on a Steer

Date: 1905
Description: Frisk Cloud (MauhHeTaChaEKah) is riding at cow at a powwow. Watching Frisk, left to right, are two unidentified men, Albert Thunder (CheNunkEToKaRaKah), Ge...

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