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Shing-gaa-ba-w'osin or the Figure'd Stone, a Chippewa (Ojibwa) Chief

Date: 1835
Description: Shing-gaa-ba-w'osin or the Figure'd Stone, a Chippewa (Ojibwa) Chief. Hand-colored lithograph from the Aborifinal Portfolio, sketched at the treaty of Fond...
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Waa-bin-de-ba

Date: 1835
Description: Waa-bin-de-ba, or the White Headed Eagle, a Chippeway (Ojibwa) Chief. Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio.
Photograph

Man with Moustache

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Description: Studio portrait of a seated man with a moustache. He is wearing a suit jacket with a star-shaped pin on the lapel, and a watch fob on his vest.
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Sharpteeth Little Sam and Wife

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Description: Studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk man and woman, Sharpteeth Little Sam (he pa he ga se ba sik) and his wife, posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop. He ...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Liddy Walkingcloud Winneshiek and Little (Nady) Winneshiek

Date: 1895
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk man posing standing and a Ho-Chunk woman posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop and near a tree stump. The...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of John Mills

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait of a European American man posed sitting wearing a dark-colored suit coat, vest, wide bow tie, and a ribbon watch fob with a penda...
Photograph

George F. Pond

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a table and painted backdrop of a bearded George F. Pond. He is wearing a suit coat, vest, and trousers, and has a watch fob ch...
Photograph

Walter J. Kohler Sr. at the National American Legion Convention

Date: 1930
Description: Governor Walter Kohler, Sr. stands for a portrait with three women at the National American Legion Convention. From right to left: Marcella Bartlein, Berni...
Photograph

Bronze Star Award Ceremony

Date: 09 28 1967
Description: The bronze star is awarded posthumously to Private First Class Thomas E. Broome for bravery in action in Vietnam. Broome's father Stanley Broome is accepti...
Photograph

Madison Art Association Exhibit

Date: 10 15 1953
Description: Interested viewers at the preview for the Madison Art Association art exhibit in Scanlan Hall at the Vocational School were Lt. and Mrs. Olnar Olsen of Mil...
Photograph

Chief Shingabawossin

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Description: Portrait of Ojibwa chief Shingabawossin, who lived around the Sault Ste. Marie region. He fought in the 1783 Battle of St. Croix Falls and the War of 1812,...

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