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Gesell Family Burlesque

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Description: The Gesell family in costume with broom, sword, and other props for a humorous picture. Family members identified as follows: Gerhard Jr. (drinking from pi...
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Mountain Wolf Woman

Date: 1907
Description: Studio portrait of Mountain Wolf Woman, also known as Stella Blowsnake Whitepine Stacy (HayAhChoWinKah), sitting and holding her two daughters, Josephine W...
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Unidentified Woman with Infant

Date: 1848
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of a seated woman in a long-sleeve printed dress and shoulder-length side curls, holding a sleeping baby on her lap with her righ...
Postcard

Mother and Child

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Description: Studio portrait of mother and child in front of a painted backdrop. The woman is seated and wearing a black dress, the toddler is standing and dressed in w...
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Belle Case and Fola La Follette

Date: 1886
Description: Belle Case La Follette posed with her daughter Fola.
Postcard

Mother and Children

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Description: Photographic postcard of a studio portrait of an unidentified mother and her two children. The children both wear white dresses. They are posed in front of...
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Portrait of Marie Big Hawk and Her Baby

Date: 1936
Description: Studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk woman, Marie Big Hawk Whitewater, holding her baby Clyde White in her lap in front of a painted background. She has shoulder ...
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Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Woman and Child

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk woman wearing a hat over shoulder-length hair and wearing a winter coat over a dress. She is s...
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Two Young Ho-Chunk Women with Child

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Description: Copy photograph of a studio portrait of two young Ho-Chunk women sitting and wearing wool shawls over long skirts or dresses. Names (l to r) Maude Looking ...
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Studio Portrait of Eliza Decorah Lowe and Daughter

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk woman, Eliza Decorah Lowe, posing sitting, with her daughter standing beside her, wearing what...
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Studio Portrait of the Windblow Sisters and Infant

Date: 1909
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two young Ho-Chunk women and a Ho-Chunk infant. The woman sitting on the left is wearing rega...
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Studio Portrait of Amanda Bighawk and Marie Bighawk Whitewater and Daughters

Date: 1930
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk woman, Amanda Bighawk posing sitting holding her son Calvin Smith-Whitewater, and a Ho-Chunk w...
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Studio Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Family

Date: 1915
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk family. In the background is a painted backdrop. Names (sitting) David Bow Littlesoldier (Maw Jhay Mau Nee Kah). ...
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William Thunder and Family

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk man posing sitting in the center wearing a suit and necktie, behind two Ho-Chunk girls posing ...
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Studio Portrait of Kate Thunder and Mother

Date: 1891
Description: Studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk woman posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop wearing several necklaces, earrings, and a striped skirt. In her lap she ...
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Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Women and Two Children

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Description: Full-length studio group portrait. Annie Yellowbank-Beaver, Whitedog is sitting on the left wearing a printed blouse and shawl around her waist. Mary White...
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Quinney Family

Date: 1900
Description: Posed studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of the Quinney family, including Bridget (O'Keefe) Quinney, her sons Thomas (Tom) and William (Bill), ...
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Cotton Workers

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Description: Posed studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two African American agricultural workers picking cotton, location unknown. A little girl sits in a...
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Portrait of Woman

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Description: Studio portrait of a woman sitting in a chair. She is wearing the dress fashionable around 1870.
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Rogers Family

Date: 1917
Description: Portrait of some of the William Henry Rogers family. Pictured are Maude Rogers Taylor, her parents, William and Martha, and her second son, Lynn H. Taylor.

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