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Studio Portrait of Thomas Thunder and Wife

Date: 1915
Description: Full-length studio portrait of Thomas Thunder (HoonkHaGaKah) (Son of [WaConChaKah] John Thunder aka Dr. Thunder and [WeHonPeKaw] Lucy Bear, Thunder), and h...
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Night Session Art Class

Date: 1949
Description: A night session art class, for University of Wisconsin Extension Center in Milwaukee.
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Studio Portrait of George Greengrass and his Wife

Date: 1900
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk man posing standing next to his wife who is posing sitting. They are identified as George Gree...
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Studio Portrait of Charles Smith and Wife

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Description: Studio portrait of a young Ho-Chunk man, Charles Smith, and his wife. The man is posing standing by a prop stone wall, and is wearing a suit jacket, vest w...
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Portrait of Ho-Chunk Family

Date: 1905
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk man sitting and wearing modern dress, flanked by two Ho-Chunk women standing and wearing several necklaces and sh...
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Studio Portrait of Henry Thunder and Soldier Woman

Date: 1905
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk man posing sitting and wearing a suit jacket, tie, and hat. Next to him on the rig...
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Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Group

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two Ho-Chunk men posing sitting, and a Ho-Chunk man and woman posing standing, all wearing modern dress. ...
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Studio Portrait of Little Wolf Woman, Henry Greencrow, and Bella Hall

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Description: Studio portrait of a young Ho-Chunk man posing standing and wearing a suit and bow tie, flanked by two young Ho-Chunk women standing in front of a painted ...
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Studio Portrait of Frank Thunder and Two Ho-Chunk Women

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Description: Studio portrait of two young Ho-Chunk women wearing several necklaces, earrings, and shawls, sitting in front of a Ho-Chunk man posing standing and wearin...
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Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Man and Two Ho-Chunk Women

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Description: Studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk women posing sitting in front of a Ho-Chunk man standing in front of a painted backdrop and wood prop fence. The women are ...
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Studio Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Group

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Description: Studio portrait of two young Ho-Chunk women posing sitting in front of a young Ho-Chunk woman and two young Ho-Chunk men posing standing in front of a pain...
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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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Studio Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Man and Woman

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk woman wrapped in a fringed shawl posing sitting on the left, and a Ho-Chunk man posing standin...
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Studio Portrait of the Martin and Green Families

Date: 1900
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two Ho-Chunk couples. Albert Henry (HahNahKah) is standing with his wife, Martha Henry. Sitting in front ...
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Portrait of a Young Ho-Chunk Group

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Description: Studio portrait of two young Ho-Chunk women and Frank Thomas Jefferson (Ma He Ha Na Cho E Kah), standing, and Fred Kingswan, sitting. The Ho-Chunk woman si...
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Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Man and Woman

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a young Ho-Chunk man posing sitting on the left wearing a suit and necktie, and a Ho-Chunk woman posing i...
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Studio Portrait of a Woman and Boy

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of a woman sitting on the left and a boy standing on the right in front of a painted backdrop. The woman is wearing a knitted h...
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Five Generations Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Family

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Description: Five generation studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk family. Sitting (l to r) Great-Great-Grandmother, Nancy Brown; Great-Grandmother, Lucy Goodvillage, Blowsnake...
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The First Kindergarten in America

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Description: Artist's rendering of an elevated view of the first kindergarten, with children and a teacher gathered in front of the building. There are inset portraits ...
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Young Women with Bicycles

Date: 1900
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of eight young women, each standing and holding a bicycle. Three of the women also hold brownie cameras.

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