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Juvenile Coronet Band

Date: 1889
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Juvenile Coronet Band of Alma, Wisconsin, with boy holding instruments. Arnold Gesell is third from right...
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Family in Hats

Date: 1878
Description: A large group of people sitting around a table in the yard. The men and women are wearing hats. The table has a large piece of ornamental glassware on it. ...
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Tollef Olsen Family

Date: 1878
Description: The Tollef Olsen family posed around a table in the yard with the family dog. A framed print of a long-haired retriever is placed prominently on a chair to...
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Family having Coffee outside House

Date: 1874
Description: A family is gathered around table for coffee with a frame house behind that has a sewing machine on its porch, and a lightning rod on the roof. A framed pi...
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Family on Entryway Steps

Date: 1874
Description: Family on entryway steps of two-story brick house with hipped roof; board fence in foreground. There is fruit, probably apples, on a window sill and an ova...
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Charles and Harrie Atwood

Date: 1864
Description: Carte-de-visite full-length studio portrait of Charles David and Harrie Farwell Atwood, the sons of David Atwood of Madison, Wisconsin. They are posed on a...
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Anita McCormick as a Young Girl

Date: 1873
Description: Portrait of Anita McCormick Blaine (1866-1954) as a young girl. She wears a striped sash over an embroidered dress, and a ribbon in her hair.
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Mary Virginia McCormick as a Young Girl

Date: 1872
Description: Studio portrait of a young Mary Virginia McCormick (1861-1941) in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a white dress with a striped sash, and sittin...
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Anita McCormick as a Young Girl

Date: 1870
Description: Studio portrait of Anita McCormick Blaine (1866-1954) seated on a prop rock outcropping. She is wearing a dress with a sash over her shoulder, with legging...
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Portrait of Ho-Chunk Woman and Child

Date: 1887
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of a woman in Ho-Chunk regalia wrapped in a blanket, with a child on her back. The child is wearing a fur hat, and they are ...
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Studio Portrait of Margaret Whitedeer Littlesam, Lee Dick Littlesam, and Emma Stacy Whitedeer Lowery

Date: 1898
Description: Full-length studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk women posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop near a prop wooden fence. The women are wearing earrings, r...
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Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Mother and Son

Date: 1894
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk woman posing sitting and a Ho-Chunk boy posing standing in front of a painted backdrop. Susie Kingswan (HeNuKah) ...
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Studio Portrait of William Massey, Grace Decorra Twocrow

Date: 1890
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk group in front of a painted backdrop. On the left is William Massey (ChawRoChooChayKah), sitting with his arm aro...
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Portrait of David Goodvillage with Wife and Granddaughter

Date: 1897
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk man, woman, and girl, all posing standing. They are identified as David Goodvillag...
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Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Boy

Date: 1890
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified boy holding a hat with a wide ribbon band on his knee.
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Studio Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Girls Wearing Bugle Beads

Date: 1885
Description: Studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk girls posing in front of a painted backdrop. A small Ho-Chunk girl is posing sitting in a tasseled arm chair on the left, a...
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Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Boy and Infant Wearing Shell Necklace

Date: 1890
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk boy posing standing on the left, wearing a winter coat, German silver earrings, and a bandana ...
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Studio Portrait of a Small Ho-Chunk Girl in Hiiwapox Blouse

Date: 1895
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a small Ho-Chunk girl posing standing on a chair. She is wearing a traditional blouse covered completely ...
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Studio Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Girl Wearing Wampum

Date: 1885
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk girl posing standing in front of a painted backdrop. She has her left hand resting on an overstuffed tasseled cha...
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O-Jib-Be-Ways

Date: 1844
Description: Group portrait of North American Indians. Portraits of the O-Jib-Be-Ways, and individual portraits, one smoking a pipe. Symbols corresponding to individual...

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