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Waa-Na-'Taa or The Foremost in Battle, Chief of the Sioux Tribe

Date: 1835
Description: Waa-Na-'Taa or The Foremost in Battle, Chief of the Sioux Tribe. Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, painted at the Treaty of Prairie du...
Painting

Austin E. Quinney

Date: 1849
Description: Full-length portrait of Austin E. Quinney with a dog.
Photograph

Wisconsin Soldiers in the Spanish-American War

Date: 1898
Description: Men from Wisconsin Rapids who bore arms against Spain in the Spanish-American War. From left to right in front of a painted backdrop are Charles N. Laramie...
Photograph

Women with Schuetzen Rifles

Date: 06 1887
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Emma Protz, an unidentified woman (likely Julia Protz), and Clara Tester posing with "schuetzen-rifles." ...
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Buffalo Hunt, Chasing Back

Date: 1844
Description: Buffalo chasing hunter with rifle on horseback (Plate 12).

"The wounded and chafed bull often turns upon its assailant, and runs him back, over the whole...

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Antelope Shooting

Date: 1844
Description: Indian with rifle in prone position hunting antelope (Plate 20).

"The antelope of the prairies and Rocky Mountains of America, which I believe to be diff...

Photograph

Battle of Gettysburg Panorama #1727

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph from the Chicago Panorama of the Battle of Gettysburg Representing Pickett's Charge at 4 P.M., July 3rd, 1863: Repelling Pickett's Charge on Ri...
Painting

Confederate Civil War Soldier

Date: 1886
Description: Oil on linen study of a Confederate Civil War sharpshooter aiming his rifle, created as a preliminary study for a Civil War cyclorama. Although unsigned t...
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O'-check-ka, or Four Legs

Date: 1835
Description: O'-check-ka, or Four Legs, Head Chief of the Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) on Lake Michigan. Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, painted at the ...
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The Pipe Dance and the Tomahawk Dance

Date: 1835
Description: The Pipe Dance and the Tomahawk Dance of the Chippeway (Ojibwa) Tribe. Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, painted at the Treaty of Prai...
Photograph

Older Ho-Chunk Man Green Grass with Pistol and Dog

Date: 1880
Description: Green Grass (HaWinChoKah), in period dress with the exception of his Ho-Chunk moccasins. He is holding a pistol, and his dog is lying next to his chair on ...
Photograph

Glass Bayou — Logan's Division Coming Into Action

Date: 1880
Description: A scene from a panoramic painting of Grant's assault on Vicksburg.
Photograph

Old Abe and His Regiment Color Guard

Date: 07 1863
Description: Photograph of a monochrome painting of "Old Abe" the bald eagle mascot of the Eighth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and his regiment color guard. ...

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