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Fisherman with Equipment and Catch

Date: 1875
Description: Studio portrait of a fisherman with his lure, spear, and catch.
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Young Eagle

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Description: Posed portrait of Ho-Chunk man, Young Eagle, also called Chack-Scheb-Nee-Neik-Ah.
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Yellow Thunder

Date: 1880
Description: Studio portrait of Yellow thunder, a Winnebago Chief.
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Big Bear in Diamond Grotto

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Description: Big Bear (a Ho-Chunk Man) sitting on the ground in front of Diamond Grotto.
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Boy at Witches' Gulch Bracket

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Description: Bracket at the mouth of Witches' Gulch, with boy a posing sitting on the edge.
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Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Woman

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Ho-Chunk woman standing, Josephine Pettibone, Decorah, Davis.
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Doylestown Bank Robbery, Gunshot Victim

Date: 09 11 1931
Description: Portrait of W.J. Baw, Doylestown Bank robbery gunshot victim, who was shot through the wrist as he attempted, with only a brick as a weapon, to attack one ...
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Cornelius Wheeler

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Description: Portrait of Cornelius Wheeler of Portage, who served in Company I, 2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War.
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Ho-Chunk Man with Drum

Date: 07 24 1946
Description: Unidentifed man with drum who was probably recorded for song collector Helene Stratman-Thomas, probably at Winnebago (HoChunk) Indian Village.
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Ho-Chunk Woman and Child

Date: 07 24 1946
Description: Unidentified woman and child (Marie Shekah and Bernard Sheka?) standing outdoors. Probably at Winnebago (HoChunk) Indian Village.
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Ho-Chunk Performers

Date: 07 24 1946
Description: Mr. and Mrs. James Hawkins or Henry Thunder and Stella Stacy. Probably at Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Indian Village.
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Outdoor Portrait of Ho-Chunk Man

Date: 07 24 1946
Description: Outdoor full-length portrait of Sam Blowsnake-Carley at Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Indian Village wearing a headdress in front of a teepee.
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Roi Clearwater with Drum and Flute

Date: 08 17 1946
Description: Roi Clearwater, (Ottawa/Chippewa Indian), singer of Ottawa Indian songs, of Lake Delton, Wisconsin.
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Sports Fisherman Leroy M. Kreisler with His Prize Catch

Date: 09 12 1949
Description: Sports fisherman Leroy M. Kreisler, Monona, holding the thirty-eight pound sturgeon he caught in the Wisconsin River near Okee. The fish measured thirty-fi...
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Two Bikers

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: Two bikers at the Sound Storm music festival. The biker on the left is wearing a hat, leather jacket, white pants, and is smoking a cigarette. The biker on...
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Two Bikers with Bottles of Beer

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: Two bikers wearing floppy hats stand with their arms around each other and holding bottles of Pabst Blue Ribbons in their hands.
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Two Bikers with Motorcycles

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: Two bikers with parked motorcycles. The biker on the left is wearing a large ring through his nose, a headband in his hair, a large swastika necklace, and ...
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H.H. Bennett in Civil War Uniform

Date: 1866
Description: Bennett in uniform, showing his crippled right hand, taken when he was 23-years-old after he was ministered out of the Army. The hand wound was caused by ...
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Photographer Robert Pulling

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: Robert Pulling wearing a headband in a self-portrait. He was a photographer for the Sound Storm music festival. A festival staff member is visible in the b...
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Henry H. Bennett and his Sister Sarah

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Description: Studio portrait of Henry H. and Sarah Bennett. Henry is wearing the uniform of Company E, 12th Wisconsin Volunteers.

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