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Carl and Roy Linnell

Date: 1895
Description: Two young men, Carl and Roy Linnell, standing on either side of a wooden chair supporting a mounted buck's head with antlers. They are wearing dark suit ja...
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Studio Portrait of Two Brothers

Date: 1894
Description: Studio portrait of two young brothers, standing side by side. The man on the right has his hand on his brother's shoulder. They are both are wearing hats a...
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Studio Portrait of Young Ho-Chunk Man

Date: 1895
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a young Ho-Chunk man posing standing near a prop fence. He is wearing a suit jacket, vest wit...
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Studio Portrait of Henry and Frank Winneshiek

Date: 1894
Description: Full-length studio portrait of Frank Winneshiek (WaConChaHoNoKah), left, and Henry Winneshiek (WaConChaRooNayKah), right, in front of a painted backdrop. B...
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Studio Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Men

Date: 1892
Description: Full-length studio portrait of two young Ho-Chunk men. The man on the left, Frank C. Thunder (Hoonk Ta Ka Kah), is wearing streamers over his shoulders and...
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Studio Portrait of William Stohega Carriman and Andrew Blackhawk

Date: 1893
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a young Ho-Chunk man posing sitting in a chair near a prop fence, wearing a suit jacket, hat, and bandole...
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Studio Portrait of Martha White Blackhawk St. Cyr

Date: 1899
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk girl, Martha White Blackhawk St. Cyr, posing standing with her left hand resting on a draped c...
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Studio Portrait of Four Young Ho-Chunk Men

Date: 1895
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two young Ho-Chunk men posing sitting in front of two men posing standing, William Hall (HunkKah), left, ...
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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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Young Ho-Chunk Man and Woman

Date: 1895
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a young Ho-Chunk man posing sitting on the left wearing a striped suit and a bandana, and a young Ho-Chun...
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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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Two Children Playing Outside

Date: 1896
Description: Two boys, Verne and Fay Canon, pose outdoors. Verne sits in a small tree and rests his feet on the front tire of a bicycle, while Fay stands and rests his ...
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Willms Cigar Factory, Milwaukee

Date: 1896
Description: Workers at the Willms cigar factory, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, posing with cigars and cigar boxes. Gustav Willms (c. 1854-1917) sits on the far left with six c...
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Ann Willms

Date: 1891
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Ann Willms (b. 1881) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She is wearing a dress, necklace, earrings and ...
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William Goetsch Family

Date: 1875
Description: William Goetsch family portrait copied from tintype. Left to right: Ernstina Goetsch Bigalk, standing, Lydia Goetsch Volkman Blatter, sitting, Hannah Goets...
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Portrait of Goetsch Children

Date: 1870
Description: Copy negative of a studio portrait of Hannah Goetsch Gericke, Albert Goetsch, and Ernistina Goetsch Bigalk taken by Alexander Krueger. They are possibly th...
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Back River Falls High School Class of 1894

Date: 1894
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of six men posed standing, two men and four women posed sitting. Probably the Black River Falls High School ...
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Three Seated Farm Girls

Date: 1895
Description: Three farm girls, probably of German extraction, seated on a bench, playing with three kids (young goats) in their laps. There are buildings in the backgro...
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Two Wilson Girls

Date: 1895
Description: Studio double portrait of two “Wilson girls”.
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Seven Young Women

Date: 1896
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop and prop column of seven European American women sitting on the floor. They are all leaning against one anot...

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