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Burning Building and Volunteer Fire Fighters

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Description: Volunteer fire fighters prepare to put out a fire on a roof. The fire company's hose cart is the vehicle with two large wheels which was attached to any av...
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John Joseph Olver (Oliver) Family

Date: 1898
Description: Group portrait of the Olver (Oliver) family. In chairs: Alice Melissa and John Joseph; sons, from left to right standing: Louis Franklin (Frank), Willard S...
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Two-Story Frame House

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Description: Two-story frame house with a porch on the right half. A log sidewalk is in the front yard.
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Girl Posing in Greenery

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Description: A girl stands in a shrubbery arch in front of a house, probably the yard and house of the Spaulding family.
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Small House and Yard

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Description: A small frame house is visible through various foliage and shrubbery.
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Horse-Drawn Buggy

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Description: Right side profile view of a man sitting in a covered buggy that is pulled by a horse. Buildings are behind trees and bushes in the background.
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Family Posing in Yard

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Description: A man, two women and a baby in a baby carriage posing in the yard of a two-story house.
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Woman Posing with Potted Plant

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a woman in a long dress posing with a crown of thorns plant in the front yard of house. The plant is in a pot which is sitting on a pie...
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Portrait of George Monegar on a Mule

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Description: A Ho-Chunk man on the right is sitting on a mule wearing a Sioux headdress along with other regalia, in a field in front of tents and trees. A European Ame...
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Portrait of George Monegar on a Mule in a Field

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Description: A Ho-Chunk man on the left is posing mounted on a mule, and is wearing a Sioux headdress among other regalia. A European American man is posing standing on...
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Ho-Chunk Group near Tents in a Field

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Description: Three Ho-Chunk men and three Ho-Chunk women posing standing in front of tents in a field. The women are wrapped in plaid fringed shawls, and the men are we...
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Ho-Chunk Woman and Child Near Lodge

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Description: A Ho-Chunk woman and small child in front of a Ho-Chunk lodge. The woman and child are looking to the side. In the background are trees and shrubs.
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Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Group Posing Outdoors

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Description: Three Ho-Chunk men wearing hats and a Ho-Chunk woman wrapped in a shawl are posing outdoors sitting on a bench in front of a corrugated metal building.
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Ho-Chunk and European-American Group in a Field

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Description: Several Ho-Chunk and European American men, women, and children standing and kneeling in a field. Probably picking cranberries at Gebhardt's nursery. A lar...
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Ho-Chunk Woman in Field with Tents

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Description: A Ho-Chunk woman walking in a field. In the background are several white tents, possibly an encampment for a cranberry harvest.
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Ho-Chunk Women in Buffalo Dance Lodge

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Description: A group of Ho-Chunk people standing in the rear of a Buffalo Dance Lodge. The Buffalo Dance would take place in the spring, when the grass was long enough ...
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Frame of a Ho-Chunk Lodge in Clearing

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Description: Frame of a Ho-Chunk lodge without fabric or skins on a snow-covered field. Probably a medicine lodge at Morrison Creek Bottoms. Two wagons are under a tree...
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Ho-Chunk Lodges

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Description: Ho-Chunk lodges with flaps raised. A few individuals are visible inside, and there is a dog on the left. Probably a swan dance lodge and war bundle feast. ...
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Outdoor Ho-Chunk Gathering

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Description: Ho-Chunk women and men sitting in front of and under cloth awnings on blankets with their backs to the camera, probably a powwow. On the blankets are also ...
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Ho-Chunk Men and Woman in Front of Awning

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Description: A Ho-Chunk woman, standing between two Ho-Chunk men dressed in regalia, including feathered headdresses, in front of an awning. Probably at a powwow. A dog...

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