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Domestic Staff with Work Utensils

Date: 1890
Description: The household staff (probably Swedish) for one family home, including laundresses, cooks, parlor maids, and scullery girls with their various work utensils...
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George and Fannie Stacy Lincoln Monegar

Date: 1920
Description: Studio portrait of George Monegar (EwaOnaGinKah) and Fannie Stacy Lincoln Monegar (LeBaWinKah) posing standing in front of a painted backdrop. He is wearin...
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Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Woman and Child

Date: 05 07 1913
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 the woman...
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Portrait of Winnebago Indians

Date: 1890
Description: A studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Winnebago Indians: John Hazen Hill, Alex Lonetree, daughter of Alex Lonetree, Mrs. Alex Lonetree, and W...
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Studio Portrait of Alex Lonetree and his Wife

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Alex Lonetree, sitting and his wife, standing. They came to live with the Winnebagos after the last remov...
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Studio Portrait of Indian Women and Baby

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two Indian (probably Winnebago) women. The woman on the right is holding a baby on her lap. The women are...
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Tom (?) Wallace's Parents

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a couple, who are the parents of Tom (?) Wallace. The woman is sitting with a blanket around her shoulder...
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Betsy Thunder

Date: 02 06 1913
Description: Betsy Thunder, Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) medicine woman, posing in front of a painted backdrop near a prop stone wall.
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Photograph Gallery of Charles Van Schaick

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Description: Man petting dog, who is sitting on a chair, inside the photographic studio. There is a large studio camera on the left, several pieces of studio furniture,...
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Mountain Wolf Woman

Date: 1907
Description: Studio portrait of Mountain Wolf Woman, also known as Stella Blowsnake Whitepine Stacy (HayAhChoWinKah), sitting and holding her two daughters, Josephine W...
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Portrait of Clara St. Cyr and Lucy Davis

Date: 1900
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two smiling Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) women identified as Clara St. Cyr, a Nebraska Winnebago, lef...
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Studio Family Portrait

Date: 1899
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of elderly couple with their grown children.
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Flora Thundercloud Funmaker Bearheart

Date: 1910
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Flora Thundercloud Funmaker Bearheart (WaNekChaWinKah), daughter of Moheek Thundercloud (MaZheeWeeKah) an...
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Butcher with Tools of His Trade

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a butcher wearing an apron, and holding a cleaver and saw.
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Two Women in Dresses

Date: 1892
Description: Studio portrait of two women wearing white pointed hats and long, white dresses with fluffy collars, and broad white belts. They stand their backs to the c...
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Baby with Bottle

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Description: Studio portrait of a baby suckling on a bottle. The child is sitting upright dressed in a white gown, with his right hand resting on the chair arm, and his...
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Portrait of Woman with Fur Coat

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Description: Studio portrait of a standing young woman, wearing a hat with a veil and flower, and a fur-lined coat in front of a painted backdrop.
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Memorial Wreath with Woman's Portrait

Date: 1891
Description: Studio portrait of a memorial flower wreath. In the middle is a full-length portrait of a woman in a dress.
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Portrait of Family

Date: 1899
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a man and woman posing sitting, surrounded by two young men, a young woman, a girl and a boy.
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Girls with Tambourines

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Description: Studio portrait of thirteen girls in costume, posing sitting, standing, and holding tambourines in front of a painted backdrop.

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