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| Description: | Illustration of three Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians gathering wild rice into a canoe. |
| Date: | 1832 |
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| Description: | The Elkhorn Pyramid, on the Upper Missouri River. Passing Indians would add horns to the pyramid, and sometimes add red marks to the horns to indicate the ... |
| Date: | 06 20 1931 |
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| Description: | Nine members of the junior and senior class at the University of Wisconsin are sitting in a semi-circle dressed as Native Americans. They are smoking the p... |
| Date: | 07 15 1911 |
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| Description: | Christening ceremony for the S.S. Harvester. The ship was built for the Wisconsin Steel Company, a subsidiary of International Harvester. The 545-fo... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | A group of Chippewa (Ojibwa) girls in white western clothing and paper feathered headdresses for a celebration commemorating the return of 80 Native Americ... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | "St. Anthony Falls" photographed during the "Norwegian Lutheran Synod held at Minneapolis, Minn., 1875," as listed in Dahl's 1877 "Catalogue of Stereoscopi... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Indian village, along a river, (in a painted reconstruction) during an Indian ceremony. |
| Date: | 06 1946 |
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| Description: | Women assembled for the bride's bouquet toss at the Helen Louise Hadley-Dr. John Farrell Whitman wedding reception at the Alpha Xi Delta sorority house, 12... |
| Date: | 06 26 1955 |
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| Description: | Arthur Melster, President of Cambridge Foundation; K.K. Amundson. M.D. of Cambridge; and W.T. Webb of Evinrude Motors, look at the Lake Ripley Ole Evinrude... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Ceremonial performers in traditional Indian costume pose near a steamboat. |
| Date: | 04 10 1948 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin's new racing shell, the Mendota, receives the champagne bottle from sponsor Mrs. Harry (Mary) Stuhldreher in the christening ceremony on t... |
| Date: | 07 06 1937 |
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| Description: | Dedication ceremony for the dam on the St. Croix River that is now part of the Gordon Dam County Park. Construction on this dam was begun as a WPA project... |
| Date: | 05 17 |
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| Description: | A crowd of people gather on the banks of a river. Behind them, a band plays on a boat in the river. |
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| Description: | A view of people standing near three tepees, and with many Native Americans dancing in a circle on a wooden platform. Caption reads: "Reunion of Indians at... |
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| Description: | View of a procession to Immaculate Conception Lake at Nazareth Academy, established in 1814. Priests and servers lead the procession, and women in black fo... |
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| Description: | View across water along shoreline toward a Vesper service held by a lake. Clergymen stand on the dock while members of the congregation stand on the shore ... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Vesper Services. In the background near the shoreline the minister stands near an altar on a stone platform to perform a vesper service. A... |
| Date: | 05 30 1952 |
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| Description: | Members of the Women's Relief Corps scattered flowers on the waters of Lake Mendota in honor of Navy and Air Force dead as part of Memorial Day services in... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | "St. Anthony Falls" photographed during the "Norwegian Lutheran Synod held at Minneapolis, Minn., 1875," as listed in Dahl's 1877 "Catalogue of Stereoscopi... |
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