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Studio Portrait of Winneshiek Children

Date: 1908
Description: Studio portrait of three Ho-Chunk children posing in front of a painted backdrop. Identified as the children of Chief George Winneshiek (WaConChawNeeKah) a...
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Madison Heart Fund Drive

Date: 01 24 1950
Description: Three women who will take part in the Madison Heart Fund Drive visit with Dennis Swanson of Shopiere who is a patient at the Rheumatic Fever Convalescent H...
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Ho-Chunk Women and Children in front of Storefront

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Description: Three Ho-Chunk women and two children are standing in front of a storefront. The Ho-Chunk women and girl are all wearing shawls wrapped around their heads ...
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Ho-Chunk Women and Children Outside Livery

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Description: Ho-Chunk women and children wrapped in shawls and sitting on the ground outside the livery.
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Ho-Chunk Powwow

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Description: Ho-Chunk men are sitting and standing in an area portioned off by canvas barriers and a lodge and teepee. Identified as probably the Homecoming Powwow in 1...
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Ho-Chunk Man Paddling Canoe

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Description: Ho-Chunk man in a canoe on a river holding up an oar. Just out of frame on the left is a woman, who is perhaps holding a child.
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Studio Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Boys

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk boy posing sitting in a chair on the left wearing a suit coat and hat. Another Ho-Chunk boy is...
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Studio Portrait of Three Ho-Chunk Boys

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Description: Studio portrait of three Ho-Chunk boys posing in front of a painted backdrop. In the center a Ho-Chunk boy is sitting wearing a suit, hat, and necktie. Ano...
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Men on Heap of Clamshells

Date: 1913
Description: A large group of men of various ages sitting outdoors on a large mound of empty clam shells. The shells have holes drilled in them, probably for the pearl ...
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Boys Rewarded for Honesty

Date: 03 16 1950
Description: Four boys shown with Gene Rankin who manages the concessions at the University of Wisconsin Field House. Rankin rewarded them with free popcorn for turning...
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Potawatomi Family

Date: 1920
Description: Potawatomi family standing in front of a log cabin. Elders identified the woman in the center as Mrs. Frank Young, and the man on the right as community le...
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American Legion Essay Winners

Date: 04 05 1950
Description: Group portrait of the winners of the American Legion Essay Contest, a school official, and officers of the American Legion Auxiliary. Seated, left to right...
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Playground at the State Fair

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Description: Children playing on the playground at the State Fair. The children form lines to climb up the two tall ladders to slide down a pole. Several children are n...
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Young Boys Playing a Game

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Description: A group of young boys gathered at the steps at the front of a house engaging in some kind of game, perhaps a game of chance. One boy is sitting above them ...
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Young Boxers with Audience

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Description: Two young boxers posing kneeling in a ring touching gloves, while the referee crouches between them. An audience of unidentified youths are sitting and sta...
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A Game of Cards

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Description: A group of boys play a game of cards while sitting on the ground between the steps of some houses. At least four boys wear caps, three are wearing pants wi...
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Group of Waiting Boys

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Description: A group of boys are standing near the entrance of a brick building waiting to get in. A man behind them is entering the door. The sign near the door reads ...
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Boys Day at the Pool

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Description: Boys Day at an indoor pool. A view from the balcony on the second floor overlooks the boys swimming in the pool below.
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Boy Scouts at Attention

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Description: Rear view of group of boy scouts standing at attention in a line in a field near some trees. One man stands in the middle addressing the group.
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Y.M.C.A. Hiking Group

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Description: A Y.M.C.A. hiking group of men and boys posed standing on the edge of a sandy drop in a field. A house and trees are in the background. Most of the group i...

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