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Circus Performers Riding Circus Animals

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Description: Slightly elevated view of circus performers riding camels in the street in a parade.
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Boys Sitting on Bulkhead of Powerhouse

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Description: A large group of boys stand and sit on the bulkhead of a powerhouse before a flood. The boys could dive under one side of the structure and swim to the oth...
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Boys Diving off Bulkhead of Powerhouse

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Description: A large group of boys are standing and sitting on the bulkhead of a powerhouse before a flood. The boys could dive under one side of the structure and swim...
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Hunters Standing Near Wagon with Catch

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Description: A hunter stands near a wagon pulled by two horses holding a catch of squirrels. Two women, two young boys, and another man are standing in the wagon behind...
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Boy with Hunting Catch

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Description: A young boy with a large firearm stands next to a rail of hanging prairie chicken. Two hunting dogs rest beneath the rail while an older boy and woman stan...
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Hunting Party with Game

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Description: A group of five men and a boy pose with their hunting dogs and guns in front of a two-tent hunting encampment. A rail of fowl, possibly prairie chicken, ha...
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Man and Boy Fishing

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Description: A man and young boy fish from stepping stones in a river.
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Crowd Fishing from Rocks

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Description: View along shoreline of group of men and boys fishing from rocks under a bridge, while others watch from above. Houses are in the far background on a hill....
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Group Posing Outside Tent

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Description: A group of men, women, and children pose under a tent awning.
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Family Gathered Outside of Tent

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Description: Three women, a man and several children pose outside of two large tents.
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Group Gathered at Campsite

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Description: A group of men, women and children, as well as a horse, gather outside of two tents at a campsite. The photograph appears to have been taken from inside on...
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Baseball Game

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Description: A group of spectators watch a baseball game. A batter, catcher, and umpire are visible, along with two young boys in the foreground.
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Elderly Woman with Young Girl

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Description: An elderly woman sits with a young girl holding a doll for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. The woman wears an elaborately decorated coat ...
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Women with Children on Swing

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Description: A studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a woman sitting on a swing, holding a young child and surrounded by three others. A dog rests at her fe...
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Group Gathered around Swing

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Description: A group of men, women, and children gather around a swing in front of a painted backdrop and pose for a studio portrait. Two men stand behind the group we...
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Portrait of Henry Stacy (Badsoldier) and George Bearchief

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Description: A studio portrait of two young boys, Henry Stacy (Badsoldier) and George Bearchief, standing with bow and arrows by a prop stone wall, in front of a painte...
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Girl Holding a Doll

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Description: A studio portrait of a young girl wearing a dress and holding a doll in front of a painted backdrop. The girl stands and rests her arm on a stuffed chair w...
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Group with Bicycles and Oars

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Description: A group of seventeen young people of varying ages posing outside against a hill with bicycles and a set of rowing oars.
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Studio Portrait of Young Girl in Swing

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Description: Studio portrait of a girl sitting on a swing and holding her hat in front of a painted backdrop.
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Jim Carriman with Bicycle

Date: 1905
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a young Ho-Chunk man, Jim Carriman, posing standing and holding a bicycle in front of a painted backdrop. He is wearing a ha...

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