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Tomah Indian School

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Description: Tomah Indian School with boys standing in front of the entrance sign.
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Government Indian School

Date: 1912
Description: Exterior view of the main building. Caption reads: "Government Indian School, Main Building, Tomah, Wis."
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Indian School

Date: 1910
Description: View across lawn toward the Indian School. Caption reads: "Indian School, Wis."
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Indian School in Tomah, Wisconsin

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of the Indian School.
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Group of Native American Children

Date: 1935
Description: A group of nine children, two girls and seven boys, sitting on the steps of the Indian School at Tomah. Two boys on the left are holding balls. All of the ...
Postcard

Indian School

Date: 09 04 1928
Description: Text on front reads: "Indian School, Tomah, Wis." Opened in 1893, the Tomah Indian Industrial School was intended to teach Indian children how to shed thei...
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Indian Canoe

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Indian Canoe" and "Greetings from Tomah, Wis." On reverse: "Camp of berry-pickers, man, wife, and children. Camp site on a beautiful ...
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Big Chief and His Best Friend

Date: 1915
Description: Text on front reads: "Big Chief and His Best Friend. Greetings from Tomah, Wis." A Native American man in indigenous dress poses in front of a log cabin, a...
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Indian School

Date: 06 22 1942
Description: Text on front reads: "U.S. Indian School, Tomah Wis." Opened in 1893, the Tomah Indian Industrial School was intended to teach Indian children how to shed ...
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Souvenir of Tomah

Date: 1904
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Multiple View Card, Souvenir of Tomah." The smaller images, which flip when the card on top is pulled, include: Congregational Chur...
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Water Spirit Effigy

Date: 05 04 1915
Description: Caption reads: "An effigy of the water spirit type found at Clifton, Wis. The outline was whitewashed, the mound being carefully followed where it met the ...

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