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| Description: | Native American in native dress, two braids wrapped in fur, multi-strand beaded necklace. Caption reads: "Curley, Gen. Custer's Scout." |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Statue of Chief Oshkosh of the Menominee Tribe. Sculpted by Trentanove and located in Menominee Park. The statue honors the man who gave his name to the ci... |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of five Hayward Indian School students, possibly a basketball team, from L to R: John C... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Large Letter style postcard for Green Bay depicting various scenes in the letters that spell the name of the city. Caption reads: "Greetings from Green Bay... |
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| Description: | View of the exterior of the "Indian Bowl," a venue for powwows. A Native American woman is standing in front next to the totems. |
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| Description: | The totem pole has a carved wooden bear clinging to the top. The totem pole was erected in 1927 in honor of the aboriginal inhabitants of Wisconsin. Potawa... |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard image of Colonel Chief Albert Yellowthunder of the Ho-Chunk Nation. He is wearing traditional native attire and is holding an object, wh... |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Mural Decoration, Brown County Courthouse." Text on reverse reads: "This mural decoration, on the south wall of the east entrance hall, rep... |
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| Description: | Color postcard of the totem pole at the Indian Village of the American Baptist Assembly. A group of children are standing at the base looking up at it. ... |
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| Description: | The non-mailing side of a wrap-around postcard cover. Glued inside is a folded series of two sided scenes of attractions in Central Wisconsin. Across the i... |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of a Lac du Flambeau medicine man in traditional dress holding a drum and a knife. Other people are standing behind him. Caption reads: ... |
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| Description: | View of a wooden sculpture at the entrance of a casino. Text on reverse reads: "This carving by Gene Delcourt is representative of the seven clans of the L... |
| Date: | 1986 |
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| Description: | Painting of a woman standing on a beach and holding a spear point in her hand. In the sand near her is a spear, several arrowheads, and a bag. She is weari... |
| Date: | 11 06 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Lewis Indian Fountain, Watertown, Wis." The fountain stands on a brick street with buildings, a church and trees in the background. T... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Wisconsin Dells." A Large Letter Postcard with a background illustration of Stand Rock and a Native American in a canoe, with a Nativ... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Greetings From Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin." A Large Letter Postcard with a blue and orange background, each letter is filled with a s... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Text reads: "Souvenir Folder. Dells of the Wisconsin." The mailing side/front of a souvenir view folder containing eleven accordion folded, double-sided co... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Text on mailing side reads: "Souvenir Folder. Dells of the Wisconsin." The back of a souvenir view folder containing eleven accordion folded, double-sided ... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Text reads: "Chief Silvertongue and Princess He-Nook-Gink-Sha." One of 16 postcard images inside of a souvenir view folder. A Native American woman is play... |
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