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Traditional Ways

Date: 1976
Description: A young native American woman is sitting on the ground holding her infant in a cradleboard on her lap, a traditional way to protect and transport babies. S...
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Fostering Homeless Infants and Children

Date: 05 02 1957
Description: Baby beds, teeter babes, doll buggies, playpens and other equipment are donated by members of the Children's Service Society, a Red Feather agency, for the...
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Jeannette Holt's Bassinet

Date: 1896
Description: Circular-framed view of Jeannette Holt's bassinet with blanket on a chair at home. A woman wearing a long dress can be seen from the shoulders down standin...
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Woman Holding Baby in Papoose Carrier

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Description: Portrait of a young woman in buckskins holding a baby in a cradle board.
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Medicine Wigwam

Date: 1930
Description: A Ho-Chunk woman with two children, a toddler who is standing, and an infant on a cradleboard, beside a long lodge (ciiserec). The lodge is covered with ca...
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Girl with Doll Buggy

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Description: Small girl posed standing on a porch with a doll buggy.
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Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Woman and Child

Date: 05 07 1913
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of a woman in Ho-Chunk regalia wrapped in a blanket, with a child on her back. The child is wearing a fur hat, and the woman...
Drawing

Indian Infant on Cradleboard

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Description: Illustration of an Indian baby on a cradleboard propped up between two Indian women.
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"Chippeway [Ojibwa] Squaw and Child"

Date: 1826
Description: Portrait of a Chippewa (Ojibwa) woman and her child, originally titled "Chippeway Squaw and Child." Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, ...
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Mowing the Lawn with Baby

Date: 05 05 1985
Description: Father carrying his infant son on his back while mowing the lawn.
Print

"Chippeway (Ojibwa) Squaws"

Date: 1826
Description: Portrait of three Chippewa (Ojibwa) women with their babies, originally titled "Chippeway Squaws." Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, p...
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Papoose Case

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Description: Studio work: Ho-Chunk papoose case, probably, with porcupine quills.
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Mark and Galen Hasler

Date: 03 14 1945
Description: Mark and Galen Hasler, twin sons of Prof. and Mrs. (Hanna) Arthur D. Hasler, 205 Lathrop Street, wearing pale yellow suits and sky blue jackets.
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Cayuse Infants

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Description: Cayuse infants in Pendleton blankets.
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Cayuse Infants

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Description: Crying Cayuse infants wrapped in Pendleton blankets.
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Studio Portrait of the Windblowe Sisters and Infant

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two young Ho-Chunk women and a Ho-Chunk infant. The woman on the left is wearing regalia and the woman on...
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Twin Osage Papooses

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Description: A woman stands behind twin Osage papooses in a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. The infants are tightly wrapped up. This image comes from an...
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Indian Child

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Description: An Indian child on a blanket at the Warm Springs Agency in Oregon.
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Winter Walk

Date: 1898
Description: Alice and Eleanor Brown with their nurse in front of 121 East Gilman Street. The three houses in the photo are 125 East Gilman, 133 East Gilman and 139 Ea...
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Outdoor Gathering

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Description: A group of women and girls and one man are sitting outside on benches and chairs sewing clothes and talking. On the right, a woman has a baby stroller besi...

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