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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 ...
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...
Photograph

Indian Students at Government School

Date: 1896
Description: Indian boys and girls pose for a group portrait outdoors in front of the government school.
Photograph

Keshena Indian School

Date: 1929
Description: Keshena Indian School, an Indian Government School building.
Photograph

Tomah Indian School

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

Indian School

Date: 1890
Description: Indian School in Shawano.
Photograph

Indian School in Tomah, Wisconsin

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of the Indian School.
Photograph

Shops at Indian Industrial School

Date: 
Description: Exterior view of the shops at the Indian Industrial School. Groups of young men are posed in front of the building.
Postcard

Indian School

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

Hayward Indian School

Date: 1920
Description: View of the Hayward Indian School, including the boys' building, chapel and schoolrooms, and the girls' building.
Postcard

Bethany Indian Mission

Date: 1935
Description: Exterior view of the Bethany Indian Mission School. Caption reads: "Bethany Indian Mission, Wittenberg, Wis."
Photograph

Laundry Building at Indian Industrial School

Date: 
Description: Exterior view of a laundry building at the Indian Industrial School. An Indian School cable car is next to the building.
Photograph

Gymnasium at Indian Industrial School

Date: 
Description: Exterior view of a gymnasium at the Indian Industrial School. A group of men are standing at the entrance.
Photograph

Indian School

Date: 1929
Description: Indian boarding school at Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe Reservation. Children are in front of the building, and in the side yard.
Photograph

Tin Shop at the Indian Industrial School

Date: 
Description: Students working in a tin shop at the Indian Industrial School.
Drawing

Hayward Indian Boarding School

Date: 1900
Description: Perspective drawing of the buildings at the Hayward Indian School. There is a man in a boat in the right foreground and an empty boat in the left foregroun...
Photograph

Three Young Native American Men

Date: 1918
Description: Three young Native American men pose for a studio portrait. Joseph Oiyette (White Earth Tribe) is on the right, the other two student's names are unknown. ...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

75th Anniversary Observance

Date: 04 25 1954
Description: Winnebago children and adults are dressed in traditional clothing for the photo. The caption reads: "As part of the 75th anniversary observance of the foun...
Postcard

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...
Photograph

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 ...

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