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Mailman

Date: 07 11 1981
Description: A male mail carrier taking a break sitting in a mailbox on the sidewalk in a neighborhood.
Book or Pamphlet

Bluebell Cream Separator Catalog

Date: 1913
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester's Bluebell line of cream separators. Features an illustration of a woman encountering a bird an...
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International Harvester Factory Worker

Date: 08 13 1936
Description: African American factory worker in a ragged sweater standing outside International Harvester's Osborne Works (later Auburn Works).
Photograph

Woman Operating 1650 Cub Cadet Lawn Tractor

Date: 1977
Description: Color advertising photograph of a woman cutting grass outside a suburban home on a 1650 Cub Cadet lawn tractor.
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Sture and Geneva Johnson Residence

Date: 06 28 1955
Description: Geneva Johnson sits in the sunroom of her contemporary home at 313 New Castle Way in Maple Bluff. Her home will be featured on a July 14 Tour of Homes spon...
Postcard

A Happy Christmas

Date: 1930
Description: Holiday postcard with Santa Claus with a walking stick, carrying a sack and holding a Christmas tree on his shoulder. He is in front of a snow-covered hous...
Photograph

Mrs. Delmar (Dorothy) Brown, Jr., and Her Son, Delmar III

Date: 06 16 1949
Description: Pictured in the home of her parents, Mr. And Mrs. Norman Wang, 1225 Rutledge Street, are Mrs. Delmar (Dorothy) Brown Jr., and her nine month old son, Delma...
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Dorothy Opstedal Smith and Son

Date: 06 27 1949
Description: Outdoor portrait of Mrs William L. (Dorothy) Smith, St. Louis, Missouri, and her son Tony, visiting at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Opostedal...
Photograph

Tree Surgeon Truck

Date: 1939
Description: An International D-300 truck owned by P. Hansling & Son Hartford Forestry Company Tree Surgeons is parked in the drive of a home with a large chimney. A ma...
Photograph

Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Group Posing Outdoors

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Description: Three Ho-Chunk men wearing hats and a Ho-Chunk woman wrapped in a shawl are posing outdoors sitting on a bench in front of a corrugated metal building.
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Man Riding Bareback in Marsh

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Description: A man wearing a hat, possibly Ho-Chunk, is mounted bareback on a horse knee-deep in water in a marsh.
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Ho-Chunk Man Paddling Canoe

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Description: Ho-Chunk man in a canoe on a river holding up an oar. Just out of frame on the left is a woman, who is perhaps holding a child.
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Ho-Chunk Tribesmen Luke Green and David Good Village

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Description: Ho-Chunk man wearing hat mounted on horse. He is holding what appears to be a glass bottle in his right hand. Another Ho-Chunk man is lying face down acros...
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Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Group Posing Outdoors

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Description: A Ho-Chunk group dressed in regalia standing behind an elderly woman, sitting, and child who is standing. The man with the rifle has an appliqué blanket wr...
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Two Ho-Chunk Men Dressed in Regalia

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Description: Two Ho-Chunk men dressed in a regalia standing in front of a tent, possibly at a powwow.
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Ho-Chunk Women and Children

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Description: Group of people under and near a tent. One Ho-Chunk woman is sitting outside a canvas awning holding an infant, with a Ho-Chunk girl standing behind her. A...
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Ho-Chunk Man Performing Handstand

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Description: Ho-Chunk man performing a handstand in front of two Ho-Chunk men standing nearby. There is a horse-drawn wagon near trees and bushes in the background.
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Ho-Chunk Men Playing Cards

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Description: Five Ho-Chunk men are sitting around a blanket on the ground playing cards. They are in front of a lodge frame without coverings. A man holding a walking s...
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Ho-Chunk Man Walking with European American Man

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Description: View down wooden sidewalk towards a Ho-Chunk man smoking a cigar and wearing a duck bone breast plate and fur pants on the left, and a European American ma...
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Ho-Chunk Group

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Description: Group of Ho-Chunk men, women, and children in a circle, and in smaller groups outside the circle. They are several summer lodges. Probably a meal.

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