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| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | A studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Winnebago Indians: John Hazen Hill, Alex Lonetree, daughter of Alex Lonetree, Mrs. Alex Lonetree, and W... |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Alex Lonetree, sitting and his wife, standing. They came to live with the Winnebagos after the last remov... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Group of fifteen women gathered around three tables behind a home, probably the DMC Club, an exclusive social and sewing society named for an imported bran... |
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| Description: | Amos Elliot, pioneer stage coach driver, enjoying a quiet evening at home with his second wife, and her daughter (center), Stella Hart. |
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| Description: | This photograph of Ho-Chunk powwow participants is a copy made by Van Schaick. From left to right are: John Hazen Hill (HaNaKah), William Hall (HunkKah), W... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Ho-Chunk performers gathered behind a drum and Winnebago baskets at the 1908 Homecoming. Standing from the left are Jim Swallow (MaPaZoeRayKeKah), William ... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Ho-Chunk men and women sitting and standing around a large medicine drum in an area portioned off by canvas barriers in front of a lodge. Identified as the... |
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| Description: | An unidentified man dancing for a group of onlookers in Black River Falls during the 1908 Homecoming Celebration. He is wearing a Sioux-style eagle feather... |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two Indian (probably Winnebago) women. The woman on the right is holding a baby on her lap. The women are... |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a couple, who are the parents of Tom (?) Wallace. The woman is sitting with a blanket around her shoulder... |
| Date: | 02 06 1913 |
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| Description: | Betsy Thunder, Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) medicine woman, posing in front of a painted backdrop near a prop stone wall. |
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| Description: | Eight men posing together dressed as minstrels in blackface makeup. |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of deceased twin infants in coffins. They are Robert and Janet Fitzpatrick, born July 5, 1885, died April 20, 1886, children of Robert and ... |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | A boy and a man are holding up small white pine trees, while workers are planting them at Alexander Lake's nursery. In the background are horses and wagons... |
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| Description: | Two women stand outside the doorway of a log house in winter. They are posed with a washtub, broom and dust pan. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | A woman, possibly the daughter of C.R. Monroe, holding up an image of Black River Falls Main Street at the back of a traveling photographer's wagon. |
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| Description: | A medical student is playing with electric shock equipment as Dr. Eugene Krohn, sitting at his desk with his feet up, is looking on. This is a carefully po... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Men and women sitting in two hammocks. The people pictured are Julia Murray Ormsby, Fred Werner, and R. Effie (Ettie) Meinhold. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Corner of Main and First Street. The first two buildings on the southwest corner are Abraham Meinhold's dry goods and LeClair's hardware store. Next is A.F... |
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