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Potowatomi Group

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Description: A Potowatomi group consisting of David Nsa-waw-quet, his wife Margaret Nsa-waw-quet, and her sister Mary Wabanosay, or "Morning Walking." A young girl is ...
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Studio Portrait of Thomas Thunder and Wife

Date: 1915
Description: Full-length studio portrait of Thomas Thunder (HoonkHaGaKah) (Son of [WaConChaKah] John Thunder aka Dr. Thunder and [WeHonPeKaw] Lucy Bear, Thunder), and h...
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Portrait of Elderly Ho-Chunk Woman

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of an elderly Ho-Chunk woman sitting and wearing long bead strands. In the background is a painted backdrop. Mary Snowball, Dec...
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Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Couple

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Description: Studio portrait of Will Thunder (NaKikSayWaHeKah) (Son of [WaConChaKah] John Thunder aka Dr. Thunder and [WeHonPeKaw] Lucy Bear, Thunder.) He is wearing a ...
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Studio Portrait of Martha Waukon

Date: 1890
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk girl posing and standing with her arm resting on a chair with a floral applique bl...
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Studio Portrait of Mary White-Swan and Son

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk boy standing and leaning against a Ho-Chunk woman sitting. The woman is wearing a shawl wrapp...
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Studio Portrait of Little Wolf Woman, Henry Greencrow, and Bella Hall

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Description: Studio portrait of a young Ho-Chunk man posing standing and wearing a suit and bow tie, flanked by two young Ho-Chunk women standing in front of a painted ...
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Portrait of Two Young Ho-Chunk Women

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two young Ho-Chunk women posing standing. They are flanking a chair in the center which is draped with a ...
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Studio Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Family

Date: 1915
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk family. In the background is a painted backdrop. Names (sitting) David Bow Littlesoldier (Maw Jhay Mau Nee Kah). ...
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Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Women and a Ho-Chunk Girl

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk woman posing sitting on the left. She is wearing several necklaces, earrings, and a plaid dres...
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Portrait of Four Ho-Chunk Men and Women

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Description: Studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk men sitting in front wearing suit coats and several necklaces, gorgets, and moccasins. Two Ho-Chunk women are standing behi...
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Studio Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Infant Boy

Date: 1895
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk infant boy posing sitting in a chair draped with a cloth. He is being supported from behind by...
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Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Baby

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk baby wrapped in a white blanket. The baby is posing standing in a covered chair, and is supported by a woman besi...
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Isham Family

Date: 1898
Description: Ira Robinson Isham family at the Lac Courte Oreilles Indian Reservation. From left to right: Isham's son-in-law, Isham, his daughter, and Indian medicine m...
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Native American Woman

Date: 1920
Description: Unidentified Native American woman, probably Ho Chunk, posing for a seated, waist-up stereograph portrait in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a ...
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Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip in Thunder Bay

Date: 07 03 1973
Description: Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip visiting Mt. McKay in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. Seated between the Queen and Prince is Chief Leonard Pelletier of...
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Banquet at Beauty School

Date: 1961
Description: Group portrait of women at a banquet at the Green Bay Beauty School. In the back row, fourth from the left, is Frances Decorah. Handwritten at the bottom i...
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Mary Myott Alexander

Date: 1921
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of a seated woman. Caption reads: "Letter, July 21, 1921, N. W. Jipson to L. P. Kellogg (in office file) says: 'Knowing of your in...

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