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Woman Reading Letter

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Description: Woman reading a letter by a table.
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Women Reading Letter

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Description: Two women stand in front of a house and jointly read a letter.
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Five Women Standing Together

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Description: Five women standing, two hold a letter.
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Two Women with Letter

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Description: Two young women, one sitting and one standing, pose with a letter for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. Both of the women are well-dressed ...
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Thomas Thunder and Woman Looking at Letter

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk man in full regalia, including a Sioux headdress and holding a pipe, posing standing with a wh...
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Studio Portrait of Two European-American Women

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Description: Studio portrait of two women posing sitting in a chair, looking at a letter held by the woman sitting lower on the right. Both women are wearing light-colo...
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Two Ho-Chunk Men Seated at a Table

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk man posed sitting on a prop fence on the left writing a letter on a small table with his right...
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Eight Group Portraits of Three Young Men

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Description: Eight group exposures of three men in a photography studio posing in front of a painted backdrop. From left to right, starting in the upper left corner: re...
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Studio Portrait of European American Woman

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait of an unidentified European American woman posed sitting in a chair with a tasseled back. She is wearing a light-colored dress wit...
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Studio Portrait of European American Girl

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified European American girl with short hair posing sitting on a wooden prop with fake grass at...
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Studio Portrait of European Americans

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of three unidentified people posing sitting. The man in the center is wearing a suit jacket and reading a le...
Historical Essay

Spreading Like Wildfire: Wisconsin's Forest Fires

Discover the overlooked history of Wisconsin's deadly wildfires, including the 1871 disaster that killed 1,500 people.

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