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Werner Clothing Store
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Families gathered outside of Werner's Drugstore on annuity pay day. A sign reads "Medicine sold here" in Ho-Chunk, German, and Norwegian. The Ho-Chunk syllabary on the sign "Ma Ko Oro Wena" reportedly translates colloquially as "medicine/place where you buy" and Norwegian "Norsk Apothek."
1900
Van Schaick, Charles
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Ho-Chunk Group in front of Werner Drugstore
1915
A group of Ho-Chunk gathering in front of Werner Drugstore on Main Street. The signpost on the right side indicates that English was not the first language of many of the area’s residents. One side...
Main Street Piled with Snow
Winter scene with Main Street, north side, between First and Water Streets, Black River Falls, Wisconsin, piled high with snow. Mortar and pestle sign is in front of the Werner's Drugstore. The nex...
Two Ho-Chunk Girls with Smallpox
1900
Two unidentified young Ho-Chunk girls with smallpox are kneeling outside their lodge. Some of the Ho-Chunk suffering from smallpox were quarantined during the 1901 outbreak.
Ho-Chunk Man near Werner Drugstore
A Ho-Chunk man wearing a cap and wrapped in a shawl is walking near the front of the Werner Drugstore on Main Street between Water and First Streets. There are other people in the background, and t...
Ho-Chunk Women and Men in Front of Werner Drugstore on Main Street
View from street of two Ho-Chunk women and a Ho-Chunk man standing in the doorway of the Werner Drugstore on the north side of Main Street between First and Water Streets.
Werner Drugstore
Window of the Werner Drugstore with a display for Dr. Pierce's Medicines and a sign that says, "Deutsche Apotheke."
