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Albert Yellowthunder
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Colorized postcard image of Colonel Chief Albert Yellowthunder of the Ho-Chunk Nation. He is wearing traditional native attire and is holding an object, which may be a pipe. Caption reads: "Chief Yellow Thunder, Wisconsin Dells, Wis."
circa 1940-1949
H.H. Bennett Studio
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