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Elderly Native American Man
A portrait of an elderly Native American man identified only as "the oldest Indian, Solon Springs, Wisconsin." This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepared by Paul Vanderbilt, ...
Elderly Chippewa
Pussafuss, an elderly Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indian. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepared by Paul Vanderbilt, the first curator of photography at the Wisconsin Historical Soc...
Native Americans and Whites
An unexplained group consisting of two white men, two white children, and two Native American women standing in front of a tent. The original caption stated that the elderly woman to the right was...
Chippewa Man
1913
A studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indian from the Bad River Indian Reservation at Odanah. The man is wearing a mix of traditional and western clo...
Chippewa Girls
1919
A group of Chippewa (Ojibwa) girls in white western clothing and paper feathered headdresses for a celebration commemorating the return of 80 Native American soldiers who served in World War I. Thi...
Charlie Duchmann
1922
Charlie Duchmann, a Menominee, photographed in 1922. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepared by Paul Vanderbilt, the Wisconsin Historical Society's first curator of photog...
