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Women Playing a Reed Organ

Date: 1900
Description: A woman sits at a reed organ while another looks on.
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Turn-of-the-Century Bicyclists

Date: 1900
Description: Sidney Catle, on bike, stands with his sister Sarah to his right, Harvey Richards, and twin sisters.
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Harvesting Cranberries

Date: 1900
Description: Two Ho-Chunk men wearing beaded shirts are gathering cranberries (hoocake) alongside a Ho-Chunk woman and a white man and woman. A large group of cranberry...
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Woman Sitting On Steps

Date: 1905
Description: Elderly woman in a long skirt sitting on the front steps of a house.
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Cranberry Pickers

Date: 1905
Description: Winnebago Indians and Black River Falls townspeople harvesting cranberries.
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Family Portrait

Date: 1910
Description: Five people, possibly family, posing in front of a building. A man is standing on the left with his arms crossed, and two women stand on the right near tre...
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Road Grader Plowing Snow

Date: 1900
Description: Winter scene looking toward Main Street from South First Street, with an arch over the intersection. A man is operating a road grader pulled by four horses...
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Native American Women on Water Street

Date: 1911
Description: A boy is standing on a snow-covered wooden sidewalk on the left, and Native American women wrapped in blankets are walking on the sidewalk on the right. Vi...
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Four Ho-Chunk People on Bridge

Date: 1911
Description: Four Ho-Chunk people crossing a bridge spanning the Black River. This photograph was taken before the flood of October 1911, when the bridge was completely...
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Women's Relief Corps Parading down Street

Date: 1902
Description: Women's Relief Corps with umbrellas parading down the street. Stuffed eagle parading as "Old Abe." Directly behind the two flags are, from left to right: ...
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Group of Girls in Parade

Date: 1902
Description: Girls walking in a parade, probably on Memorial Day.
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Farmhouse on Hill

Date: 1900
Description: View up hill towards farmhouse. There is a woman using a hand-pump in the yard on the right.
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Woman Putting on Hat

Date: 1900
Description: Woman putting on a hat in front of a dressing table mirror.
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Portrait of Elderly Ho-Chunk Woman

Date: 1920
Description: Full-length studio portrait of an elderly Ho-Chunk woman, Mary Snowball Decorra Buffalohead (PayDokSeKah [Edge of brow is yellow]), sitting and holding a p...
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Studio Portrait of Kate Thunder Miner

Date: 1905
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of a young Ho-Chunk woman posing sitting. She is wrapped in a plaid fringed shawl, and is identified as Kate Thunder Miner (WaRoSh...
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Portrait of Mabel White St. Cyr

Date: 1905
Description: Studio portrait of Ho-Chunk woman, Mabel White Blackhawk St. Cyr sitting in front of a painted backdrop with her left arm resting on a silk applique blanke...
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Studio Portrait of Florence White Mann

Date: 1905
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of a young Nebraska Winnebago woman posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a necklace, earrings, rings, and...
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Portrait of Kate Thunder Miner and Caroline Mary Decorah Blackdeer

Date: 1906
Description: Full-length studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk girls posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop. Caroline Mary Decorah Blackdeer (CheHeTeChaWinKah), left, ...
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Portrait of Minnie Sherman

Date: 1905
Description: Studio portrait of a young Ho-Chunk woman, Minnie Sherman Prettyman-Bear Whitebear (AhHooSootchPaWinKah), posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop. Sh...
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Portrait of Alice Mary Blackdeer Hopkinah

Date: 1908
Description: Studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk woman, Alice Mary Blackdeer Hopkinah (NautchGePinWinKah), posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a wom...

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