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Studio Portrait of Native American Man

Date: 
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Native American man posed standing next to a stuffed chair.
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Studio Portrait of Mrs. Snowball

Date: 
Description: Copy photograph of a studio portrait of an elderly Native American woman posed standing and wearing native dress, possibly the second Mrs. Luke Snowball.
Photograph

Menominee Indian Performer

Date: 1958
Description: Portrait of Menoninee Indian performer in full dress seated for waist-up portrait. Member of the Peavey Falls group of dancers and musicians from the Menom...
Photograph

Menominee Indian Performer

Date: 1958
Description: Image is an outdoor portrait of a performer wearing a fringed vest, beaded necklace and headdress, and holding a small axe. Member of the Peavey Falls grou...
Photograph

Menominee Indian Performer

Date: 1958
Description: The image shows a performer standing and holding a pipe. Member of the Peavey Falls group of dancers and musicians from the Menominee Indian Reservation in...
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Menominee Indian Performers

Date: 1958
Description: Four generations of men and boys pose for a portrait of Menoninee Indians in full dress standing outdoors near a gate and fence. A sign says: "Indian Vill...
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Smoke Smoke

Date: 1930
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of an elderly Native American man. He is wearing a work shirt; the handle of a cane is in the foreground. On the reverse is wri...
Book or Pamphlet

Deering Harvester Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1894
Description: Catalog cover featuring illustrations along with the text: "The Foreign Commisioners Visit the Northwest, and Learn Why Bonanza Farming Pays." At the top i...
Photograph

Indian Boys Practice Archery

Date: 1956
Description: Six Native American boys and teenagers take part in an archery competition. They are holding their bows and carrying arrows in a bag on their backs. Riley ...
Photograph

Nadonis Shawa

Date: 
Description: Formal quarter-length portrait of Nadonis Shawa wearing a feathered headdress and traditional Native American clothing.
Drawing

Third Fight with the Iroquois

Date: 1615
Description: Illustration of the Huron Indians and French explorers attacking an Iroquois fort near present day Fenner, New York. A wooden platform was constructed to f...
Photograph

Philip Gordon in a Headdress

Date: 1933
Description: A waist-up portrait of Father Philip Gordon in a headdress. The photograph is inscribed: "To our good friend Fred Holmes. Philip Gordon, June, 1933."
Photograph

Bleak November

Date: 1950
Description: View from shoreline towards two men in a canoe near Birch Point on Little Elkhart Lake. The day is overcast. Around the point is another man in a boat, and...
Photograph

Indian Fire Dance

Date: 1952
Description: A Native American man performing a fire dance at Camp Decorah.
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Traditional Ways

Date: 1976
Description: A young native American woman is sitting on the ground holding her infant in a cradleboard on her lap, a traditional way to protect and transport babies. S...
Photograph

Group of People with Binder at McCormick Works

Date: 1913
Description: Man wearing a suit and a bowler hat is demonstrating the machine to a group of men in traditional Native American costume. There are factory buildings in t...
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Man Showing Binder to Man at McCormick Works

Date: 1913
Description: Man in bowler hat demonstrating machine to a man dressed in traditional Native American costume. They are in the factory yard.
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Group of People with Binder at McCormick Works

Date: 1913
Description: Man wearing a suit and a bowler hat is demonstrating the machine to a group of men in traditional Native American costume. There are factory buildings in t...

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