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Chippewa Lodging Framework

Date: 1929
Description: Framework for a Chippewa (Ojibwa) wigwam (left) and long medicine lodge at Lac du Flambeau. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepare...
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Chippewa Medicine Man and His Family

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Description: Chippewa (Ojibwa) medicine man John King, with his wife, grandchild, and family standing near a birch wigwam on the Lake Court Oreilles reservation. John K...
Book or Pamphlet

Menominee Indian Village, Wolf River

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Description: A Menominee Indian Village on Wolf River. There are dwellings on the shore and many people in canoes are on the river.
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Boynton Chapel

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Description: Privately built chapel, decorated in Norwegian style by Mr. and Mrs. Boynton.
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Chippewa Indian Wigwam

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Description: Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indian Wigwam in the winter.
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Polperro House

Date: 1940
Description: A restored Cornish miner's house, called Polperro, on Shake Rag Street. The house was temporarily covered with siding, but after restoration the siding was...
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Polperro House

Date: 1945
Description: A restored Cornish miner's house, called Polperro, on Shake Rag Street. The house was temporarily covered with siding, but after restoration the siding was...
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Polperro House and Woman

Date: 1940
Description: A woman demonstrating how Shake Rag Street got its name, with the restored Cornish miner's house, called Polperro, behind her. The house was temporarily co...
Drawing

Drawing of Cornish Home

Date: 1960
Description: A Cornish house on Shake Rag Street.
Photograph

Shake Rag Street

Date: 1935
Description: Shake Rag Street, showing Cornish miner's homes. The street was formerly called Hoard Street in honor of R.C. Hoard who was stationed at Fort Defiance duri...
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Cornish Miner Homes on Shake Rag Street

Date: 1935
Description: Cornish miner homes on Shake Rag Street. The home at the right, which has since been demolished, was constructed of clay mixed with marsh grass, pressed in...
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Trelawny Patio

Date: 1946
Description: The patio and backyard area at the Cornish miner's cottage on Shake Rag Street called Trelawny. The cottage was restored under the ownership of Robert M. N...
Photograph

Japanese Scene

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Description: Stereograph of a view in Japan including a garden, traditional buildings and mountains in the background.
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Seminole Native American Camp

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Description: A view of Seminole Native Americans seated around camp. The camp consists of a roofed hut, tables, and logs for the Native Americans to sit on.
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Ogema Tipi

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Description: Four men standing near an Ogema Tipi.
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Native American Lodging

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Description: A partially completed Musquakie Wickiup, a Native American lodging. Caption reads: "Musquakie Wickiup, Tama Co., Iowa."
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Reunion of Indians at the Soo

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Description: A view of people standing near three tepees, and with many Native Americans dancing in a circle on a wooden platform. Caption reads: "Reunion of Indians at...
Photograph

Japanese Scene - Anaglyph

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Description: Stereograph of a view in Japan including a garden, traditional buildings and mountains in the background.
Print

Pendarvis House Menu

Date: 1935
Description: Menu of Cornish pasties and desserts offered by Pendarvis House, a group of restored stone houses built by Cornish settlers in Mineral Point. The cover of ...
Photograph

View of the City of Archangel

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view of the Troitsky prospect in Archangel [Archangelsk], Russia, looking north. There are dwellings, commercial and industrial buildings, and a c...

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