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Pioneer Home of Nels Wickstrom

Date: 1891
Description: This is a family photograph of Nels Wickstrom with his wife Anna (born Anna Stoel) and their children in front of their log home. The oldest child, wearing...
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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...
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Chippewa Family Moving

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Description: A Chippewa (Ojibwa) family moving their disassembled wagon and grindstone from one village to another on two canoes somewhere in northern Wisconsin. This i...
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Chippewa Family

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Description: A Native American (Ojibwa) family photographed on the Lac du Flambeau reservation. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepared by Paul...
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Indian Mother and Child

Date: 1897
Description: Honani's daughter and her child, educated at Keam's Canyon School. There is sweet corn drying on the front of the house.
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Indian Family in front of House

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Description: An Indian family in front of a wooden housing structure at the Warm Springs agency in Oregon.
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Indian Family

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Description: An Indian family with a wooden structure and a teepee at the Warm Springs Agency in Oregon.
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Arthur Symintire's Family

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Description: Arthur Symintire and his family in a tipi at the Warm Springs Agency in Oregon.
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Getto Family

Date: 1927
Description: Getto family, seated left to right: Henry Getto, Harry Ketola, Maria Getto, Senia Getto Aho, Alma Getto, Ruth Howland, Pete Hovi, Oscar Getto, Herman Aho, ...
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Alex Palo Family

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Description: Family of Alex Palo pose in a line outside their house.
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Four Generations of Jacksons

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Description: Four generations of the Jackson family, identified as: (seated) Mrs. James A. Jackson (Syndonia Hobbins Jackson), standing left to right, Harriet Jackson M...
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Johns Island Family on Porch

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Description: An African American woman with two children on the porch of a house on Johns Island.
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Highlander Neighbors

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Description: A man and two boys standing near a shack with large cauldron in front, looking in different directions. They are neighbors of Highlander Folk School.
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Family Standing on Porch

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Description: An African American family standing on the porch of their home, behind a wooden picket fence.
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Bis and Dick with Dog

Date: 1918
Description: Florence (Bis) and Richard "Dick" Lloyd Jones Jr. with their dog, Blig, a Belgian Shepherd, behind their house on Walker Court.
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Cyla Tine Stundel and Son, Ksiel

Date: 1948
Description: Cyla Tine Stundel and son, Ksiel; Farenwald Displaced Persons camp, Germany.
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J.F. Mosher Residence

Date: 1886
Description: Mosher family standing in front of the J.F. Mosher residence. From the left are J.F. Mosher, daughters Celia Belle, Rhoda Adelaide, and Bertha May, son Her...
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Edwards Tower Cottage

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Description: A man and four children stand in front of Edwards Tower Cottage. The cottage is built in the style of a lighthouse.
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Seminole Indian Village

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Description: View of a Seminole Indian village. A family walks past huts, surrounded by fences.
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Chief Ma-ko-day and Family

Date: 07 1916
Description: St. Croix Ojibwa Chief Ma-Ko-day (Chief Peter Bearheart) and his wife, grandson, and another unidentified person in front of their birch wigwam located in ...

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