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Native Americans near Keshena

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Description: Native Americans on the Menominee Reservation near Keshena, Wisconsin. A white man in the foreground appears to be drawing something out of camera range. T...
Print

A Man of Prince William's Sound

Date: 1784
Description: Plate 46. Portrait from Cook's Third Expedition, 1776-1779, while in Alaska.
Photograph

Group Portrait of Native Americans

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Description: A studio portrait of a group of Native Americans. A woman in a dress holds an infant in her lap, a man stands behind her, and two young men, one standing a...
Photograph

Portrait of Blackhawk and Louisa Mike

Date: 1925
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk couple, Blackhawk (KaRaChooSepMeKah), and his wife Louisa Mike (HumpACooWinKah). B...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Charles Greencrow and Belle Blackhawk

Date: 1930
Description: Full-length studio portrait of an elderly Ho-Chunk man and woman posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop. He is wearing a suit jacket, shirt with wat...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Men

Date: 1905
Description: Full-length studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk men sitting at a small table. Louis Lookingglass (MaukHeKah), left, is holding a liquor flask and is wearing a ...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Three Ho-Chunk Men

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Description: Studio portrait of (sitting, l to r) Joseph Thunderking and Jim Smith (Snowball) (Ma Ka Ko Jump Kah) in front of a painted backdrop. Standing in front is [...
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Studio Portrait of John Hazen Hill

Date: 1910
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk man with a beard posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop. He is smoking a pipe and holding a cane in his left ...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of John Clay and Grace Decorra

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Description: Studio portrait of Nebraska Winnebago John Clay (WaCheDaKaw) posing standing in front of a painted backdrop on the left. He is wearing a suit and hat. Grac...
Photograph

Portrait of Ho-Chunk Man and Infant

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Description: Studio portrait of Jim White Bear posed sitting in front of a painted backdrop wearing a suit coat. In his lap he is holding a Ho-Chunk infant wearing a li...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Family

Date: 1903
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk family. The man is posing standing behind the group and is wearing a suit coat. In...
Photograph

Portrait of David Goodvillage with Wife and Granddaughter

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Description: Studio portrait of a Sioux man, Ho-Chunk woman, and Ho-Chunk girl, all posing standing in front of a painted backdrop and wearing full regalia. Identified ...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Joe Thunderking Lowe and Family

Date: 1904
Description: Studio portrait of a large Ho-Chunk group posing in front of a painted backdrop, including five men, three women, three girls, and two smaller children. Th...
Print

Wigfall on His Promised Descent on Washington

Date: 1860
Description: Illustration of the head of Louis Wigfall, on the body of an Indian with tomahawk in hand. The caption reads: "WIGFALL on his promised descent on Washingto...
Painting

Wabokieshiek (White Cloud)

Date: 1833
Description: Oil portrait of Wa-bo-kia-skiek or White Cloud the Prophet.
Photograph

Hayward Indian School Group

Date: 1897
Description: Group portrait, perhaps consisting of students and faculty at Hayward Indian School. One man in the back row holds a cello.
Book or Pamphlet

Old Settlers' Club Banquet Menu

Date: 02 22 1898
Description: Front and back covers and menu page for the 29th annual banquet of the Old Settlers Club of Milwaukee County. Front cover includes a circular portrait of c...
Book or Pamphlet

Old Settlers' Club Banquet Menu

Date: 02 22 1901
Description: Front cover and middle pages from the annual banquet of the Old Settlers' Club. The front cover includes a circular portrait of club president A.G. Weisser...
Photograph

Lacrosse Team

Date: 1930
Description: Outdoor group portrait of a Native American lacrosse team posing holding their sticks before a match. A man holding a drum is standing on the far left. Two...
Photograph

Oneida Band

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Description: Group portrait of a band posing in a field with trees in the background. All the men are wearing uniforms and holding their instruments.

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