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Family Group in Front of Farm Buildings

Date: 1890
Description: Man and woman posing sitting, each holding a child in their lap, and a young man, girl, and a boy holding a toy horn, are posing standing. The group is pos...
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Loggers Posing on Railroad Tracks

Date: 1896
Description: Loggers posing on narrow-gauge railroad tracks with a railroad velocipede and cant hook near Saddle Mound, a large hill that dominates the local area in Ja...
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Lumber Camp

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Description: Elevated view of lumber camp with loggers posing in front of a train loaded with logs.
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Mose Bone Sample Room

Date: 1900
Description: Men at the Mose Bone Sample Room. Two men are sitting on chairs on the porch in front. A male dwarf is walking on the board sidewalk in front of the saloon...
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Studio Portrait of Man in Suit

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Description: Studio portrait of a seated man with a moustache in a sweater, vest, and suit coat.
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Two Elderly Men Outdoors

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Description: Two elderly men in front of young tree, both with beards and moustaches, wearing outer jackets. The Man on the right wears an engineer's cap, and a watch c...
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Men at Logging Camp

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Description: Group of men posing standing on the snow-covered ground in front of a log building. In the foreground one man is sitting on a pile of logs.
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Portrait of Five Men

Date: 1895
Description: Group portrait of five men in front of a painted backdrop. Two men are sitting; all the men are wearing hats.
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Family in front of Hans Kjorstad Residence

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Description: View of group posing on the lawn in front of a two-story frame house. Four men in the background on the left are standing near two teams of horses; three m...
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Three Workmen

Date: 1900
Description: Man posing on a telephone pole with climbing equipment, with two men standing below.
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Self-Portrait of Man

Date: 1882
Description: Charles J. Van Schaick sitting on a stone balustrade in front of a painted background, ca. 1882–1885. The photograph was probably taken by one of his assis...
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Man Wearing Tweed Coat

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Description: Studio portrait of a seated man with a moustache and beard, wearing a tweed coat and black hat.
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Portrait of a Bearded Man

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Description: A man with a long beard and moustache leans against a stump for a studio photograph in front of a painted backdrop. A coat and hat are on the top of the st...
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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...
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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 ...
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Man in Horse-Drawn Sleigh

Date: 1885
Description: Winter scene with a European American man with a beard and moustache sitting in a sleigh pulled by a single horse on snow-covered ground in front of the C....
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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...
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Harold Van Schaick

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait of a seated Harold Van Schaick in front of a painted backdrop. He is wearing a coat, hat, and jacket.
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Studio Portrait of a Man

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of a man with a moustache posing standing next to an upholstered chair in front of a painted backdrop. He is wearing a belted j...
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Studio Portrait of People in Costume

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Description: A studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a girl or boy sitting next to a young woman who is standing. The girl or boy sitting on the left is wea...

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