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Outdoor Portrait of Ho-Chunk Woman

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Description: Susie Redhorn "HiNukIGa" (Woman), daughter of Frank Redhorn and Lucy Prettyman, shown in later years posing by two baskets. The photograph was taken at the...
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Stephen and Clara Medhurst Willingham Chilton

Date: 12 25 1934
Description: Holiday postcard featuring a photograph of Stephen Chilton and Clara Medhurst Willingham Chilton, grandparents of Aunt Clara Bewick Colby.
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Diva

Date: 03 1912
Description: Olivia Monona wearing a costume worn as a chorus member of the Chicago Opera. The image is a photographic postcard she sent to Oscar Hanke, a violinist wit...
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Dionne Sisters, World Renowned Musicians

Date: 10 31 1912
Description: Photographic postcard of two sisters posed with a guitar and a mandolin in front of a painted backdrop. They are wearing dresses, and one sister has a lace...
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Gag Photo of a Man Posing with Paper Woman

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Description: A gag photo postcard of a man, seated on the edge of a bed, with his arm around a life-sized paperboard cut out of a beautiful, seated woman. He is holding...
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Tea Room / Restaurant (?)

Date: 1920
Description: Woman and child standing in a room with three tables covered in tablecloths. Caption reads: "Dodgeville, Wis."
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Chippewa City Resort

Date: 1920
Description: Black and white postcard with three views of the cabins and guests at the Chippewa City Resort. Captions read: "Chippewa City Resort, Proprietor Prosper Le...
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Taxidermist Cart

Date: 1907
Description: A man in a suit and hat, and a ribbon on his lapel, poses in front of a cart with a sign that reads: "E.D. Ochsner, Taxidermist, Prairie du Sac, Wis." Bunt...
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James G. Dunn Grocery

Date: 1900
Description: Photographic postcard of the James G. Dunn Grocery, with William John Dunn standing on the left and Maggie (O'Hare) Dunn on the right.

Handwritten on the...

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"Chippewa [Ojibwa] Indian Squaw"

Date: 1934
Description: Full-length portrait of a Native American Woman (Ojibwa) wearing traditional dress. Caption reads: "Chippewa Indian Squaw, Hayward, Wis."
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Ani-wa-bia, the Medicine Man

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Description: Colorized postcard of a Lac du Flambeau medicine man in traditional dress holding a drum and a knife. Other people are standing behind him. Caption reads: ...
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M.W. Mc B.

Date: 02 1923
Description: A woman is standing and posing in front of a log cabin. She is wearing a dress with floral accents and puffed sleeves, and a fascinator with a lace veil. S...
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Four Scenes on Postcard

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Description: Four scenes of Trout Lake. The top left shows a man surveying on the shoreline of a lake. Handwritten text reads: "PA. MacDonald, Trout Lake 1910." The top...
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A New Settler

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "A New Settler, L. Gervoin, Rusk Farm Settlement, Rusk Co., Wis." A farm couple and dog are posing in front of their clapboard house w...
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Awaiting Instructions

Date: 1917
Description: Hand-tinted photo postcard of two beautiful women, with their heads together, holding the receiver of a vintage telephone. They are wearing gowns and have ...

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