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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...
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Covered Wigwam

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Description: A wigwam covered with store canvas. This cyanotype image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepared by Paul Vanderbilt, first curator of photogr...
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Native Americans and Whites

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Description: An unexplained group consisting of two white men, two white children, and two Native American women standing in front of a tent. The original caption stat...
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Magee's Camp

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Description: Photographer Thomas B. Magee's Camp at St. Mary's Lake.
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Camp of the 4th Wisconsin

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Description: "Camp of Colonel Paine's 4th Wisconsin Regiment at the Relay House near Baltimore". Colored lithograph.
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Group in Yard

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Description: Several individuals, two dogs, and two cats gather around a tent set up near a building, while other individuals gather around a horse on the right.
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Camp Randall Memorial Arch Dedication

Date: 06 19 1912
Description: Day of the dedication of the Memorial Arch for Camp Randall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. University Heights, with the Buell and Gilmore h...
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Veblen Camp

Date: 1920
Description: Thorstein Veblen's camp, consisting of a building and a tent. Probably on Washington Island.
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Outdoor Portrait of Frank Browneagle and Wife

Date: 1906
Description: Frank Browneagle (HeWaKaKayReKah) and his wife, Annie Snake (KhaWinKeeSinchHayWinKah) stand in front of their two homes. The domed wigwam (ciiporoke) on th...
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Ho-Chunk Children in Front of American Flag

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Description: Four Ho-Chunk children and one more off to the right are posing standing in front of an arbor with an United States flag on a long pole, probably at a poww...
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Ho-Chunk Lodges, Tent, and Wooden Building

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Description: A Ho-Chunk winter lodge frame without skins, cattail matting, or fabric. In the background among trees is another Ho-Chunk lodge, tent, and wooden building...
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Madison Home Show

Date: 09 15 1950
Description: Madison's first home show in thirteen years was officially opened by Acting Manager George Forster when he cut the ribbon at the entrance to the exhibit ar...
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Damaged Houses after Tornado

Date: 06 12 1899
Description: View over water, perhaps Hatfield Lake, of houses damaged and demolished in a tornado. Floating at the edge of the lake near an eroded bank are numerous pi...
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Woman and Mules on Airstrip

Date: 1961
Description: A woman leads a mule laden with bundles across the airstrip at the village of Keukacham, Laos. A young mule follows. In the background at the base of a hil...
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Plane on Keukacham Airstrip

Date: 1961
Description: Small plane sitting on Keukacham airstrip, Laos. A green hill rises in the background and tents and ramshackle buildings are on either side of the strip.
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Elevated View of Keukacham

Date: 1961
Description: Elevated view of Keukacham village, Laos. Three soldiers stand talking in the foreground by a large, open, white tent. In the background is a rubble pile, ...
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Woman and Children in Substandard Housing

Date: 1956
Description: Woman and four children sing in front of a makeshift tent that is used as their home.
Postcard

Greetings from Shawano

Date: 08 18 1971
Description: Text on front reads: "Greetings from Shawano, Wis." On reverse: "A group of Indians in their ceremonial dress." A group of Native American men are standing...

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