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Men Playing Musicial Instruments

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Description: A group of six men stand outside a tent and pose with various musical instruments.
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Man with a French Horn

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Description: Studio portrait of a European American man posing standing and holding a french horn.
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Musicians

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Description: Interior portrait of five men and two women posing sitting and standing in a room holding musical instruments and sheet music.
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Musicians

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Description: A group of musicians sitting with their instruments indoors. The five men are holding a bass, trumpet, piano, violin, and clarinet.
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Powwow

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Description: Group of men and drum posed in front of an arbor and an American flag. Native American powwow held six miles east of town.
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Fortier and Hoften Hagen

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Description: Two men posed sitting next to a piano and drum/percussion set, probably Fortier at the piano and Hoften Hagen sitting at the drums and holding a violin.
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Parade Dispersing

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Description: Elevated view of spectators and a marching band leaving a parade. There are bridges crossing a river in the background.
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Group of Entertainers

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Description: Five men and a boy outside a tent, one dancing with snakes, two others playing a guitar and mandolin.
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Group of People on Front Porch

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Description: A man playing a violin is standing near a woman and three children in front of a frame house.
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Men Resting in Tent

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Description: A group of young men rest inside of a tent. One man plays a harmonica while others listen and or read.
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Band Member with Trombone

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Description: A band member wearing a uniform stands with a trombone, posing for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop.
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Band Member with Clarinet

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Description: A band member wearing a uniform stands with a clarinet for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop.
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Logging Camp

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Description: Group portrait of men posed standing, sitting and holding tools in a snow-covered logging camp in front of several teams of oxen and horses. One man holds ...
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Boy Sitting at Table

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Description: A boy is sitting on a book or box on top of a chair at a small wooden table holding playing cards. Against the wall in the background are bookshelves, cove...
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Group of People in front of Frame House

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Description: Group of people and a dog in front of small frame house. One of the men is holding a violin.
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Group of People Singing in Parlor

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Description: Three women and two men playing instruments and singing in a parlor. Man plays a bass, while a woman plays a guitar.
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Pow Wow Scene

Date: 1908
Description: Drummers and dancers at pow wow led by Chief Winneshiek, below Lutheran Church in a canvas enclosure.
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Band Member with Tuba

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Description: A man wearing a band uniform rests his hand on a tuba and poses for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop.
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Ho-Chunk Powwow Participants

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Description: This photograph of Ho-Chunk powwow participants is a copy made by Van Schaick. From left to right are: John Hazen Hill (HaNaKah), William Hall (HunkKah), W...
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Studio Portrait of Two Men and a Woman Playing Instruments

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a woman flanked by two men, all standing, wearing minstrel costumes and blackface makeup. The men are pl...

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