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Studio Group Portrait of Unidentified European Americans

Date: 1985
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a group of four men and five women.
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Native American Powwow

Date: 1908
Description: Ho-Chunk Chief Winneshiek leads a powwow just North of Main Street in Black River Falls.
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C.N. Oulie Jewelry Store

Date: 1906
Description: C.N. Oulie Jewelry Store located at 9 Main Street. Sign reflected in the window advertises the Wisconsin State Fair, September 10-14, 1906.
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Women Playing a Reed Organ

Date: 1900
Description: A woman sits at a reed organ while another looks on.
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Studio Portrait of a Moose Head

Date: 1900
Description: A studio portrait of a taxidermy moose head set in cattails in front of a painted backdrop.
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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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1910 Black River Falls Basketball Team

Date: 1910
Description: Studio group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of the 1910 Black River Falls basketball team. Three men are posing sitting, and four men are posing s...
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Betsy Thunder

Date: 02 06 1913
Description: Betsy Thunder, Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) medicine woman, posing in front of a painted backdrop near a prop stone wall.
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Studio Portrait of Two Young Ho-Chunk Women

Date: 1905
Description: Mabel Blackhawk St. Cyr, left, and Louisa Lowcloud Thunderchief Redbird (WaQuaWaZinWinKah).
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1910 Black River Falls High School Basketball Team

Date: 1910
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of six boys posing standing, kneeling, and sitting. Identified as BRF High School basketball team. The boys ...
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Portrait of Henry (Little) Snake

Date: 1915
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk man, Henry (Little) Snake (HaRaChoMonEKah), sitting and wearing a scarf around his neck in front of a painted backdr...
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Seated Portrait of Young Ho-Chunk Woman

Date: 1913
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of Estelle Julia Decorra, Greendeer, seated. She is wearing a light-colored blouse and a short pearl necklace. In the background i...
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Patriotic Parade on Main Street

Date: 1908
Description: View from wood sidewalk towards a marching band parading up Main Street during a patriotic celebration. There is a banner that reads: "Welcome" in the back...
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Studio Portrait of Annie Lizzie Falcon

Date: 1920
Description: Full-length portrait of Annie Lizzie Falcon Brown Whitedog Hall (DasChuntAWinKah) standing in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a traditional Ho-...
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Studio Portrait of Charles Sine Sr. and Harry Swallow

Date: 1920
Description: Full-length tudio portrait of Ho-Chunk men, Charles Sine Sr. and Harry Swallow, both posing sitting, wearing hats, and holding guns in front of a painted b...
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Studio Shenanigans

Date: 1900
Description: Four men use a ladder to pose on top of each other. There is a painted backdrop behind them. They are wearing suit jackets, vests with watch fobs, and trou...
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Semi-Centennial Pow Wow

Date: 1908
Description: Drummers and dancers at Semi-Centennial Pow Wow. Spectators are in the background, and a canvas is stretched around the clearing to make an enclosure. Buil...
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Classroom at Christmastime

Date: 1900
Description: Interior view, with desks in the foreground, of an elementary classroom decorated with a Christmas tree near the blackboard, and other holiday decorations,...
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Studio Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Women

Date: 1910
Description: Kate Eagle (WoJayWinKah), left, and her sister Minnie (Edna) Eagle (DaScootchWinKah). Both women are wearing fringed shawls over their heads.
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Studio Portrait of Hugh Lonetree and Family

Date: 1916
Description: Hugh Lonetree (HoonchKaTaKah) with his wife, Mary Lucy Sine (Trout) Littlesoldier Lonetree (WaHoPinNeeHaTaKah), and their son Jacob Littlesoldier.

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