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Portrait of Marie Big Hawk and Her Baby

Date: 1936
Description: Studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk woman, Marie Big Hawk Whitewater, holding her baby Clyde White in her lap in front of a painted background. She has shoulder ...
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Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Men and an Infant

Date: 1911
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two Ho-Chunk men posing sitting and wearing suits, bow ties, and hats. Andrew John (Big) Blackhawk (WaCon...
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Four Ho-Chunk People on Bridge

Date: 1911
Description: Four Ho-Chunk people crossing a bridge spanning the Black River. This photograph was taken before the flood of October 1911, when the bridge was completely...
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Studio Portrait of Amanda Bighawk and Marie Bighawk Whitewater and Daughters

Date: 1930
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk woman, Amanda Bighawk posing sitting holding her son Calvin Smith-Whitewater, and a Ho-Chunk w...
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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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Ho-Chunk and European American Group Cranberry Harvesting

Date: 1900
Description: A large group of Ho-Chunks and white people harvesting cranberries. The wooden boxes lying in the field were filled with the fruit and then shipped by rail...
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Two Portraits of a Young Ho-Chunk Man

Date: 1910
Description: Dual quarter-length studio portraits of George Hindsley (AhoShipKah) in front of a painted backdrop. George reportedly died in 1967, and was a member of Pe...
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Studio Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Man Wearing Winter Clothing

Date: 1926
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk man posing sitting and wearing a heavy winter suit coat, scarf, and hat. The Ho-Chunk powwow g...
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Charles J. Van Schaick Seated by Window

Date: 1942
Description: Informal portrait of Charles J. Van Schaick sitting by the window in his gallery, taken by his son Roy Van Schaick.
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Studio Portrait of Mary Alice Johnson

Date: 1900
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk woman, Mary Alice Johnson Decorra Brown (ENooKah), posing standing in front of a painted backdrop. SHe is wearing...
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Studio Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Women

Date: 1920
Description: Full-length studio portrait of Flora Thundercloud Funmaker Bearheart (WaNekChaWinKah), left, and Sarah B. Windblow Thundercloud (HeChoWinKah), right. Both ...
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Portrait of Ho-Chunk Mother and Daughter

Date: 1910
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Annie (Katie) W. Blowsnake (MaHeHaNaSheWinKah) standing next to a woman identified as her mot...
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Studio Portrait of Green Grass

Date: 1920
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of an elderly Ho-Chunk man, Green Grass (HaWinChoKah). He is posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop, and is wearing a...
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Studio Portrait of Raymond Pettibone

Date: 1940
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk man, Raymond Pettibone, posing sitting and wearing a hat and a shirt with rolled-up sleeves in front of a painted ba...
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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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Two Young Ho-Chunk Women

Date: 1920
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two young Ho-Chunk women standing together. Flora Thundercloud Funmaker Bearheart (WaNekChaWinKah), left,...
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Two Ho-Chunk Girls in Regalia

Date: 1905
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two women posing sitting. Emma Mary White Greencloud-Redcloud Thunder (JumpBroShunNupChunTinW...
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Ho-Chunk and European American Crowd at Homecoming Powwow

Date: 1908
Description: Groups of Ho-Chunk and non-Indians gathering on the streets of Black River Falls during the 1908 Homecoming Celebration.
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Studio Portrait of Two Young Ho-Chunk Women

Date: 1902
Description: Full-length portrait of Dora Youngswan (DCooMonEWinKah), left, and Fannie Youngswan (ENaKahKah). They are sitting in front of a painted backdrop.

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