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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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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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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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Portrait of Ho-Chunk Woman and Child

Date: 1887
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of a woman in Ho-Chunk regalia wrapped in a blanket, with a child on her back. The child is wearing a fur hat, and they are ...
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Portrait of Two Seated Ho-Chunk Men

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Description: Two unidentified Ho-Chunk men posing in front of a painted backdrop. The man on the left is wearing earrings, a shell and metal bead necklace, and traditio...
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Studio Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Men

Date: 1890
Description: Full-length studio portrait of two young Ho-Chunk men posing in front of a painted backdrop. They are both wearing suits and ties. The unidentified man sit...
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Studio Portrait of Two Standing Ho-Chunk Women

Date: 1885
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two unidentified Ho-Chunk women. The woman on the left is wearing a dress with many panels of...
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Moccasin

Date: 1885
Description: Early carte-de-visite of a Ho-Chunk man identified as Moccasin. The backdrop indicates the photograph came from Charles Van Schaick’s studio, but it may ha...
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Studio Portrait of Three Unidentified Ho-Chunk Women

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of three unidentified women. The woman sitting on the right has contrasting color stitching arou...
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Studio Portrait of William Crow and Frances Cassiman

Date: 1920
Description: Studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk boys in front of a painted backdrop. The older boy, William Crow is posing sitting on the left wearing a suit, breeches, an...
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Studio Portrait of Two Standing Ho-Chunk Women

Date: 1922
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two Ho-Chunk women posing standing. The older woman on the left is holding a fringed shawl ar...
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Studio Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Women

Date: 1896
Description: Studio full-length portrait of two unidentified Ho-Chunk women posing in front of a painted backdrop. The woman standing on the left is wearing several nec...
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Portrait of Two Older Ho-Chunk Women

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Description: Studio portrait of two older Ho-Chunk women posing in front of a painted backdrop. The woman on the left, Rachel Funmaker Winneshiek (HockJawKooWinKah), is...
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Photograph Gallery of Charles Van Schaick

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Description: A man sleeping in a chair, possibly Thomas Thunder (HoonkHaGaKah). On the back wall of Van Schaick’s studio are photographs he made available for purchase.
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Van Schaick Building

Date: 1890
Description: View across street towards the building that housed the gallery of Van Schaick and the dental offices of Edward F. Long. Over the years, the building also ...
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Studio Portrait of Lou and Steve Waukon

Date: 1905
Description: Studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk boys posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop wearing light-colored print shirts and dark hats. The boy on the right h...
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Studio Portrait of Jennie Youngthunder Decorah and Annie Thunderking Lowe Lincoln

Date: 1910
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two Ho-Chunk women, Jennie Youngthunder Decorah (PetHatChaCooWinKah) standing on the left, an...
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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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Two Ho-Chunk Women in Regalia

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two unidentified women in traditional clothing with traditional necklaces and strips of silk ...

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