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Milwaukee Harvesting Machinery Catalog Cover

Date: 1904
Description: Front cover of a German language advertising catalog for International Harvester's Milwaukee line of harvesting machinery. Features a chromolithograph illu...
Photograph

Cranberry Pickers

Date: 1905
Description: Winnebago Indians and Black River Falls townspeople harvesting cranberries.
Photograph

Portrait of Clara St. Cyr and Lucy Davis

Date: 1900
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two smiling Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) women identified as Clara St. Cyr, a Nebraska Winnebago, lef...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Men

Date: 1905
Description: Full-length studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk men sitting at a small table. Louis Lookingglass (MaukHeKah), left, is holding a liquor flask and is wearing a ...
Photograph

Logging on a Reservation

Date: 1909
Description: A group of Native American Indian loggers pose on piles of logs at the Courtes Oreilles Reservation.
Postcard

Sheboygan in its Infancy

Date: 08 12 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Sheboygan in its Infancy." A pioneer family posing in front of their log cabin, sitting on logs. The man has a dog in his lap, the wo...
Photograph

Portrait of Nez Perce man, Chief Joseph

Date: 03 1900
Description: Portrait of Nez Perce man, Chief Joseph, April, 1900. Part of Shahaptian and Nez-Perce Tribes.
Photograph

Portrait (Front) of Sub-Chief Arupa Esash

Date: 05 1905
Description: Studio portrait of Sub-Chief Arupa Esash (Big Shoulder Blade). Part of the Siouan (Sioux) and Crow Tribes.
Photograph

Portrait of Iowa Man, Emi-dughra

Date: 01 1901
Description: Studio portrait of Iowa man, Emi-dughra, known as John Ford. Part of Siouan (Sioux) and Iowa Tribes
Photograph

Portrait of Grabbing Bear

Date: 01 1906
Description: Portrait of Grabbing Bear in Partial Native Dress. Part of Siouan (Sioux) and Brule Tribes
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Portrait of Grabbing Bear

Date: 01 1906
Description: Portrait (Front) of Grabbing Bear in with breastplate. Part of Siouan (Sioux) and Brule Tribes
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Portrait of Hinhancaga sa

Date: 03 1905
Description: Portrait of Yankton Dakota man, Hinhancaga sa, (Red Owl). Part of Siouan (Sioux) and Yankton Tribes.
Photograph

Portrait of Nez Perce man, Chief Joseph

Date: 04 1900
Description: Portrait of Nez Perce man, Chief Joseph. Part of Shahaptian and Nez-Perce Tribes.
Photograph

Portrait of Wanbliowe

Date: 03 1905
Description: Portrait of Yankton Dakota man, Wanbliowe (Eagle Track). Part of Siouan (Sioux) and Yankton Tribes.
Photograph

Portrait of Wanbliowe

Date: 03 1905
Description: Profile portrait of Yankton Dakota man, Wanbliowe (Eagle Track). Part of Siouan (Sioux) and Yankton Tribes.
Photograph

Portrait of Nugkutizuwais

Date: 1907
Description: Portrait of Nugkutizuwais, meaning Yellow Bear, a sub-Chief belonging to the Algonquian and S. Cheyenne Tribes.
Print

Menu for Milwaukee's Welcome to H.R.H. Prince Henry

Date: 03 04 1902
Description: Souvenir menu from the banquet in honor of H.R.H. Prince Henry of Prussia given by the citizens of Milwaukee at the Hotel Pfister. On the cover is a waterc...
Photograph

Chippewa Woman Cooking Bear Meat

Date: 1907
Description: Chippewa woman standing outdoors stirring one of three pots suspended over an open fire.
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Will Thunder

Date: 1902
Description: Full-length studio portrait of Will Thunder (NaKikSayWaHeKah) (son of [WaConChaKah] John Thunder aka Dr. Thunder and [WeHonPeKaw] Lucy Bear, Thunder) sitti...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Man and Boys

Date: 1900
Description: Full-length studio group portrait of young Ho-Chunk men. Standing (l to r) are George Otter (Hay Cho Kah), Johnnie Thunder (Hoonk Nee Kah), and George Bear...

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