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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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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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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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Two Ho-Chunk Girls with Smallpox

Date: 1900
Description: Two unidentified young Ho-Chunk girls with smallpox are kneeling outside their lodge. Some of the Ho-Chunk suffering from smallpox were quarantined during ...
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Ho-Chunk Medicine Lodge

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Description: Unidentified Ho-Chunk women sitting outside of a Medicine Lodge, whose sides are rolled up to allow airflow. Only members of the Medicine Lodge were allowe...
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Outdoor Portrait of Frank Browneagle and Wife

Date: 1906
Description: Frank Browneagle (HeWaKaKayReKah) and his wife, Annie Snake (KhaWinKeeSinchHayWinKah) stand in front of their two homes. The domed wigwam (ciiporoke) on th...
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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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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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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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Studio Portrait of John Stacy and Henry Greencrow

Date: 1890
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two Ho-Chunk men posing standing and wearing hats . The man on the left, John Stacy (ChoNeKay...
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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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Medicine Dance Lodge

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Description: A Medicine Dance Lodge at Morrison Creek. There is a long tent in a field with a large group of people and children sitting and standing underneath it. The...
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Crowd in Street of Black River Falls

Date: 1908
Description: Tourists look on as a group of Ho-Chunk dressed in traditional regalia are walking down the street during the Homecoming Celebration.
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Self-Portrait of Man

Date: 1882
Description: Charles J. Van Schaick sitting on a stone balustrade in front of a painted background, ca. 1882–1885. The photograph was probably taken by one of his assis...
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Studio Portrait of Sally Dora Redbird Goodvillage Whitewater

Date: 1904
Description: Full-length studio portrait of Sally Dora Redbird Goodvillage Whitewater (WauNeekShootchWinKah). The braided ends of her finger woven sash are hanging down...
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Copy Photograph of Henry Thunder and George Funmaker Sr.

Date: 1888
Description: Copy photograph of a studio portrait of two young Ho-Chunk men posing standing and wearing regalia, including a finger-braided shawl on the man on the righ...
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Studio Portrait of Dolly and Viola Stacy

Date: 1932
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk girls posing in front of a painted backdrop. The older girl, Viola Stacy, sitting on the right, is wearing a white...
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Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Boys

Date: 1900
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of John Pigeon – “He Cho Kah,” sitting on a cloth covered chair on the left and holding his hat....
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Portrait of Robert Sine Jr., and Unidentified Boy

Date: 1930
Description: Studio portrait of Ho-Chunk men, in front of a painted backdrop. Robert Sine Jr. on the left, and an unidentified boy on the right, are posing standing and...
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Chief Little Black Hawk

Date: 1895
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of George Blackhawk (WonkShiekChoNeeKah), sitting, and an unidentified man who is standing and w...

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