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Woman Reading a Book on Birds

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Description: A woman is sitting on a log outdoors. She is holding binoculars in her left hand, and is reading a bird identification book.
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Birdwatching

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Description: A woman is sitting in the grass next to a tree trunk. She is holding a pair of binoculars in her hands, and has a book Birds of North America lying ...
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Feeding the Chicken and Geese

Date: 1900
Description: An unidentified woman standing near a shed is feeding chickens and geese in the barnyard.
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Two Women in a Bedroom

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Description: View across bedroom towards two women sitting together. The woman on the right is holding a guitar. On the left is a dresser with a mirror, and a bed in th...
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Ho-Chunk Woman and European American Women in Ho-Chunk Dress

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Description: Group portrait of a Ho-Chunk woman posing sitting on a bed or sofa, and two European American women sitting on the floor, all dressed in Ho-Chunk regalia. ...
Postcard

Paul A. Seifert

Date: 06 1908
Description: Paul A. Seifert, and unidentified woman seated indoors. He lived in Richland Center, now known as Gotham, Wisconsin. He was a taxidermist and curio collect...
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Ho-Chunk Woman and European American Women in Ho-Chunk Dress

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Description: Two European American women posing reclining against a Ho-Chunk woman posing sitting on the floor against a couch. They are dressed in Ho-Chunk regalia. Th...
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Ho-Chunk Woman and Two European American Women in Ho-Chunk Dress

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Description: A portrait of a Ho-Chunk woman posing standing between two European American women also posing standing. All are wearing Ho-Chunk regalia, and are in a roo...
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People Posing in front of Frame House

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Description: Two women, a man and young girl are posing standing in the yard in front of a frame house with a small porch. The woman standing on the left is holding a h...
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Woman with Bird on her Head

Date: 1936
Description: A woman stands on a golf course with a bird (a crow?)on her head. She is wearing a hat and sweater, and holds something (food?) in her right hand near the ...
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European American Woman and Children Dressed in Ho-Chunk Regalia

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Description: A European American woman and two boys posing sitting and a European American girl posing standing, all dressed in Ho-Chunk regalia. They are in a room dec...
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European American Woman and Children Dressed in Ho-Chunk Regalia

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Description: European American woman and boy posing sitting, and a European American girl and boy posing standing, all dressed in Ho-Chunk regalia, in a room decorated ...
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European American Woman and Children Dressed in Ho-Chunk Regalia

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Description: European American woman posing sitting, and a European American girl and two boys posing standing, all dressed in Ho-Chunk regalia. They are in a room deco...
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Jennie Rooney

Date: 1930
Description: A young woman poses seated in front of a painted forest backdrop. She wears wings and is wrapped in a diaphanous material. On the left on the ground is a s...
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Tom Roddy and Others with Ho-Chunk Artifacts

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Description: Two European American men posing sitting in front of two European American women and a Ho-Chunk woman posing standing. They are all wearing Ho-Chunk regali...
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Basswood Eagle Carving

Date: 1961
Description: Basswood carving of an eagle, inspired by "Old Abe" of the Civil War 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, in the American Club Restaurant of the Kohler Compan...
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Tigerton Post Office Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Post Office at Tigerton, Wisconsin, with a stock Chinoiserie image of a man standing and a woman holding a fan sitting in either a boat o...
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Woman Holding Grouse

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Description: View of a woman standing outdoors holding grouse and a gun. She is wearing boots and a jacket. Behind her is a dog sitting in the grass and trees. Text des...
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People Posing in front of Frame House

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Description: Two women are posing sitting, and three women, five men, and two young boys are posing standing on and near the porch of a small frame house. On the right ...
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European American Woman and Children Dressed in Ho-Chunk Regalia

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Description: A European American woman and boy posing sitting, and a European American girl and boy posing standing. They are all dressed in Ho-Chunk regalia. They are ...

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