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Moccasin
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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 have been produced by an earlier photographer.
1885
Van Schaick, Charles
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W0138ZH
WHi 27881
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