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Ojibwa Woman with Infant and Child
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Stereograph of an Ojibwa woman sitting on an overturned canoe with a baby on her back wrapped in a blanket. A young child is sitting at her feet. They are posing in front of a wigwam. In the distance is a farm inside a fence. The caption reads: "Scene at Indian Payment—Odanah, Wis." Text printed on the front: "Lake Superior Scenery. North Shore. Whitney and Zimmerman, Photos, Saint Paul." Hand-written on reverse: "Charles A. Zimmerman. 1866. Bad River Reservation. 410."
1866
Whitney and Zimmerman
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