SEASONS
Around the outermost circle encompassing the Main Menu is the Seasons archive, containing over 100 historic photographs from the Milwaukee Public Museum. These valuable images document seasonal activities in Ojibwe communities and throughout the ceded territories. Each archive photograph is accompanied by contemporary narrative from knowledgeable Ojibwe speakers who carry on the seasonal work that Milwaukee Public Museum photographers documented in the early half of this century. Extensive biographical information on each of the photographers is available from within the caption for each specific image. Each of the seasonal archives also includes a story on the continuation of these traditions by tribal members today.

Most of the photographs in this collection date from between 1915 - 1940 and provide an important record of ongoing subsistence gathering in Northern Wisconsin including: making Maple Sugar, making Canoes, Powwow, Crafts, and harvesting Wild Rice.

Click once on the section of the Seasonal archive you would like to visit. Once inside the archive use the arrows at the bottom left to page through the available contact sheets. The slideshow icon at the bottom right will automatically play through a sequence of all of the photos in any archive section with accompanying narration. You can interrupt the slideshow at anytime by clicking on the full screen picture and returning to the contact pages.

Click within the contact sheet on any image to display the full screen of that photograph. Roll the cursor to the bottom of the screen to access caption information. Click the LISTEN button on the left for audio narration and on the photographer's name on the right for biographical information on a particular photographer.

The main speaker for each archive section is pictured at the lower left of the archive sidebar. Click on the speaker to hear a contemporary story about the activities pictured in each seasonal archive section.