Photograph
Abraham Schmocker Seated Outside His Log Cabin
| Abraham Schmocker, a "hermit" who lived in "Stumptown" near Alma, seated on a bench outside his log cabin, holding a kitty. |
| Image ID: | 25660 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1885 |
| Creator Name: | Gesell, Gerhard |
| City: | Alma |
| County: | Buffalo |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Gerhard Gesell photographs and negatives, circa 1875-1950 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | negative, original |
| Original Format Number: | (G473)172 |
| Original Dimensions: | 8 x 5 inches |
| He was a Swiss immigrant, arriving in the United States in 1844, one of the first settlers of Buffalo County. His name appears on the 1860, 1870 and 1880 census records in the township and village of Alma. He lived to be eighty-five years old. |
| Cats |
| Windows |
| Work clothes |
| Implements, utensils, etc. |
| Log cabins |
| Men |
| Outdoor photography |
| Pioneers |
| Swiss |
| Poverty |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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