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Composite Layout of Family Portraits with Local Views
1890
Composite layout combining family portraits with local views. Probably the family of Gerhard Gesell in Alma.
Alma Milling Company Fire
April 6, 1899
Street view showing Alma Milling Co. building on fire. Photograph was taken from Gerhard Gesell's studio balcony.
Gerhard and Christine Gesell
1879
Studio portrait of photographer Gerhard Gesell, Sr. and his wife Christine Giesen Gesell taken shortly after their marriage in 1879. She is sitting in a chair, and he is standing and leaning on the...
Gesell Children with Christmas Tree
1893
Studio portrait of Gerhard Gesell's five children (l to r: Arnold, Bertha, Robert, Gerhard, and Wilma) posed around a Christmas tree with their gifts.
Mississippi River View and Bluff
circa 1890-1899
Man standing on bluff with Mississippi River far below in the background.
Children with Rowboat
circa 1890-1899
Group of children playing in a rowboat in a Mississippi River inlet. Alma, Wisconsin is in the background on the opposite shoreline.
