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| Description: | The Gesell family in costume with broom, sword, and other props for a humorous picture. Family members identified as follows: Gerhard Jr. (drinking from pi... |
| Date: | 06 1887 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Emma Protz, an unidentified woman (likely Julia Protz), and Clara Tester posing with "schuetzen-rifles." ... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of people, horses, and wagons gathered in the center of Fountain City to celebrate McCormick Day. Scherer's Hotel is at left. The event was o... |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of Emil Buehler holding a violin. |
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| Description: | Portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two members of a gymnastics team taught by George A. Schaettle in Mondovi (Buffalo County), Wisconsin. Schaettle... |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop showing Bertha Gesell washing and hanging doll clothes. |
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| Description: | Alma(?), Wis. Studio portrait of group of women seamstresses and two young children. |
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| Description: | Two horses pull a street waterer. When Main Street was a dirt road, the local merchants paid to have it sprinkled during the summer to keep the dust down. ... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Street with Gesell Photographic Studio, which is built into the side of a bluff, about 1895. His studio was on Main Street from 1877-1903. Miller and Co. L... |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of Gesell children. Two boys, Arnold in center, pulling girl in wagon. |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Juvenile Coronet Band of Alma, Wisconsin, with boy holding instruments. Arnold Gesell is third from right... |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two of the Gesell boys in a baseball pose. |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of three girls holding hands in a ring (dancing). |
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| Description: | Four of the Gesell children in a studio setting in front of a painted backdrop. |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Gerhard Gesell, Jr., wearing a baseball uniform. |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Wilma Gesell in a feathered hat, fur stole and muff. |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Arnold Gesell with a large tricycle. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Small town business district with a group of men and women posed on the board sidewalk on the right. Another group of men and boys are on and around a trac... |
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| Description: | Quarter-length studio portrait of Arnold Gesell, which includes his autograph. |
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| Description: | A man with two horses pulling a street waterer down a dirt road. When Main Street was a dirt road, the local merchants paid to have it sprinkled during the... |
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