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| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Woman reading the bible outdoors while seated in a chair. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Woman feeding calf from a bucket. |
| Date: | 1882 |
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| Description: | Woman sitting in a chair reading, with one child on a rocking horse and another child in a high chair. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Oval studio portrait of Christine Gesell, the photographer's wife, and son Arnold Gesell. Caption on reverse reads "1/2 yr - 1 yr." |
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| Description: | Group of twenty-five children posed in front of a 38-star United States flag. One girl holds an African American doll and one boy holds a drum. Note: The 3... |
| 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... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Abraham Schmocker, a "hermit" who lived in "Stumptown" near Alma, seated on a bench outside his log cabin, holding a kitty. |
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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: | Two bonnetted farm girls sit on a stone wall, apparently cracking nuts. |
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| Description: | Three girls wade in a lake near Alma while another watches from a pier. A boy fishes from from a boat nearby. |
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| Description: | Group of little girls posed wearing nightgowns. Each holds an identically dressed doll and a candle. |
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| Description: | Two young girls in bonnets standing on a porch facing each other and holding hands. These may be daughters of Gerhard Gesell, the photographer, he often po... |
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| Description: | Two girls seated on a bench outdoors and working inkle looms. |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | Composite of photographic portraits of the members of the Concordia Singing Society of Alma, Wisconsin. The decorative matte includes musical elements and ... |
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| Description: | Alma(?), Wis. Studio portrait of group of women seamstresses and two young children. |
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| Description: | Six young women posing playfully beneath a bench. |
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| Description: | Two men posing on bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River at Fountain City. Fountain Brewery is visible at bottom right. |
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