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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: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with Bertha Gesell feeding a calf from a pan. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | A woman poses in front of her log cabin with her dog. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Woman reading the bible outdoors while seated in a chair. |
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| Description: | Six young women posing playfully beneath a bench. |
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| Description: | Three people playing croquet on the banks of the Mississippi River near Alma, Wis. A woman is sitting in a rowboat with a dog nearby in the background. |
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| Description: | Elevated view across field with large haystacks towards a woman sitting in horse-drawn carriage in a farmyard. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | One of Gerhard Gesell's daughters (Wilma or Bertha) sitting in a rowboat holding a bouquet of Mississippi River water lilies. She is seated in the stern, t... |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Wilma Gesell in a feathered hat, fur stole and muff. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Tableaux of "Martha Washington's Tea Party" enacted by Mrs. Gesell and friends. Left to right: Mrs. Schaettle, Mrs. Kempter, (the younger) Mrs. Fritz Laue,... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Oblique view from the Mississippi River. Two young women are in a rowboat near the shoreline, and two young men are fishing in the river. Alma at the foot ... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Four men and one woman in a rowboat on the Mississippi River. In the background is the town of Alma at the foot of bluffs. The woman is holding an umbrella... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Christmas postcard of four men and one woman in a rowboat on the Mississippi River. In the background is the town of Alma at the foot of bluffs. The woman ... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Composite layout combining family portraits with local views. Probably the family of Gerhard Gesell in Alma. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | A large group of both boys and girls posing standing outside. Text on the back of the print of this image reads: "South Alma, Wis. About 1900. School pupil... |
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