Date: | 1890 |
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Description: | View across water towards men and boys swimming and splashing in the Mississippi River. Alma is in the background on the far shoreline. |
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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... |
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Description: | Bartender couple pose behind bar at Rose's Bright Spot on Highway 35, south of Fountain City. |
Date: | 1895 |
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Description: | View looking east on Liberty Street from Shore Drive. In the foregound is the F. Bohri & Son Clothing store, and behind it is a store selling "Drugs, Medic... |
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: | Two men posing on bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River at Fountain City. Fountain Brewery is visible at bottom right. |
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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: | View across the Mississippi River of Eagle Bluff and Fountain City, with a man in the foreground. The steamer "U.S. Gen. Barnard" is at a landing and a row... |
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Description: | Train station with several men, including one standing atop a large water tower. |
Date: | 1883 |
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Description: | Man waving his hat in foreground with Alma, Wisconsin, visible in background across the Mississippi River. |
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Description: | Farmers driving their cattle to a stockyard near the Burlington Depot, a weekly occurrence. |
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Description: | Mule hitched to training cart, with driver, on a town street, possibly Alma. |
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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. ... |
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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: | Wisconsin threshing crew, with steam operated tractor, in Buffalo county. |
Date: | 1905 |
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Description: | View of Alma across the Mississippi River, with a man in a rowboat in the foreground. Caption reads: "Alma, Wisconsin, from the Mississippi." |
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Description: | Quarter-length studio portrait of Arnold Gesell, which includes his autograph. |
Date: | 1910 |
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Description: | A Swiss "Schutenfest" club, affiliated with the Central Shooting Society of Wisconsin, started about 1877 and lasted until about 1920. Group of men posing ... |
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