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Young Girls Playing with Dolls

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Description: Six young girls playing with dolls on a porch.
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Children Playing

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Description: Five children play in the yard while a young woman watches from the doorway. A boy hangs from a cross bar; a boy rides a rocking horse; two girls sit on a ...
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Wedding Reception

Date: 1890
Description: People attending a wedding reception, posing outdoors. They are standing in front of a modern house that has a log cabin attached to the back. In the backg...
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Women with Schuetzen Rifles

Date: 06 1887
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." ...
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Beef Slough

Date: 1880
Description: Man with a pole standing at the Beef Slough.
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Betsey Busied by Bossy's Butter

Date: 1905
Description: Woman churning butter.
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Betsy's Abode

Date: 1905
Description: A woman poses in front of her log cabin with her dog.
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Betimes Betsy Bethinks On The Bible

Date: 1905
Description: Woman reading the bible outdoors while seated in a chair.
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Bossy and Betsy

Date: 1905
Description: Woman milking her cow.
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Bossy's Bibacious Bouncing Baby

Date: 1905
Description: Woman feeding calf from a bucket.
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Woman with Two Children

Date: 1882
Description: Woman sitting in a chair reading, with one child on a rocking horse and another child in a high chair.
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Christine Gesell and Son Arnold Gesell

Date: 1880
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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Group of Children with U.S. Flag

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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...
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Emil Buehler with Violin

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Description: Studio portrait of Emil Buehler holding a violin.
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Gymnastics Team Members

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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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Girls on a Stone Wall

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Description: Two bonnetted farm girls sit on a stone wall, apparently cracking nuts.
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Children Wading in Lake

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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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Girls in Nightgowns

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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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Two Girls in Bonnets

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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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Inkle Looms

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Description: Two girls seated on a bench outdoors and working inkle looms.

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