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Swimming in the Mississippi River

Date: 1890
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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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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Gesell Family Burlesque

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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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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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Girl Washing Doll Clothes

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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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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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Seamstresses

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Description: Alma(?), Wis. Studio portrait of group of women seamstresses and two young children.
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Wind Storm Wreckage

Date: 1900
Description: Boy standing among the wreckage of various farm structures and implements apparently after a wind storm or tornado.
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Children with Rowboat

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Description: Group of children playing in a rowboat in a Mississippi River inlet. Alma, Wisconsin is in the background on the opposite shoreline.
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Gesell Children

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Description: Studio portrait of Gesell children. Two boys, Arnold in center, pulling girl in wagon.
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Juvenile Coronet Band

Date: 1889
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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Gesell Children with Dog

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Description: Gesell children posed with a dog. Arnold is on the right.
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Gesell Boys in Baseball Pose

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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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Girls in a Ring

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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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