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Children Playing
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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 teeter totter; a hand-lettered sign at the left of the image reads "Book Store."
circa 1900-1909
Gesell, Gerhard, approximately 1846-
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Children Playing on Seesaw
circa 1900-1909
Two young girls play on a seesaw (teeter totter) in a yard near stacks of fuel wood.
Young Girls Playing with Dolls
circa 1900-1909
Six young girls playing with dolls on a porch.
Log-Rolling Contest
circa 1900-1909
Log-rolling contest with large group of spectators on shore.
Gesell Children with Dog
circa 1890-1899
Gesell children posed with a dog. Arnold is on the right.
Young Women Posing by a Bench
circa 1900-1909
Six young women posing playfully beneath a bench.
Seamstresses
circa 1900-1909
Alma(?), Wis. Studio portrait of group of women seamstresses and two young children.
