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522 First Avenue
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View from the street of three people standing in front of a small house. There is a small Oeil-de-boeuf window in the upper story. The windows have shutters and lace curtains and decorative wooden window heads, and the porch has spindled columns. A young boy and an older boy stand in the alley on the left. There is a brick building with a sign for the "First Ave. Exchange" on the left with an address of 520. On the right is another small house.The postcard text is in German. It is addressed to Mr. William Fiebelkorn, Cascade, Sheboygan Co. Wisconsin.
1908
Fiebelkorn, Fred
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William Fiebelkorn Farm
1908
William Unglaube is in the wagon, which has bags of barley in it, with William Fiebelkorn on William Fiebelkorn's farm. There is an unidentified figure in the doorway of the building. The shed door...
Family Posed in Car
1914
Anna Fiebelkorn is in the back seat of the car with another woman and two toddlers. William Fiebelkorn is driving the touring car. A small boy is sitting in the passenger seat.Anna Fiebelkorn addre...
Fiebelkorn Living Area
Interior of William Fiebelkorn's home. Next to a window with lace curtains at the window is a rack with a display of photographs or postcards. There is a treadle sewing machine in one corner, a roc...
Chipping Wood on the Farm
An early wood chipper with belts and a steam engine is closely watched by the William Fiebelkorn farm workers. The postcard is addressed to Anna Fiebelkorn by her sister Ida.
A Family at Ease
William Fiebelkorn's family gathered in a living room. William Sr. is in a rocking chair with his hands clasped. His brother August Fiebelkorn is reading a magazine. William's wife Fredericke (Krau...
A Professional Barber
A barber glances at the camera as he clips hair from a customer. The customer is reflected in a mirror in the background.
