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School Picnic
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Group portrait of a Muscoda Public School picnic. Emma Schmitt (later Mrs. Sherwin Gillett) is on the far left of the top row. The 1905 Wisconsin Census has Emma listed as a school teacher. The frame has the S. Gillett imprint, but the photograph is from the year before they married.
June 30, 1905
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W013H42
WHi 103089
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Sunday School Class
1900
Emma Schmitt's (the future Mrs. Sherwin Gillett) Sunday School class. Emma is in the first one on the left in the first row.
Muscoda High School Basketball Team
1903
Group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of the Muscoda High School Girls' Basketball Team and their coach. The frame has the S. Gillett imprint, but the photograph is from years before he sta...
Sherwin and Emma Gillett with Children
1919
Indoor family portrait of Sherwin and Emma Gillett and their three children; Harry (b. 1910), Lorin (b. 1915) and Sherry (b. 1913).
Class Group Portrait Featuring Emma Schmitt
1898
Outdoor class group portrait of the 5th and 6th grades of Muscoda Public School. An "X" marks Emma Schmitt (the future Mrs. Sherwin Gillett). Boys kneel in a row in front, the girls stand in a line...
Sherwin and Emma Gillett's 50th Wedding Anniversary
1956
Outdoor group portrait of Sherwin and Emma Gillett on the occasion of their 50th Wedding Anniversary, surrounded by their children and their spouses. The young couple in the back is likely Linda St...
