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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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Mother and Baby Playing

Date: 1903
Description: Beatrice C. Gesell and Gerhard Gesell, Jr. play out-of-doors. While mother watches the baby sits on a pillow playing with a volume titled "Educational Pro...
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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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Mother and Baby

Date: 1903
Description: A mother sits with her baby on front steps in the sun surrounded by toys.
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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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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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"McCormick Day" at Fountain City

Date: 1890
Description: Elevated view of people, horses, and wagons gathered in the center of Fountain City to celebrate McCormick Day. Scherer's Hotel is at left. The event was o...
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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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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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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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Inkle Looms

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Description: Two girls seated on a bench outdoors and working inkle looms.
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Log-Rolling Contest

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Description: Log-rolling contest with large group of spectators on shore.
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Croquet on the Banks of the Mississippi

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Description: Three people playing croquet on the banks of the Mississippi River near Alma, Wis. A woman is sitting in a rowboat with a dog nearby in the background.
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"The Gang's All Here" University of Wisconsin Bonfire

Date: 1903
Description: Large crowd gathered at University of Wisconsin bonfire, perhaps after a football game. Text "The gang's all here" is written on the negative.
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Young Men Sitting on a Fence

Date: 1903
Description: Group watching a University of Wisconsin football game (?) from a fence. Most are sitting on top, a few are standing and two men are peeking through the fe...
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University of Wisconsin Cheerleader

Date: 1903
Description: A male cheerleader with megaphone leading the crowd at a University of Wisconsin football (?) game. The band performs at the front of the crowd.

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