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Gerhard Gesell, Jr., in Baseball Uniform

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Gerhard Gesell, Jr., wearing a baseball uniform.
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Gerhard Gesell Portrait

Date: 1900
Description: Studio portrait of Gerhard Gesell sitting in a chair reading an issue of the "Photographic Recorder".
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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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Gerhard and Christine Gesell

Date: 1879
Description: Studio portrait of photographer Gerhard Gesell, Sr. and his wife Christine Giesen Gesell taken shortly after their marriage in 1879. She is sitting in a ch...
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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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Composite Layout of Gesell Family Portraits

Date: 1885
Description: Composite layout of Gesell family portraits displayed with peacock feathers photographed in a studio.
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Gesell Children Studio Portrait

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Description: Four of the Gesell children in a studio setting in front of a painted backdrop.
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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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Wilma Gesell in Feathered Hat

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Wilma Gesell in a feathered hat, fur stole and muff.
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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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Bossy and Betsy

Date: 1905
Description: Woman milking her cow.
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Gesell Children with Christmas Tree

Date: 1893
Description: Studio portrait of Gerhard Gesell's five children (l to r: Arnold, Bertha, Robert, Gerhard, and Wilma) posed around a Christmas tree with their gifts.
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Feeding a Calf

Date: 1900
Description: Winter scene with Bertha Gesell feeding a calf from a pan.
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Beef Slough

Date: 1880
Description: Man with a pole standing at the Beef Slough.
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Bossy's Bibacious Bouncing Baby

Date: 1905
Description: Woman feeding calf from a bucket.
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Young Women Posing by a Bench

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Description: Six young women posing playfully beneath a bench.
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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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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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Studio Tableaux of Martha Washington's Tea Party

Date: 1890
Description: Tableaux of "Martha Washington's Tea Party" enacted by Mrs. Gesell and friends. Left to right: Mrs. Schaettle, Mrs. Kempter, (the younger) Mrs. Fritz Laue,...
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Betsy's Abode

Date: 1905
Description: A woman poses in front of her log cabin with her dog.

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