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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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Composite Layout of Family Portraits with Local Views

Date: 1890
Description: Composite layout combining family portraits with local views. Probably the family of Gerhard Gesell in Alma.
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Bossy's Baronial Barn

Date: 1905
Description: Log cabin barn and haystack.
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Bossy and Betsy

Date: 1905
Description: Woman milking her cow.
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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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Young Women Posing by a Bench

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Description: Six young women posing playfully beneath a bench.
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Alma Milling Company Fire

Date: 04 06 1899
Description: Street view showing Alma Milling Co. building on fire. Photograph was taken from Gerhard Gesell's studio balcony.
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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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Betsy's Abode

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

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Description: Steamer "Quincy" of the St. Louis, Davenport, & St. Paul Line in the Mississippi River.
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Train Entering Alma

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Description: CB&N Railroad locomotive entering town. Railroad station in center.
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Mississippi River View

Date: 1902
Description: Hand-colored Mississippi River view with steamboat and rowboat in the river.
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Children Playing on Seesaw

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Description: Two young girls play on a seesaw (teeter totter) in a yard near stacks of fuel wood.
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Betimes Betsy Bethinks On The Bible

Date: 1905
Description: Woman reading the bible outdoors while seated in a chair.
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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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Mule Hitched to Cart with Driver

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Description: Mule hitched to training cart, with driver, on a town street, possibly Alma.
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Alma, Wisconsin

Date: 1883
Description: Man waving his hat in foreground with Alma, Wisconsin, visible in background across the Mississippi River.
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Cattle Drive In Alma

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Description: Farmers driving their cattle to a stockyard near the Burlington Depot, a weekly occurrence.
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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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Betsey Busied by Bossy's Butter

Date: 1905
Description: Woman churning butter.

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