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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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Woman with Snowman

Date: 1905
Description: Winter scene with Wilma Gesell, daughter of Gerhard Gesell, stands on a board sidewalk arm-in-arm with a snowman. The snowman holds a Wisconsin pennant.
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Cabin Interior

Date: 1905
Description: Cabin interior.
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Cottage Dining Room

Date: 1905
Description: Interior view of a cottage dining room.
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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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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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Men Eating Breakfast Outdoors

Date: 1909
Description: Arnold Gesell and friends at breakfast in California during the time they built a rustic cottage called "Casa Verduga." Box of Corn Flakes is visible at ri...
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Mother and Baby

Date: 1903
Description: Baby sitting on Mother's lap in front yard. The picture being taken in Ridgeway has not been confirmed.
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Bossy's Bibacious Bouncing Baby

Date: 1905
Description: Woman feeding calf from a bucket.
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Baby Changing Equipment Display

Date: 1903
Description: A display of items needed when changing a baby's diaper. The picture being taken in Ridgeway has not been confirmed.
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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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Baby Playing with His Feet

Date: 1903
Description: A baby lies on the dining table playing with his feet while his mother looks on.
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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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Betimes Betsy Bethinks On The Bible

Date: 1905
Description: Woman reading the bible outdoors while seated in a chair.
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Young Woman Whittling

Date: 1903
Description: Young woman, possibly a University of Wisconsin student, whittling while seated outdoors on a cellar doorway or bulkhead.
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Wind Storm Wreckage

Date: 1900
Description: Boy standing among the wreckage of various farm structures and implements apparently after a wind storm or tornado.
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Betsey Busied by Bossy's Butter

Date: 1905
Description: Woman churning butter.
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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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