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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 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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Cabin Interior

Date: 1905
Description: Cabin interior.
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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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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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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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Large Boar

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Description: Large boar standing in a pig pen.
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Cottage Dining Room

Date: 1905
Description: Interior view of a cottage dining room.
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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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Steamer "Fury"

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Description: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers steamer "Fury".
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Two Girls in Bonnets

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Description: Two young girls in bonnets standing on a porch facing each other and holding hands. These may be daughters of Gerhard Gesell, the photographer, he often po...
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Bossy's Baronial Barn

Date: 1905
Description: Log cabin barn and haystack.
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Bison Farm

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Description: Bison and cattle grazing on a farm.
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Bossy and Betsy

Date: 1905
Description: Woman milking her cow.
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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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Emil Buehler with Violin

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Description: Studio portrait of Emil Buehler holding a violin.
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Steamer "Saint Paul"

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Description: Steamer "Saint Paul" of the St. Louis, Dubuque, St. Paul Line.
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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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