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Women with Schuetzen Rifles
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Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Emma Protz, an unidentified woman (likely Julia Protz), and Clara Tester posing with "schuetzen-rifles." The Alma Schuetzenverein was a target shooting society organized on the same basis as those found in Switzerland at the time.
June 1887
Gesell, Gerhard, approximately 1846-
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Gerhard Gesell Portrait
1900
Studio portrait of Gerhard Gesell sitting in a chair reading an issue of the "Photographic Recorder".
Gesell Children
circa 1890-1899
Studio portrait of Gesell children. Two boys, Arnold in center, pulling girl in wagon.
Composite Layout of Gesell Family Portraits
1885
Composite layout of Gesell family portraits displayed with peacock feathers photographed in a studio.
Gerhard Gesell, Jr., in Baseball Uniform
circa 1890-1899
Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Gerhard Gesell, Jr., wearing a baseball uniform.
Gerhard and Christine Gesell
1879
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 chair, and he is standing and leaning on the...
