Gerhard Gesell Photographs and Negatives, circa 1875-1950

Contents List

Container Title
PH 6131
Series: Prints
Gesell family
Box   2
Folder   9
Residence, Alma
Box   2
Folder   10
Gerhard, Sr.
Box   2
Folder   11
Gerhard, Sr. and Christine (Geisen)
Box   2
Folder   12
Christine (Geisen) with others
Arnold
Box   2
Folder   13
Youth
Box   2
Folder   14
Young adult
Box   2
Folder   15
Adult
Box   2
Folder   16
With others
Box   3
Folder   10
At Camp Ossipee
Box   5
Folder   4
Stevens Point Normal School Senior Composite, 1899
Box   5
Folder   5
With group of men
Box   5
Folder   6
Edwin Booth Dramatic Society, 1903
Box   2
Folder   17
With wife and children
Box   3
Folder   1
California residence
Box   6
Folder   1
Scrapbook from parents
Box   3
Folder   2
Bertha
Box   3
Folder   3
Gerhard, Jr.
Box   3
Folder   4
Robert
Box   3
Folder   5
Wilma
Box   3
Folder   6
Adam?
Box   3
Folder   7
Christian
Box   3
Folder   8
Together
Box   3
Folder   9
Children together
Towns, buildings, and landscapes
Wisconsin
Box   1
Folder   1
Alma
Box   1
Folder   2
Chippewa Falls
Box   1
Folder   3
Fountain City
Box   1
Folder   4
Nelson
Box   1
Folder   5
Stevens Point
Box   1
Folder   6
Waumandee
Minnesota
Box   1
Folder   7
Minneiska
Box   1
Folder   8
Reed's Landing
Box   1
Folder   9
Wabasha
Box   1
Folder   10
Maine
Mississippi River
Alma and vicinity
Box   2
Folder   1
Boating/swimming
Box   2
Folder   2
Birling contest
Box   2
Folder   3
Ice harvesting
Box   2
Folder   4
Beef Slough, Chippewa Falls and Mississippi River
Box   1
Folder   11-12
Steamboats
Box   1
Folder   13
Miscellaneous views
Box   1
Folder   14
Winona Grocer's excursion
Box   5
Folder   1
[Oversize]
Box   2
Folder   5
Farms, farming, farm buildings, animals
Box   4
Folder   6
Booklet
Box   4
Folder   5
Logging
Box   2
Folder   6
Railroads
Box   2
Folder   7
Tornado damage, Buffalo County vicinity
Box   3
Folder   11
University of Wisconsin
People
Identified
Box   3
Folder   12
Men
Box   3
Folder   13
Women
Box   3
Folder   14
Couples
Box   3
Folder   15
Groups
Unidentified
Box   4
Folder   1
Men
Box   4
Folder   2
Women
Box   5
Folder   2
[Oversize]
Box   4
Folder   3
Children
Box   5
Folder   9
[Oversize]
Box   4
Folder   4
Couples and groups
Box   5
Folder   8
[Oversize]
Box   3
Folder   17
Bands
Box   5
Folder   7
[Oversize]
Composites
Box   3
Folder   18
Singing societies
Officers of Buffalo County
Box   5
Folder   3
1892
Box   5
Folder   19
1894-1896
Box   2
Folder   8
Gesell Studio miscellaneous work
Box   3
Folder   20
Cyanotype album [Alma related?]
Series: Negatives
WHi(G471)
Negative Box   1
1-14, 16-20
Negative Box   2
21-33
WHi(G472)
Negative Box   1
36-38, 40-63, 65-81
Negative Box   2
82-95, 97-119, 206-212
Negative Box   3
213-239
Negative Box   4
240-248
WHi(G473)
Negative Box   1
120-128, 130, 132, 134-135
Negative Box   2
156-160, 163-183, 185-193
Negative Box   3
194-195, 197-202, 204-205
PH 6131
Box   7
Series: Lantern Slides
Scope and Content Note: Lantern slides, circa 1905, of the construction and finished details of a family vacation house built by members of the Gesell family at Alma, Wisconsin, about 1905, consisting of a site plan, scenes of a model of the house, cutting trees for the roof, surveying, the foundation, party gatherings during construction, finished exterior and interior views, and a site view that may include a previous structure. From photographs or negatives likely made by Gerhard Gesell. Originally catalogued as PH 3324, this has been assigned call number PH 6131. Corresponding negatives may be found in WHi(G472).