Browse Items (237 total)

  • Collection: Besalke Family Collection #5.002

Side Door of Our Garage and Sweet Peas

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Photograph of an unknown woman standing by the side door of a garage and sweet peas on May 1, 1955.

Besalke Family

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Photograph of members of the Besalke family standing outside of a house.

Ghost Town or Bust!!

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Photograph of Clara Schowska, Bertha Jordan, Carl Molin, and Ruth Molin at the Ghost Town "Pitchur" Gallery at Knotts Berry Place in Buena Park, CA. They are sitting on a wagon with the title of "Ghost Town or Bust!!" March 1947.

A Wagon Full of Pumpkins

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Postcard of the Besalke family with a wagon full of pumpkins on a farm.

Family with Pumpkins

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Postcard of the Besalke family with pumpkins

Bomball Family

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Postcard of the Bomball family. The back says "Mother will be home Thursday at 4.15PM. AO Bomball 328 Central Pl." The postcard is addressed to "Mr. W. Besalke 1135 Condit st. Decatur, Ill".

Hichhiking in California

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Photograph of William and Augusta hitchhiking in front of a sign with cities and miles on it at the Doheney Palisades in California in June 1939.

William and Augusta at the Molin's House

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Photograph of William and Augusta Besalke at the Molin's house in California in June 1939.