Browse Items (237 total)

  • Collection: Besalke Family Collection #5.002

45lb Catfish

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Postcard of Carl and Gust holding a 45lb catfish. The back of the postcard says: "Carl and I caught this fish the 15th of July, and butchered him the 19th of July. It weighed 45lbs. How is that for fish - Gust". The postcard is addressed to Mr.…

Arthur Besalke

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Photograph of Arthur Besalke standing near the road.

Carl Smolinski and Men

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Photograph of Carl Smolinski, his daughter, his father, Carl Besalke, Julian Strocher, and William Besalke standing in the yard in front of a house.

Augusta Strocher and her husband

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Photograph of Augusta Strocher and Mr. Strocher standing in a garden.
Back of the photo says: "Please return to J.J. Moran and Sons."

Otto, Mable, Mother, and Beryl

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Postcard of Otto, Mable, and Beryl Bomball with Augusta Strocher sitting in a parlor.

Herman, Lucille, and an Unknown Couple

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Photograph of Swede and Lucille standing behind an unknown couple in front of a church in July 1955.

Herman, Lucille, and an Unknown Couple

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Photograph of Swede and Lucille Besalke with an unknown couple in front of a church in July 1955.