Browse Items (237 total)

  • Collection: Besalke Family Collection #5.002

Great Grandma Bomball's Home on E. Leafland.

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Photograph of Great Grandma Augusta Bomball's house on E. Leafland that Augusta Besalke grew up in. There are several members of the Bomball family standing outside of it.

Herman "Swede" Besalke

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Photograph of Swede Besalke standing in front of a tree.

Herman Laying Blocks

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Photograph of Swede Besalke laying the blocks and framing the cistern. Back says "Daddy laid all the blocks for us and framed it."

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.