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Besalke Family at Lake Decatur

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Photograph of William and Augusta with an unknown man and two unknown boys at Lake Decatur around 1940

Besalke Family at Lake Decatur

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Photograph of William and Augusta Besalke with an unknown woman and two unknown boys at Lake Decatur.

Mr. and Mrs. William Besalke by a Metal Fence

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Photograph of William and Augusta Besalke standing in front of a metal fence in a yard.

At the Home of Otto Smith in Puente, CA

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Photograph of William and Augusta Besalke and an unknown couple at Otto Smith's house in Puente, CA in June 1939.

William Besalke

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Photograph of William Besalke standing in the yard on February 8, 1948.

"Papa" Besalke and the Men

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Photograph of William Besalke, William Derr, Otto Smith, Wilifred Smith, Carl Molin, Eddie Ernst, William Johnke, and Martin Michalboeck standing in a field in June 1939.

William Besalke Retires from the Wabash Locomotive Shops

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Photograph of William Besalke taken on June 14, 1945 when he retired from Wabash locomotive shop after working there for more than 46 years as a blacksmith welder.

William and Fred

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Photograph of William Besalke and Fred Benell, who are brothers.