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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.

William and Augusta With Carl and Ruth at the Molin's House

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Photograph of William and Augusta Besalke standing outside of the Molin's house with Ruth and Carl Molin in June 1939.

Carl and I Taken at a Friends Home in North Hollywood

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Photograph of Carl and Ruth Molin in front of a friend's house in North Hollywood, CA.

William, Augusta, and an unknown woman Beside a Car at the Doheney Palisades Near the Capistrano Beach

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Photograph of William Besalke, Augusta Besalke, and an unknown woman beside an automobile at the Doheney Palisades near the Capistrano Beach in California in June 1939.

William and Augusta and an Unknown Woman at the Doheney Palisades

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Photograph of William Besalke, Augusta Besalke, and an unknown woman at the Doheney Palisades in June 1939.