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Last Snapshot at Maxwell Place: Besalke Family Dinner

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Photograph of Swede Besalke, Lucille Besalke, William Besalke, Augusta Besalke, Dorothy Hale, Lyle Hale, Eddie Besalke, Marie Maxwell, Rose Besalke around the dinner table at Maxwell Place.

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.

Chopping Wood

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Postcard of William Besalke chopping wood with unknown children, women and a man.

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.

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".