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This is a studio portrait of Peter Thoes, who was one of the earliest settlers in Wabaunsee County, and his family in Alma, Kansas. Peter Thoes married Caroline Ernstine Dieboll on January 19, 1862. Four of their five children are pictured including, from left to right, Hulda, Albert, Ernest, and Olga.
Date: Between 1885 and 1890
Item Number: 306565
Call Number: 2014-169
Holding Institution: Wabaunsee County Historical Society
Collections - Contributing Institutions - Wabaunsee County Historical Society
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1880s
Home and Family - Families
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Children
People - Men
People - Women
Places - Cities and towns - Alma
Places - Counties - Wabaunsee
Type of Material - Photographs
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