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William Besalke

Photograph of William Besalke standing in front of a house.

William and Fred

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

William Besalke Retires from the Wabash Locomotive Shops

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.

"Papa" Besalke and the Men

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

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

Carl Besalke

Photograph of Carl Besalke standing in a yard on February 8, 1948.

Mina, Grandma, Aunt Minnie, Mother, Myself, Ruth, Elsie-Ruth, Edna, and Nobbe

Photograph of Mina, Grandma Bomball, Minnie Krause, Augusta Besalke, an unknown woman who wrote all the names on the back of the photo, Ruth Molin, Elise Ruth, Edna, and Nobbe in the front yard of a house.