Gottlieb Prechel Family. 5 1/2" x 4" black and white cabinet card photograph of the Gottlieb Prechel family photographed by A.S. Hellebo, Janesville, MN; identified L-R: Gottlieb Prechel; daughter Julia Prechel; son Emil Prechel; wife Wilhelmina Prechel; and son (in the dress) Lewis Prechel; all posed full-figure in studio setting with wicker furniture and painted backdrop.
Gottlieb and Wilhelmina Prechel left Prussia in July 1853, settled in Princeton, WI, then arrived in Wilton, MN in 1855, but farmed in St. Mary Township. Janesville business: Hellebo Photography.
