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Bessie Gordon at Reed Organ
August 13, 1941
Bessie Gordon (b. 1901) at the cut-down reed organ under the tavern counter.
Bessie Gordon at Organ
August 13, 1941
View across counter towards Bessie Gordon sitting at the organ.
Bessie Gordon at Organ
August 13, 1941
Side view of Bessie Gordon sitting at the organ.
Dr. Charles Lindberg and Helene Stratman-Thomas
August 10, 1946
Helene Stratman-Thomas and Dr. Charles O. Lindberg, a Swedish singer.
Unidentified Singer
circa 1940-1949
Portrait of man smoking a pipe. Probably Robert A. Steinbach (b.1887?), a singer of German folk songs, who recorded for song collector Helene Stratman-Thomas.
Singer and Helene Stratman-Thomas
circa 1940-1949
Probably Ernest Joseph Belisle (b. 1901), a singer who recorded for Helene Stratman-Thomas. Helene is standing on the right.
