Photograph
The Incomparable Hildegarde
| Hildegarde Loretta Sell, better known as Hildegarde, was a well known cabaret singer who was born in Adell, Wisconsin in 1906 and raised in New Holstein. During the 1920s she studied at Marquette University School of Music. She was very popular as a recording artist and live performer particularly during the 1930s and 1940s. She is seen here at the Waldorf Astoria during a special fund-raising performance for the Advertising Women of New York who honored her as the epitome of American entertainment. |
| Image ID: | 84519 |
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| Creation Date: | 03 1941 |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
| City: | New York City |
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| State: | New York |
| Collection Name: | Advertising Women of New York scrapbooks, 1912-1951 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | U.S. Mss 49AF Vol 22 |
| Original Dimensions: | 9.5 x 7.5 inches |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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