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Bessie Gordon at Reed Organ

Date: 08 13 1941
Description: Bessie Gordon (b. 1901) at the cut-down reed organ under the tavern counter.
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Mr. and Mrs. Moody Price

Date: 07 30 1946
Description: Mrs. and Mrs. Moody Price. Mrs. Price recorded a tune for song collector Helene Stratman-Thomas.
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Winifred Bundy and Bill Morgan

Date: 08 04 2004
Description: Winifred Bundy, secretary of the School of Music at UW-Madison, and her uncle, Bill Morgan. Both recorded for song collector Helene Stratman-Thomas.
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Singers Posing Outdoors

Date: 08 08 1946
Description: Possibly Adelord Joseph Vanasse (b. 1877?) and Stanilaus Phaneuf (b. 1869), singers who recorded for song collector Helene Stratman-Thomas.
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Singer and Helene Stratman-Thomas

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Description: Probably Ernest Joseph Belisle (b. 1901), a singer who recorded for Helene Stratman-Thomas. Helene is standing on the right.
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Singer and Helene Stratman-Thomas

Date: 08 08 1946
Description: Helene Stratman-Thomas and possibly Ernest Joseph Belisle.
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Dr. Charles Lindberg and Helene Stratman-Thomas

Date: 08 10 1946
Description: Helene Stratman-Thomas and Dr. Charles O. Lindberg, a Swedish singer.
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Ruth Olson and Alice Carlson

Date: 08 11 1946
Description: Ruth Olson (Mrs. Alf Olson) and Alice Carlson (Mrs. Gideon Carlson), singers of Swedish songs recorded by Helene Stratman-Thomas. Ruth and Alice were siste...
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Lily Richmond and a Woman

Date: 08 23 1946
Description: Aunt Lily Richmond (b.1862), right, with Ollie Greene Lewis.
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Lily Richmond Sitting Outside

Date: 08 23 1946
Description: Aunt Lily Richmond sang African American spirituals for song collector Helene Stratman-Thomas. Richmond came to Grant County Wisconsin with her parents, fr...
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Woman and Baby Sitting by a Christmas Tree

Date: 01 03 1944
Description: Patricia Fitzpatrick and her mother Frances Risdon Fitzpatrick, seated by a Christmas tree with opened presents, including several stuffed animals. Patrici...
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King and Queen of the 25th International Show

Date: 02 01 1944
Description: Janice Eide of Lodi and Chester B. Van Roo of Wauwatosa with the horse, "Belgian Farceur." Eide and Van Roo are king and queen of the 25th Little Internati...
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Jeanne De Barr with Seeing Eye Dog

Date: 02 02 1944
Description: Jeanne De Barr with her seeing eye dog, Nellie.
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Polish Mother

Date: 1941
Description: Close-up portrait of a Polish mother.
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Visiting Nurse Service Staff Nurse on Bicycle

Date: 04 11 1944
Description: Myra Johnson, 323 West Mifflin Street, the newest member of the Visiting Nurse Service staff, with her bicycle, which she uses to make her daily rounds. Ca...
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Edna Krieger and Daughter

Date: 04 20 1944
Description: Edna Krieger and daughter Nancy, posing on the steps of 2404 Kendall Avenue.
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Elizabeth Pilling

Date: 05 07 1944
Description: Elizabeth Pilling, born in England, and mother of Louise Munn, taken a few days before her 100th birthday.
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Grace Paris Chatterton

Date: 05 09 1944
Description: Grace Paris Chatterton sitting at a piano. She was the president of the Wisconsin Congress of Parents and Teachers, aka PTA.
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Helen Hall, Youth Hostel Secretary

Date: 05 18 1944
Description: Helen Hall, secretary at the Youth Hostel headquarters on the Samuel Post farm on Middleton Road, near Shorewood Hills.
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Ruby Kubota

Date: 05 17 1944
Description: Portrait of Ruby Kubota, president of Groves Housing Co-op of the University of Wisconsin. Her father, George Kubota, came to the United States from Japan ...

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