Bluffs and Piasa Bird, 2016

Photograph of Sixteen Girls in Sailor-Style Dresses

Citation

“Photograph of Sixteen Girls in Sailor-Style Dresses,” Madison Historical, accessed October 1, 2025, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/2376.

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Description

Undated photograph of sixteen girls in two rows. The girls are wearing sailor-style dresses. Although undated, the photograph was likely taken between 1900-1920. The photograph may have been taken as part of activities related to a turnverein, or German cultural hall, in southwest Illinois.

Transcription

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    31 Seated Left to Right Arlene Seidler Rita Moehlenrich Vesta Leutwiler Lola Feutz Erma Pabst Herman Ida Schott Baumer Lucille Metzler Edith Suppiger Cornilla Suppiger Wagner Ruth Berdill Standing Irma Zeller Shellenberg Tottie Gertrude Schmidt Viola Kuhnen Schmetter / Standing continued Elizabeth Wiebe Lucille Everett Oradell Moehlenrich pronounced (Mülhen of) owned by Mrs. Ray O. Shellenberg 561 Gray Blvd. East St. Louis Ill. Turnveren Pic - Paris

Source

  • SIUE Archive

Subjects

  • culture
  • children

Language

English

Type

  • Photograph

Format

  • Black and white photographic print
  • jpg

Coverage

  • 1900s - 1920s
    East St. Louis, Illinois

Identifier

  • GodfreyPhoto-P-010
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