Series: Photographs

Dr. William Reese, a Welsh tenor, and Helene Stratman-Thomas, Dodgeville, Wisconsin, 1940 August 19
Note: Image ID: 25174

Emery DeNoyer, 1941 July 26
Note: Emery DeNoyer (born 1887), singer of lumberjack songs, in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. “He earned his keep in the Wisconsin lumber camps not by logging (for he had only one eye and one arm) but by singing.”
Image ID: 25175

Mrs. Ollie Jacobs and Pearl Jacobs Borusky, 1941 July 26
Note: Mrs. Ollie Jacobs (born 1862) and her daughter Pearl Jacobs Borusky outside a log building in Langlade County.
Image ID: 25176

Mrs. Ollie Jacobs, 1941 July 26
Note: Mrs. Ollie Jacobs (born 1862), seated in wheelchair. Langlade County.
Image ID: 25177

Mrs. Ollie Jacobs, 1941 July 26
Note: Mrs. Ollie Jacobs (born 1862), seated in wheelchair. Langlade County.
Image ID: 25178

Two Buildings and Farm Equipment, 1941 July
Note: Two buildings, perhaps outhouses, and farm equipment in the vicinity of Crandon, Wisconsin.
Image ID: 25179

Man Driving Automobile in Field, 1941 July
Note: Car driving automobile near two buildings, perhaps outhouses in the vicinity of Crandon, Wisconsin.
Image ID: 25181

Charlie Spencer, 1941 July 28
Note: Charlie Spencer (born 1873?), a Kentuckian who migrated to Crandon, recorded white spirituals for song collector Helene Stratman-Thomas. A young girl is sitting in his lap, and there is a microphone in front of them. Crandon, Wisconsin.
Image ID: 25182

Harry Dyer and Helene Stratman-Thomas, 1941 August 6
Note: Harry Dyer (born 1864), a former logger and Mississippi riverman, with Helene Statman-Thomas. Madison, Wisconsin.
Image ID: 25183

Harry Dyer and Robert Draves, 1941 August 6
Note: Singer Harry Dyer (born 1864), right, and sound engineer Robert Draves. Madison, Wisconsin.
Image ID: 25184

Harry Dyer, 1941 August 6
Note: Harry Dyer (born 1864), a former logger and Mississippi riverman who recorded with song collector Helene Stratman-Thomas. Madison, Wisconsin.
Image ID: 25185

John Ciezczak, 1941 August 11
Note: John Ciezczak (born 1885?), a Polish watchmaker, who sang songs in Polish, Ukrainian, Russian, and Kasshubian for song collector Helene Stratman-Thomas. He is smoking a pipe and playing a violin. Stevens Point, Wisconsin.
Image ID: 25186

Bessie Gordon at Reed Organ, 1941 August 13
Note: Bessie Gordon (born 1901) sitting at the cut-down reed organ under the tavern counter. Schofield, Wisconsin.
Image ID: 25187

Bessie Gordon at Organ, 1941 August 13
Note: Side view of Bessie Gordon playing the organ. Schofield, Wisconsin.
Image ID: 6513

Bessie Gordon at the Reed Organ, 1941 August 13
Note: Bessie Gordon (born 1901) sitting at the cut-down reed organ under the tavern counter. Schofield, Wisconsin.
Image ID: 25188

Bessie Gordon at Organ, 1941 August 13
Note: Front view of Bessie Gordon sitting at the organ under the tavern counter. Schofield, Wisconsin.
Image ID: 6512

Robert Walker, 1941 August 14
Note: Outdoor portrait of Robert Walker in Crandon, Wisconsin. He recorded lumberjack songs for collector Helene Stratman-Thomas.
Image ID: 25189

Iva Rindlisbacher, Helene Stratman-Thomas, and Lois Rindlisbacher at Swiss Bells, 1941 August 15
Note: Iva Rindlisbacher (left), Helene Stratman-Thomas, and Lois Rindlisbacher at the Swiss bells in Rice Lake, Wisconsin. The bells stand was built by Otto Rindlisbacher, Iva's husband.
Image ID: 25191

Dr. J.P. Scanlan, 1941 August 19
Note: Either Dr. J.P. Scanlan, Wisconsin historian, or Dr. Peter Lawrence Scanlan, standing outside a house in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin.
Image ID: 25193

Albert Wachuta, 1941 August 19
Note: Albert Wachuta (born 1875?), singer of Bohemian songs with accordion, in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin.
Image ID: 25194

Missionfest, 1946 August 27
Note: Missionfest (Dutch) Traditional Psalms sung on church grounds in Brandon, Wisconsin.
Image ID: 25195

Unidentified Performers, 1946 July 24
Note: Mr. and Mrs. James Hawkins or Henry Thunder and Stella Stacy. Probably taken at Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Indian Village near Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin.
Image ID: 25196

Ho-Chunk Boy, 1946 July 24
Note: Unidentified boy, probably at Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Indian Village near Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin.
Image ID: 25197

Ho-Chunk Performers, 1946 July 24
Note: Mr. and Mrs. James Hawkins or Henry Thunder and Stella Stacy. Probably at Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Indian Village near Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin.
Image ID: 25198

Ho-Chunk Man with Drum, 1946 July 24
Note: Unidentifed man with drum who was probably recorded for song collector Helene Stratman-Thomas, probably at Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Indian Village near Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin.
Image ID: 25200

Ho-Chunk Woman and Child, 1946 July 24
Note: Unidentified woman and child (Marie Shekah and Bernard Sheka?) standing outdoors. Probably at Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Indian Village near Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin.
Image ID: 25201

Building at Wisconsin Dells, 1946 July 24
Note: View down a hill of a building, probably on the grounds of the Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Indian Village near Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin.
Image ID: 25203

Ho-Chunk Performers, 1946 July 24
Note: Mr. and Mrs. James Hawkins or Henry Thunder and Stella Stacy. Probably at Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Indian Village near Wisconsin Dells.
Image ID: 25204

Outdoor Portrait of Ho-Chunk Man, 1946 July 24
Note: Outdoor full-length portrait of Sam Blowsnake-Carley at Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Indian Village, near Wisconsin Dells, wearing a headdress in front of a teepee.
Image ID: 25206

Helene Stratman-Thomas with Ho-Chunk Indians, 1946 July 24
Note: Helene Stratman-Thomas with an unidentified man and child, possibly at Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Indian Village near Wisconsin Dells.
Image ID: 25207

Mr. and Mrs. Moody Price, 1946 July 30
Note: Mrs. and Mrs. Moody Price. Mrs. Price recorded a tune for song collector Helene Stratman-Thomas. Dodgeville, Wisconsin.
Image ID: 25208

Winifred Bundy and Bill Morgan, 1946 August 4
Note: Winifred Bundy, secretary of the School of Music at UW-Madison, and her uncle, Bill Morgan. Both recorded for song collector Helene Stratman-Thomas. Berlin, Wisconsin.
Image ID: 25209

Winifred Bundy and Bill Morgan, 1946 August 4
Note: Winifred Bundy, secretary of the School of Music at UW-Madison, and her uncle, Bill Morgan. Both recorded for song collector Helene Stratman-Thomas. Berlin, Wisconsin.
Image ID: 25253

Singers Posting Outdoors, 1946 August 8
Note: Possibly Adelord Joseph Vanasse (born 1877?) and Stanilaus Phaneuf (born 1869), singers who recorded for song collector Helene Stratman-Thomas. Somerset, Wisconsin.
Image ID: 25258

Singer and Helene Stratman-Thomas, 1946 August 8
Note: Probably Ernest Joseph Belisle (born 1901), a singer who recorded for Helene Stratman-Thomas. Helene is standing on the right. Somerset, Wisconsin.
Image ID: 25293

Helene Stratman-Thomas, 1946 August 8
Note: Helene Stratman-Thomas, possibly at the home of Donalda La Grandeur, a singer of French-Canadian songs who recorded for Stratman-Thomas. Somerset, Wisconsin.
Image ID: 25294

Singer and Helene Stratman-Thomas, 1946 August 8
Note: Helene Stratman-Thomas and possibly Ernest Joseph Belisle. Somerset (St. Croix County), Wisconsin.
Image ID: 25295

Singer at Mechanic Shop, 1946 August 8
Note: Possibly Ernest Joseph Belisle, a singer who recorded for Helene Stratman-Thomas. Somerset (St. Croix County), Wisconsin.
Image ID: 25296

Donalda La Grandeur and a Man, 1946 August 8
Note: Donalda La Grandeur and an unidentified man sitting on a porch in Somerset, Wisconsin.
Image ID: 25297

Donalda La Grandeur and Helene Stratman-Thomas, 1946 August 8
Note: Singer Donalda La Grandeur, left, and collector Helene Stratman-Thomas on the porch at the home of La Grandeur in Somerset, Wisconsin.
Image ID: 25298

Two Male Singers, 1946 August 10 or 11
Note: Unidentified man and Orrin Olson (born 1911?), singers of Swedish songs who recorded for Helene Stratman-Thomas. Grantsburg, Wisconsin.
Image ID: 25299

Dr. Charles O. Lindberg, 1946 August 10
Note: The man on the left is Dr. Charles O. Lindberg, a physician and singer of Swedish songs, who recorded for Helene Stratman-Thomas. The man on the right is Alf Olson. Grantsburg, Wisconsin.
Image ID: 25300

Dr. Charles Lindberg and Helene Stratman-Thomas, 1946 August 10
Note: Helene Stratman-Thomas and Dr. Charles O. Lindberg, a Swedish singer. Grantsburg, Wisconsin.
Image ID: 25301

Helene Stratman-Thomas and Two Women, 1946 August 10
Note: Song collector Helene Stratman-Thomas, left, and probably Mrs. Kamma Grumstrup, a singer of Danish songs, and one of her daughters (Esther or Alma Grumstrup).
Image ID: 25302

Ruth Olson and Alice Carlson, 1946 August 11
Note: Ruth Olson (Mrs. Alf Olson) and Alice Carlson (Mrs. Gideon Carlson), singers of Swedish songs recorded by Helene Stratman-Thomas. Ruth and Alice were sisters and their maiden name was Johnson. Grantsburg, Wisconsin.
Image ID: 25303

Lily Richmond and a Woman, 1946 August 23
Note: Aunt Lily Richmond (born 1862), right, and an unidentified woman. Beetown, Wisconsin.
Image ID: 25304

Lily Richmond Sitting Outside, 1946 August 23
Note: Aunt Lily Richmond sang African American spirituals for song collector Helene Stratman-Thomas in Beetown, Wisconsin. “One of the last of the Negro slaves who came to the Lancaster area near the close of the Civil War. She was brought by slave parents from Missouri.” Most likely, Lily Green Richmond, daughter of John Green, who came to Grant County with her freed parents between 1862 and 1870, when they first show up in the Census.
Image ID: 25305

Yuba Bohemian Band, 1946 August 24
Note: Members of the Yuba (Bohemian) Band posed outdoors in Yuba, Wisconsin.
Image ID: 25376

Joe Yanksy, a One-Man Band, 1946 August 25
Note: Joe Yansky (Bohemian), a one-man band with an accordion and drums, in Yuba, Wisconsin.
Image ID: 25377

Joe Yansky, a One-Man Band, 1946 August 25
Note: Joe Yanksy (Bohemian), a one-man band with accordion and drums, in Yuba, Wisconsin.
Image ID: 25378

Robert Novy's Opera House and Dance Hall, 1946 August 25
Note: Robert Novy's Opera House and Dance Hall, site of a recording session by Helene Stratman-Thomas, in Yuba, Wisconsin.
Image ID: 25380

Mr. and Mrs. Leo Dobbs, 1946 August 25
Note: Mr. and Mrs. Leo Dobbs of Richland Center, one of whom was Helene Stratman-Thomas's cousin and well-acquainted with the Yuba, Wisconsin musicians.
Image ID: 25381

Outdoor Group Portrait of the Yuba Band, 1946 August 25
Note: Helene Stratman-Thomas and members of the Yuba band, many of whom had played together for forty years: Otto and Wincil Stanek, clarinet; George McGilvery and William Tydrich, cornet; Anton Stanek, horn; Nick Rott, trombone; Martin Rott, baritone; Alford Stanek, tuba. The band played at dances, weddings, and funerals (when they would precede the hearse and march from the church to the cemetery). Yuba, Wisconsin.
Image ID: 25383

Otto's Tavern, 1946 August 25
Note: Exterior view from across the street of Otto's Tavern in Yuba, Wisconsin.
Image ID: 25385

Otto's Tavern, 1946 August 25
Note: Unidentified man outside of Otto's Tavern, Yuba, Wisconsin.
Image ID: 25386

Missionfest, 1946 August 27
Note: Missionfest (Dutch) traditional psalms sung on church grounds in Brandon, Wisconsin.
Image ID: 25387

Missionfest, 1946 August 27
Note: Missionfest (Dutch) traditional psalms sung on church grounds in Brandon, Wisconsin.
Image ID: 25389

Missionfest, 1946 August 27
Note: Missionfest (Dutch) traditional psalms sung on church grounds in Brandon, Wisconsin.
Image ID: 25390

Stasia Pokora, 1946 August 29
Note: Stasia Pokora, Executive Secretary of the American Relief for Poland, sang Polish songs, many of which she learned from Polish immigrants who roomed at her home when she was a little girl. Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Image ID: 25392

Emil Boulanger, 1946 August 31
Note: Fiddle player Emil Boulanger played for dances since he was a boy. He played entirely by ear, and on a violin which he made himself. He was born in Dyckesville (a Belgian community) and neither spoke nor understood English. His recording session for the project was held at the village dance hall because it was electrified. Dyckesville, Wisconsin.
Image ID: 25394

Belgian-American Performer, 1946 August 31
Note: Either Anton de Beck or Theuphiel Ropson, Belgian-Americans who recorded French and Walloon dialect ballads for song collector Helene Stratman-Thomas at the village dance hall in Dyckesville, Wisconsin.
Image ID: 25395

Belgian-American Singer, 1946 August 31
Note: Either Anton de Beck or Theuphiel Ropson, Belgian-Americans who recorded French and Walloon dialect ballads for song collector Helene Stratman-Thomas at the village dance hall in Dyckesville, Wisconsin.
Image ID: 25396

Charles Dietz and Helene Stratman-Thomas, 1946 September 2
Note: Charles Dietz, a singer of English ballads, and song collector Helene Stratman-Thomas, in Monroe, Wisconsin. Dietz recorded English ballads learned from his pioneer mother who had settled in New York State.
Image ID: 25398

Unidentified Singer, between 1940 and 1946
Note: Portrait of man smoking a pipe. Probably Robert A. Steinbach (born 1887?), a singer of German folk songs, who recorded for song collector Helene Stratman-Thomas in Wausau, Wisconsin.
Image ID: 25399

Men around Flat-Bed Trailer, between 1940 and 1946
Note: Five men and a young child gathered around flat-bed trailer.
Image ID: 25401

Wisconsin landscape, between 1940 and 1946
Note: A Wisconsin landscape with a road in the foreground.
Image ID: 25402

Group Gathered around Automobile, between 1940 and 1946
Note: Image ID: 25403

Man in Garden, between 1940 and 1946
Note: A man stands in an unidentified garden gesturing upwards towards a topiary tree.
Image ID: 25404

View of Bluffs, between 1940 and 1946
Note: Image ID: 25405

Spillway at Mill Pond, between 1940 and 1946
Note: Image ID: 25406

T. Richard Merchant Tailor Shop, between 1940 and 1946
Note: Richard Taschek, an Austrian immigrant, poses in front of his business, the T. Richard Merchant Tailor shop in Darlington, Wisconsin.
Image ID: 25407

Singer and Interviewer, between 1940 and 1946
Note: Singer is possibly Michael Leary or Daniel O'Connell. Almond, Wisconsin.
Image ID: 25408