Tag: history
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Katherine Dreier, The Société Anonyme Museum of Modern Art, & Yale University, 1941
Katherine Dreier, a co-founder in 1920 of The Société Anonyme Museum of Modern Art, gave an ethical legacy to my great-grandmother and a cultural legacy to the United States. The year Dreier deeded her collection to Yale University –1941 — she also wrote to my great-grandmother Ruth Seely Preston. In her letter, she enclosed an announcement by The Société Anonyme…
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Grandma’s clippings re: singing with comedian Gene Sheldon
My maternal grandmother, née Linda Preston, traveled as a singer with comedian Gene Sheldon in 1941– a tour that was cut short by an automobile collision. View individual photos for longer descriptions.
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Photos by J. M. Shafer, Altoona Mirror staff photographer, 1940
These nine photos were among my grandmother’s photos of her time as a trouper with Egyptian Follies. I searched the Internet for information about J. M. Shafer and found mention of his time as a staff photographer with the Altoona Mirror in an obituary.
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When Grandma was a trouper with Egyptian Follies
My maternal grandmother was Linda Preston, a singer who toured the Orpheum circuit with comedian Gene Sheldon. She was also a trouper with Egyptian Follies, a vaudeville variety show in 1940.
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Went to Hall of Flame Fire Museum in Phoenix – Cool place!
We have an interesting and little-known museum in Phoenix that I recommend you check out. The place is huge, and they have fire carriages, sleds, trucks, engines, ladders, etc. from the early eighteenth century to the late twentieth.
Daniel Greene 