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People: Females (Identified)
Andel-Monning
Front row, l-r: Annie Andel and Emma Monning; back row, l-r: Rachel Andel, Minnie Monning, and Emma Andel; c. 1890 (Buckwinkel 9)
Bacon, Albion Fellows
Civic leader, social reformer, and author; d. 1933 (Knecht 362)
Bosse, Anna Riechmann
Civic leader and president of the Evansville Courier Corporation at her death in 1939; wife of Benjamin Bosse, mayor of Evansville, 1913-1922 (Knecht 3555)
Clerk, Brewing Company
Unidentified employee taking inventory shortly after the repeal of Prohibition; photo dated April 1933 (Knecht 663)
Clifford, Emily Orr
Civic leader and member of first Board of Trustees at Evansville College; c. 1920 (Knecht 5472)
Cluthe (Eades), Ora May
C. 1910 (Cluthe 52)
Cluthe, Dr. Anna
First female dentist in southwestern Indiana; awarded plaque in 1954 commemorating 50 years of service; d. 1969 (Cluthe 37)
Courier Staff
The "Girls" of the Evansville Courier's newspaper staff (l-r): Julia English, Madge Kellem, Rose Rudin, Frances Iverson, Mary L. Kerth, Rose Elbert, and Anna Runcie; photo dated 1918 or 1919 (Knecht 4001)
Crawford, Joan
Photo sent to Karl Kae Knecht at the Evansville Courier; caption: "To Karl Greetings from Hollywood John and Joan!! -- 1941" (Knecht 3549)
Dawn, Isabel (Seitz)
1916 graduate of Evansville (Central) High School who became a Hollywood actress and Broadway performer; photo dated June 29, 1928 (Knecht 611)
Decker Sisters
L-r: Marguerite (Maggie), Matilda (Tillie), Martha (Mattie), Amelia, and Anna; photo dated 1905 (Decker 1)
Dodd, Alice Gresham
Mother of James Bethel Gresham, regarded as the first American soldier to die in World War I; c. 1921 (Knecht 538)
Eichel, Florita
Playing tennis in Sunset Park; c. 1915 (Knecht 414)
Entertainers
Left to right: Florence Dannettell, Georgia Carpenter, Edna Curry, Nettie Winfrey, and Nina Curry, possibly performing in an Evansville High School production; c. 1890s (Dannettell 1)
Euler, Elise
Later Mrs. Rudolph Meyer; photo dated 1899 (Euler 3)
Euler, Sadie Ludwig
Wife of Philip J. Euler and mother of Philip H. Euler; photo dated 1894 (Euler 2)
Finley Sisters
Operators of the Finley Sisters Dancing Academy on Mulberry St. for over 50 years; left to right: Kate, Eva, Maude, Ethel, and Jamie Finley; c. 1920s (Knecht 598)
Gold Star Mothers
Alice Gresham Dodd (center), mother of James Bethel Gresham, first American casualty of World War I, at rally (Knecht 571)
Gold Star Mothers
Unfurling their flag on a north side building; photo dated 1918 (Knecht 1929)
Illing (Cluthe), Hulda
At left, playing the zither (the other woman is unidentified); c. early 1890s (Cluthe 76)
Johns, Mary Perry
Photographed in Haubstadt, IN; c. late 1800s (McCutchan 5)
Johnson, Eleanor
Founder of the Vanderburgh Christian Home that was located on N. Fulton Ave. from 1870-1985 (Willard Library Collection)
Johnson, Jr., Mrs. E. Mead
The former Charlotte Fuehring; photo dated 1936 (Knecht 3322)
Johnson, Justine
"Aunt Jus" on WTVW-Ch. 7 in the 1950s and "Story Lady" on WEOA; d. 1991 (J. Johnson 3)
Johnston, Annie Fellows
Native of McCutchanville, Indiana, and author of the "Little Colonel" series and other children's books; d. 1931 (Annie Fellows Johnston Collection)
Kamm, Clara
Photo taken at Elikofer's Art Gallery in Evansville, IN; early 1900s (Kamm 1)
Knecht, Jannie Moore
Wife of Karl Kae Knecht, editorial cartoonist and photographer for the Evansville Courier; Alhambra Theater in left background; photo dated 1942 (Knecht Collection)
Kolb, Clara Schneider
With step-daughter Evelyn Kolb; photo dated 1914 (Center City 50)
Leich, Mildred ("Millie")
First woman in Evansville to hold a pilot's license; pictured with pilot Dr. Melvin Durkee at the Evansville airport; 1930s (Sportsmen Pilots Club of Evansville, Inc. Collection)
McCullough, Ethel
First director of the Evansville-Vanderburgh Public Library system, 1912-1947 (Knecht 3325)
Messick, Marie
Ambulance driver for the Red Cross during the flu epidemic of 1917-1918 (Knecht 591)
Miller Girl
First Communion portrait of girl identified as "daughter of John Miller;" photo taken at Walden Studio in Evansville in the early 1900s (Walden 1803)
Mitchell, Peggy
On the first television set (WEHT) for her show; c. 1960 (Mitchell 4)
Nolan, Jeanette Covert
Noted children's author and daughter of an Evansville mayor; c. 1920s (Knecht 612)
Rake, Lois
C. 1930s (Knecht 5556)
Reitz, Mrs. Clarence
The former Mildred Wooley; c. 1920 (Knecht 3337)
Richardt, Cordelia Farmer
Photo dated 1935 (Knecht 5565)
Robinson, Virginia
Photo dated 1936 (Knecht 5559)
Roosevelt, Eleanor
Visiting Vincennes and Tri-State area in 1936 (Knecht 3713)
Roper, Pat
Program director at WGBF radio station (photo from booklet compiled and published by National Radio Personalities in 1939)
Rosencranz, Margaret Eberle
Civic leader and WGBF radio personality; photo dated 1945 (Rosencranz 1)
Rutledge, Emily
C. 1920s (Walden Studio 1698)
Schaefer, Mary
Graduation from St. Mary's School of Nursing; photo dated June 26, 1919 (Schaefer 2)
Schulte, Julia
Costumed for German Day program (later married Adolph Reitz); c. 1895 (Meyer-Schlamp 247)
Sickenberger, Minnie and Lillian Mark
Minnie (left) was valedictorian of Evansville High School's Class of 1885; Lillian was also an EHS student (Sickenberger 1)
Stofleth, Mary C. Schaefer
C. 1925 (Schaefer 5)
Swormstedt, Belle Durland
Holding son Billy on Riverside Dr. at Chestnut St.; c. 1903 (Misc. 566)
Yockey, Marcia
Weathercaster for WFIE Channel 14 and WTVW Channel 7 for 35 years before retiring in 1988 (Lant 7)
Yockey, Marcia
Standing next to her Piper Cub; photo dated May 13, 1987 (Lant 12)
Young, Dorothy
Photo dated 1906 (Sabel 24)
Young, Mae
Member of the World Wrestling Federation; photo dated 1945 and is probably a publicity photo for an appearance in Evansville that year (Knecht 962)
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