Hildred Thurow's Teenage Photo Album
Hildred Thurow was a somewhat whimsical teenager as evidenced by the photos in her photo album. Most of the pictures were taken either shortly before or during the first couple years of WWI. Later events may have destroyed some of her innocence, but she always seemed be above the fray. The photos are arranged according to the pages Hildred pasted them on. She apparently didn't pay too much attention to the chronological order. On some pages she indicated the date, but not on others. Very few of the individuals in the photos are identified in her album, but I have made some identifications. The original photo album has been donated to the Winona Historical Society.Matches 1 to 50 of 189 » See Gallery » Slide Show
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| 1 |  | Album Cover This is the cover of Hildred's album | |
| 2 |  | Inside Cover Inside Cover of Hildred's album | |
| 3 |  | Hildred with other girls in woods (Summer 1914) From Page 01a in Hildred's album Hildred is the one on the right. They are really dressed up to be romping in the woods. The other girls in the picture are unidentified. | |
| 4 |  | Pyramid of Girls (Summer 1914) From Page 01a in Hildred's album. The photographer may have had a finger or thumb over part of the lens when this picture was taken. I can't determine if Hildred is in the picture or not. | |
| 5 |  | Another picture of girls in the woods (Summer 1914) From Page 01b in Hildred's album | |
| 6 |  | Hildred Thurow with Sophomore Girls (1913) Form Page 02a of Hildred's album. Hildred is on the left. | |
| 7 |  | Hildred Thurow with high school friends in La Crosse (1913) From Page 02a in Hildred's album Hildred is in the second row | |
| 8 |  | Two baby boys on deck From Page 02a in Hildred's album. "Bill and Bob" was written on the edge of this photo. The caption is "Little Boy Blue, Come Blow your Horn." There isn't any correlation to related individuals in my database either in the Thurow or Staack relatives so these babies are unidentified. | |
| 9 |  | Hildred Thurow on lawn with another girl (1911) From Page 03a in Hildred's album This picture was taken prior to the construction of the Thurow home on Harriet and W. 3rd Streets in 1912. I have not located the address where it was taken. | |
| 10 |  | Hildred Thurow sitting on gravestone (1913) From Page 03a in Hildred's album. This picture was probably taken at Woodlawn Cemetery in Winona | |
| 11 |  | Hildred with cheerleader flag in yard (1914) From Page 03b in Hildred's album | |
| 12 |  | Hildred in yard dressed as Indian maiden From Page 03b in Hildred's album. The picture was taken in the yard of the Thurow house on Harriet Street so it would have been in 1913 or later. | |
| 13 |  | Hildred and her friends wading (1913) From Page 04a in Hildred's album. | |
| 14 |  | Hildred and her friends on edge of water (1913 From page 04a of Hildred's album | |
| 15 |  | Hildred and three others posing in outfits (1914) From Page 04b in Hildred's album. This picture was taken in the yard of the house on Harriet Street. The three other persons are not identified. | |
| 16 |  | Hildred playing guitar in yard (1914) From Page 04b in Hildred's album. Picture taken in yard of house on Harriet Street in Winona. I think this is Hildred but I am not sure. | |
| 17 |  | Cliff Dwellers (1913) From Page 05a in Hildred's album The girls are on a sandstone cliff in the bluffs, probably in the vicinity of Winona. | |
| 18 |  | Hildred and girlfriends lying on grass with feet up (1913) From page 05a in Hildred's album. Hildred is possibly the girl on the right. | |
| 19 |  | Man, woman, and young boy on scooter in yard From Page 05b in Hildred's album. I have not been able to identify any of these persons. I don't think they are any of the Thurows as the age of the boy is too old in relation to the timeframe of the photo album. | |
| 20 |  | Unidentified Woman standing next fountain in Windom Park (1913) From Page 06a in Hildred's album. This picture was taken in Windom Park in Winona which is on Broadway and Huff Streets in Winona. Surrounded by lovely Victorian-era homes, many of which are on the National Register of Historic Places, this city block is adorned by bright perennial gardens, a gazebo, and a historic sculptural fountain where park visitors can bask in the sunlight alongside famous Native American royalty, Princess Wenonah. The fountain’s center is a turn-of-the century bronze statue of Princess Wenonah (“first born daughter”), the Dakota Indian chief’s daughter who legend says is the namesake of Winona. The statue stands on a pedestal, with spraying pelicans and turtles surrounding her in the pond. William Windom, for whom the park was named, lived across the street in the 1870’s, served in the U.S. Congress and Senate for a total of 24 years and was twice Secretary of the Treasury. The fountain in Windom Park was donated in 1900 by Wm J. Landon in memory of his wife Ida Cone Landon. | |
| 21 |  | Girls Making Fudge at Thurow Home From Page 06b in Hildred's album. This picture was taken near the front porch of the house that Louis Thurow built at the corner of Harriet and W. 3rd Streets in Winona. The house is still standing and the Thurow box factory was on the same block on the corner of Wilson and W. 3rd Streets. When the house was built, the box factory could be seen from the back of the house, but there are now some intervening buildings. | |
| 22 |  | "Ade" in front of church From Page 07a in Hildred's album. Unidentified man appears to be in front of Methodist church in Winona. The caption is "Ade" and there is no date on this page. | |
| 23 |  | Hildred in Tree From Page 07a in Hildred's album. This is one of a few photos taken of individuals in a tree. It appears to be Hildred and judging from her clothing, it would appear to be taken later in her high school years, possibly 1915. The bluffs in the back look like they are on the Wisconsin side so the water is probably Lake Winona. | |
| 24 |  | Small Picture of Two Women From Page 07a in Hildred's album. Have not identified these two. | |
| 25 |  | Two girls on bike in yard From Page 07b in Hildred's album. This picture was taken in the yard of the Thurow house on Harriet Street. The date would probably be 1913 or later as the house was build in 1912. | |
| 26 |  | Women on Railroad Hand Car From Page 08a in Hildred's album Taken near Sugarloaf Hill in Winona. Hildred is in front on the left. | |
| 27 |  | Man Standing in Boat From Page 08a in Hildred's album There is no date or identifying information on this page. The boat is on the bank of the Mississippi. The caption on this page is "And then we'll Run, Run, Run!" | |
| 28 |  | Women on Railroad Hand Car (1915) From Page 09a in Hildred's album. Another picture of the women riding the railroad hand car near Sugarloaf in Winona. Hildred is on the right in this picture. | |
| 29 |  | Hildred Thurow in tree with three women nearby (1915) From Page 09a in Hildred's album The two women in the picture are not identified. The picture was probably taken near Lake Winona. | |
| 30 |  | Hildred in Tree (1910) From Page 09b in Hildred's album. It seems she really liked climbing trees. | |
| 31 |  | Hildred Thurow Age 13 (1910) From Page 09b in Hildred's Album | |
| 32 |  | Hildred and brother changing tire on Brush Runabout car (1912) From Page 10a in Hildred's album. According to Wikipedia: The Brush company was founded by Alanson Partridge Brush (February 10, 1878, Michigan – March 6, 1952, Michigan). He was a self-taught prolific designer, working with Henry Leland at Oldsmobile, and went on to helped design the original one-cylinder Cadillac engine.[1] Although there were many makes of small runabouts of similar size and one to four cylinders at this time (before the Model T Ford dominated the low-price market), the Brush has many unusual design details showing the inventiveness of its creator. The Brush Runabout Company, along with Maxwell-Briscoe, Stoddard-Dayton, and others formed Benjamin Briscoe's United States Motor Company(USMC) from 1910, ending when that company failed in 1913. Runabouts, in general, fell out of vogue quickly, partly due to the lack of protection from the weather. After Brush and the other companies of the USMC folded into Maxwell Motor Company, President Walter Flanders wrote in 1913 document "Why We Did Not Use All Our Plants", the Brush factory in Detroit (along with the Flanders and Sampson Plants) were to remain open and running as factories. Touted as the "Everyman's Car", Brush designed a light car with a wooden chassis (wooden rails and iron cross-members), friction drive transmission and "underslung" coil springs in tension instead of compression on both sides of each axle. Two gas-powered headlamps provided light, along with a gas-powered light in the rear. The frame, axles, and wheels were made of oak, hickory or maple, and were either left plain or painted to match the trim. Wider axles were available for use in the Southern region of the United States, where a 60-inch tread fit wagon ruts on country roads.[3] The horn was located next to the engine cover, with a metal tube running to a squeeze bulb affixed near the driver. A small storage area was provided in the rear, with a drawer accessible under the rear of the seat. The engines were a single-cylinder, four-stroke water cooled design, producing 6BHP, with power going to a chain-driven rear axle. The rear-axle disengaged one of the rear wheels while driving around a curve to avoid undue wear and tear on the drivetrain. A feature of engines designed by Brush was that they ran counter-clockwise instead of the usual clockwise. This was Brush's idea intended to make them safer for a right-handed person to crank-start by hand. Prior to the invention of the electric starter, crank-starting a clockwise-running engines frequently resulted in dislocated thumbs and broken forearms if the hand crank kicked back on starting. According to a contemporary review from Cycle and Automobile Trade Journal in 1907, author Hugh Dolnar described the recently introduced Brush as a "...very, very new and also very, very old, as will be seen from the detailed construction illustrations below..." In his critique of the Brush, Dolnar was referencing the decision to use wooden axles. | |
| 33 |  | Hildred with two other girls on railroad mail cart (1912) From Page 10a in Hildred's album. Hildred is on the left. This picture possibly could have been taken at the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad tracks. | |
| 34 |  | 1912 girl on tree stump in front of tents (1912) From Page 10a in Hildred's album. The girl has not been identified. It appears the picture was taken at a summer camp. | |
| 35 |  | Woman Standing by Fence From Page 11a in Hildred's album This picture maybe was taken on the road across Lake Winona This doesn't look like Hildred but she is not identified. There is an inscription below the picture that looks like an "M" but it's otherwise unreadable. | |
| 36 |  | Hildred sitting in front of a building. From Page 11a in Hildred's album. The location of this building has not been identified. The caption is only "Interesting." | |
| 37 |  | Hildred Thurow sitting on porch From Page 12a of Hildred's album The house is located on the corner of Harriet and W. 3rd Streets in Winona | |
| 38 |  | Woman next to tree From Page 12a in Hildred's album. The inscription under the picture is the initials "G.H.M.G." but I have not been able to identify her. | |
| 39 |  | Girl next to tree. From Page 12a in Hildred's album. The inscription is labeled "Giggles." I have not been able to identify this person. | |
| 40 |  | Group bicycling on road (1913) From Page 13a in Hildred's album. The outfits are interesting. | |
| 41 |  | Hildred and two other girls on fence From Page 13a in Hildred's album) This picture was maybe taken on the road across Lake Winona. | |
| 42 |  | Woman and Little Girl From Page 13a in Hildred's album. This may have been Clara (Thurow) Hiestand and her daughter, Harriet. The inscription reads "Her sweet smile haunts me, still." | |
| 43 |  | In The Gloaming From Page 14a in Hildred's album. Picture of girl in yard maybe taken at sunset. Can not identify the individual as the picture is too dark. Used Hildred's inscription, "In the Gloaming" as the title of this picture. | |
| 44 |  | Hildred Driving Brush Runabout (1912) From Page 14a in Hildred's album The other individual in the car is possibly Hildred's brother, Bill. | |
| 45 |  | Girl on Fence From Page 15a of Hildred's album This might be Hildred but it's too hard to identify | |
| 46 |  | Clara Thurow Hiestand and daughter, Harriet (1913) From Page 15a in Hildred's album Hildred labeled this picture with the inscription "Sweet Harriet." She identified very few individuals in her album, but this in one of them. The birthdate of Harriet (31 March, 1912) fits nicely. Clara would have been about 28 in 1913. | |
| 47 |  | Girl with suitcase on railroad platform (1913) From Page 16a in Hildred's album. This picture was taken in the spring of 1913. It was taken by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad tracks on the Wisconsin side of the Mississippi River. | |
| 48 |  | Group on grass (1913) From page 16a in Hildred's album. The girl standing whose head is not showing in probably Hildred. The others have not been identified. The inscription next to this picture is "The Guillotine." | |
| 49 |  | Hildred Sitting on Pile of Logs From Page 17a in Hildred's album. The inscription next to this picture is "Bums." | |
| 50 |  | Hildred and two guys at cookout From Page 18a of Hildred's album. The two guys are unidentified. |
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