Music Students club collection

reproduction of c1890.group portrait, all women, taken at Celestine Fejervary's featuring members of local club; 1 newsclipping [1958]--brief research and additional news article from 1924 added

Reproduction: group portrait women; outdoors; dressed in hats, dark clothing Verso: ink printings – names identifying women which appear to be taken from 1958 article See Newspaper clipping: Davenport Democrat And Leader, The | Davenport, Iowa | Thursday, July 17, 1924 | Page 69

2 photos, one of which is this one. Names women, married and maiden names. “Music Students Taken on Fejervary lawn”

Miss Celeste Fejervary Mrs. W. D. Middleton, Mrs. B. F. Tillinghast, Mrs. Will Mast (Lulu Altman), Mrs. Henry Vollmer (Jessie Puck), Mrs.Will Forrest (Lulu Nichols), Mrs. J. P. Crawford, Mrs. Robert Smith Standing: Mrs. Wm .La Venture (Mary Gillette) Mrs. Jim Preston, Mrs. Adolph Priester (Ida Kohler), Mrs. J. H. Whitaker (Nellie French), Mrs. George Knoff (Olga Schmidt) Mrs. David Clayborn Garrett, Mrs. George French.

“Early members recall their delight and anticipation each year when Miss Fejervary would entertain at her lovely home in what is now Fejervary park, the elaborate program and refreshments, the lovely flowers and the general atmosphere of old world elegance and charm which was peculiarly her own, with which the hostess had invested her Davenport home. It was on one of these festive and annual early summer occasions that the pictures which accompany this short sketch of the club was taken, the special affair of that day being in honor of a cousin of Miss Fejervary who was visiting here from Hungary.”