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Author Archives: Don Taylor
Ethel Wight Collection – Part 61
Hodgins, Hodsdon, Hoffman, Hoffses, & nĂ©e Sholes Photo Friday Ethel Wight Collection By Don Taylor This week, for Photo Friday, I identify the people in five more envelopes from the Ethel Wight Studio Collection[i]. The envelopes contain the names who … Continue reading
Posted in Ethel Wight Studio, Faces from the Past
Tagged Hodgins, Hodsdon, Hoffman, Hoffses, Sholes, Empire Theatre
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Donna Darling Collection – Part 84
Treasure Chest Thursday By Don Taylor This week, for Treasure Chest Thursday, I’m looking at a page from the Donna Darling Collection. The page includes three clippings, all relating to the Grand Theater. The Grand This is the first week … Continue reading
Posted in Treasure Chest, California Bathing Girls (1925), Donna Montran, Vaudeville
Tagged Grand Theatre, Terre Haute
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Wolcott – Surname Saturday
By Don Taylor Ancestry indicates that the surname “Wolcott” is a Habitational name for someone from Wollcot in Somerset, England. Possibly so named from the Middle English wolle meaning “spring” and cot, meaning “cottage” or “shelter.” Forebears indicate it is … Continue reading
Ethel Wight Collection – Part 60
Surnames: Hill (2), Hobbs (3), NĂ©e Robinson Photo Friday Ethel Wight Collection By Don Taylor This week, for Photo Friday, I identify the people in five more envelopes from the Ethel Wight Studio Collection[i]. The envelopes contain the names who … Continue reading
Was Grace Darling Donna’s sister? (Part 1)
Madonna Mae Montran Issue Donna Montran Research Vaudeville Rooney By Don Taylor During my analysis of the Donna Darling Collection (Part 83), I learned that the actress Grace Darling could be the sister-in-law of my grandmother, Madonna Montran, stage name … Continue reading
