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  1. 2018.33.36 - Image, Digital

    Image, digital, black & white, Front- Young woman standing inside, against a piece of furniture wearing long gown. With WW II raging, then Elaine Jensen Atchison, pictured here, remembered how challenging it was to find a prom date with all the young men in service. She went to her 1942 Elgin High School senior prom with an uncle who wasn't that much older then her. Elaine had local photographer Paul O'Brien take several pictures of her in her...

    Record Type: Photo

    Image, Digital
  2. 2018.33.37 - Image, Digital

    Image, digital, black & white, Front- Young woman standing inside wearing long gown with fur jacket over. With WW II raging, then Elaine Jensen Atchison remembered how challenging it was to find a prom date with all the young men in service. She went to her 1942 Elgin High School senior prom with an uncle who wasn't that much older then her. Elaine had local photographer Paul O'Brien take several pictures of her in her prom gown including this...

    Record Type: Photo

    Image, Digital
  3. 2018.33.8 - Image, Digital

    Image, digital, black & white, twelve people, ten in foreground, sitting/standing around table with two in background. Most gals wearing corsages. World War II was raging in 1942 and virtually all the young men were away serving. Therefore, Elaine Jensen, on right, went to her Elgin High School prom with her uncle, second front right. Other prom goers included Jane Humbracht, standing second from left and Marion Atchison, sitting, third from r...

    Record Type: Photo

    Image, Digital
  4. 2021.20.1 - Image, Digital

    Image, digital, black & white, Front- one female in dress with dark appliques standing inside next to gentleman in dark suit, fireplace, mirror, candles in background. Then Margaret Schauer, poses in 1939 with her prom date, name unknown, in front of the fireplace in her family's home at 101 S. Oak Avenue. Margaret wore a beautiful dress with appliques on the skirt and sleeves. She attended and graduated from Elgin High School in 1939. Marg...

    Record Type: Photo

    Image, Digital

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