Photograph- Miss Billee and her dance students get ready for a recital.
Description
Miss Billee and her dance students get ready for a recital. Amelia "Miss Billee" Gilman had a dance studio on East Orange Street at the time this photo was taken.
Man with receding hairline, long beard, no mustache. Professor Wolf from Franklin and Marshall College.
Provenance
Small red velvet album with M A W 1868 engraved on front cover. Contains carte de visites, many of which are identifed. Album may have belonged to Mary Ann Rettew Willson, wife of George Willson, Sr. Their son George B. Willson and their niece, Mary Willson Rettew, were the last residents of Wheatland.
Lancaster High School, class of 1890-91. Identified are: David B. Bartholomew, Newton E. Bitzer, Jacob H. Byrne, Howard W. Diller, William M. Dorwart, James F. Erisman, John L. Frantz, John G. Fritchey, Hugh K. Fulton, Charles D. Hubert, J. R. Kinzer, B. F. Kready, Walter J. Leonard, Joseph R. Mercer, Benjamin A. McComsey, Harry W. McGinnis, Washington M. Nixdorf, Edward L. Page, Alden F. Pontz, Fred J. Rieker, John Sachs, Frank T. Thurlow, and William E. Underwood. Teacher seated at left is J. P. McCaskey.
