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T. W. Thorson, ca. 1950s.
Theodore W. Thorson as pictured in Central High School yearbook, 1937.
American Legion Auxiliary drum and bugle corps on parade in Bagley, Minnesota, 1935.
Ella McCaffrey (left) and Jane Raudiff (right) at Albert Lea American Legion Convention, 1935.
The American Legion drum and bugle corps on parade at state competition in Albert Lea, Minnesota, August, 1935.
American Legion Auxiliary champion drum and bugle corps, 1935.
American Legion drum and bugle corps of Crookston, ca. 1930.
Led by “Mr. Music,” Theodore W. Thorson, Crookston’s all-female drum and bugle corps won four straight American Legion Auxiliary state championships, from 1932 to 1935.
Sinclair Lewis’ childhood home, December 1975. Photographed by Henry Harren.
Sinclair Lewis, photographed by the Minneapolis Star Tribune, 1945.