TITLE Mary Loguda and Three of Her Children
DATE OF ORIGINAL 1919
DATE OF DIGITAL 2006-2
DESCRIPTION ILASCO, MO - Here is a family portrait of Mrs. Mary Loguda (standing left), her daughter Mary (standing right), and her two sons, Charles and Pete.  Mary and her family lived in company housing called the Pump House, located in the LeBaume Hollow.  Some of the housing can be seen in the background.  To support her family, Mary worked in the Atlas Portland Cement Plant's sack repair department.   Her husband had returned to Europe just before 1914 when World War I broke out and was never heard from again.  In addition to her regular job at the plant, Mary also worked as a midwife for women in both Ilasco and Monkey Run.  Mary later married Paul Lemesh and moved from Ilasco.
CREATOR Unknown
CONTRIBUTOR Polc, David
PUBLISHER Hannibal Free Public Library (Hannibal, Mo.)
SUBJECT Lemesh, Mary Loguda.
SUBJECT Loguda, Mary.
SUBJECT Loguda, Charles.
SUBJECT Loguda, Pete.
SUBJECT Immigrant workers -- Missouri -- Ilasco.
SUBJECT Immigrant workers -- Missouri -- Ilasco -- Company housing.
ORIGINAL FORMAT Black and white photograph, 2 1/4" by 4", white streak along right edge, some fading.
DIGITAL FORMAT jpg
IDENTIFIER C10245