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Etelka Gerster Gardini, a Hungarian singer who performed throughout the world, sits for a portrait.Image signature: "Al carissimo Maestro al amico, Alfredo Jannotta. Ricordo, Etelka Gerster Gardini"

Grace S. Snell poses for a portrait wearing a milk maid's costume. On verso: "To dear Signor Jannotta, with pleasant recollections of his beautiful 'Alidor' from his pupil Grace S. Snell. St. Paul."

Filomena Giannotta poses for a portrait wearing a dark dress. She immigrated to the United States from Naples, Italy, on April 23, 1898.

Belgian violinist, conductor, and composerEugene Ysaye poses for a portrait holding his violin while standing in front of a chair draped with the American flag.Image signature: "Confraternal souvenir au vieux maitre, Signor Jannotta. E. Ysaye"

Mrs. Crocker, Stephen, and A. Vernon Jannotta ride up the side of Mount Manitou in Colorado.

A. Vernon Jannotta rides on a burro in Grand Caverns on a trip to the Cave of the Winds.

Alfredo A. Jannotta stands in front of Rand's for a photograph.

Stella Skiff Jannotta (left) and her mother, Mary Frances Coffin Skiff (right), ride on a bicycle-driven seat in Palm Beach, Florida.

A. Vernon Jannotta (left) and Mary Broderick Lamm Jannotta (second from left) pose with an unidentified couple for a group photo at their wedding on August 20, 1918.

Mary Broderick Lamm Jannotta stands in front of an open door holding a war saving stamps poster during World War I. On verso: "Taken for the W.S.S. Drive. Was printed in the Daily News Paper on Friday July 19 1918 the day the San Diego sank, [May]…

Sally, a laundry maid who worked for the Jannotta family, stands for a photograph holding a pail and broom.

A. Vernon Jannotta receives the Navy Cross during a ceremony held at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station, Chicago. Jannotta received the Navy Cross for picking up the survivrs and saving the fuel and munitions when the Orestes Navy tanker was…

Members of the Jewel Tea Company Board of Directors pose for a group phtograph. The Jewel Tea Company originated in 1889 when Frank V. Skiff began using a horse and wagon to sell tea and other items door-to-door in Chicago. On verso: "Standing -…

Margaret Coffin sits for a portrait wearing a large white bow in her hair.On verso: "Mrs. A. Jannotta; 170 N. Ridgeland Ave; Oak Park."

Frank Jannotta, Jr., poses for a portrait.

Saxophonists from an unknown college pose for a group photo.

Mary Frances Coffin Skiff poses for a portrait wearing a white dress.

Members of the Jannotta family gather for a group photo. Pictured seated in the center of the photo is Mary Frances Coffin Skiff and her husband Vernon William Skiff, the parents of Stella Skiff Jannotta.

The four members of the singing group, the "Jannotta Ladies' Quartette" pose for a portrait. The group was named for their vocal teacher, Alfredo A. Jannotta. Stella Skiff Jannotta is on the left.

Stella Skiff Jannotta sits for a portrait at age sixteen. Jannotta becam an author, suffragist, and one of the founding members of the Jewel Tea Company, Inc.On verso: "Given back to me by Lacy Vaughn. My picture taken in Newton, Iowa, when about…

An unidentified Jannotta family member's old class in Newton, Iowa, poses for a school photo. On verso: "Some of my old class in Newton; Standing, left to right: Herman Clark, Cora Mel Patton, Paul Adamson, Bloom Ryan, Eva Blackwood, Horace Campbell.…

Francis Skiff Janotta poses for a portrait with his arms crossed.

After Mary Frances Coffin Skiff's death in 1918, her husband, Vernon William Skiff, founder of the Jewel Tea Company, donated $100,000 for the contstruction of a hospital in Newton, Iowa. The building was dedicated and named her memory in 1921. The…

A young Sarah Gardner stands next to a table for a portrait.

Marian Axtell poses for a portrait wearing a striped shawl,