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A young Diane Jannotta, daughter of A. Vernon and Mary Jannotta, sits for a portrait wearing a white dress.

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"

Frank Jannotta, Jr., poses for a portrait.

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."

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…

Saxophonists from an unknown college pose for a group photo.

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.

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.

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…

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

Marian Axtell poses for a portrait wearing a striped shawl,

A young Cornelia Meyer Fisk poses for a portrait while holding a doll. She was the daughter of John Meyer and Cornelia Beebee Meyer, and eventually the wife of Frank Fisk.

A young Emma Connelly poses for a portrait standing in front of a railing.

A young Edward Jannotta reclines on a fur rug during a portrait session.

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.

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

Shirley Jannotta Nickel, wife of Henry V. Nickel and daughter of Mary Broderick Lamm Jannotta and A. Vernon Jannotta, poses for a portrait on her wedding day.

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]…

A. Vernon Jannotta poses for a portrait wearing a striped suit.

A. Vernon Jannotta stands for a portrait as a young man.

A. Vernon Jannotta stands with an unidentified woman during his time as a commander in the United States Naval Reserve.

Commander A. Vernon Jannotta poses for a photograph sitting at his desk during his time in the United States Naval Reserve.

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.