Selma Cornelia Aschbrenner, known as Sally, grew up in Marathon County, Wisconsin. As an adult she spent a short time working in Washington D.C. before returning to Wausau to marry and raise a family. This series of posts takes us page by page through the photo album of her teen years and young adulthood. She was an active and vibrant gal. These photos show her doing things she could no long do when her mobility became limited in the following decades.

She collected photographs. Lots and lots of photographs. She took most of them and posed in many. This series gives us a glimpse of Sally’s young life, through her own pictures.

Mostly Washington

The 45th page of Sally’s photo album featured a collection of photos mostly taken in and around Washington, D.C. A few other shots were on the page as well.

One more from Atlantic City

One last photo of Sally in her bathing suit on the beach at Atlantic City.

Pictured: Selma Cornelia Aschbrenner.

Location: Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Date: circa 1932-33.

Scenery

Sally captured some views of the Eastern United States while living in Washington, D.C.

Location: Unknown.

Date: circa 1932-33.

Unidentified People

A couple photos include a man with a hat. In one, he is with another man. In the other, he is with a woman. Unfortunately, they have not been identified.

Pictured: Unidentified.

Location: Unknown.

Date: circa 1932-33.

Swinging gals

Two gals share a swing. It looks like a rural location, so it is possible someone sent the photo to Sally from back home in Wisconsin. Though, perhaps in the early 1930s there were rural locations around Washington?

Pictured: Unidentified.

Location: Unknown.

Date: circa 1932-33.

Fun with friends

Sally and friends posed for the camera around Washington, D.C.

Pictured: Selma Cornelia Aschbrenner, second from right.

Location: near Washington, D.C.

Date: 1932-33.

Photo Title…

Pictured: Selma Cornelia Aschbrenner and unidentified.

Location: Washington, D.C.

Date: circa 1932-22.

Photo Title…

Pictured: From left, Selma Cornelia Aschbrenner, Pearl Nelson, and unidentified.

Location: Washington, D.C.

Date: circa 1932-33.

Pictured: Pearl Nelson, left, and unidentified.

Location: Washington, D.C.

Date: circa 1932-33.

Pictured: Selma Cornelia Aschbrenner, right.

Location: Washington, D.C.

Date: 1932-33.

Pictured: Pearl Nelson and Selma Cornelia Aschbrenner.

Location: Washington, D.C.

Date: circa 1932-33.

Washington City and a field

The last photos on this page include more views of the city of Washington, D.C. and beyond.

Pictured: Washington Memorial.

Location: Washington, D.C.

Date: 1932-33.

Pictured: Lincoln Memorial.

Location: Washington, D.C.

Date: circa 1932-33.

Pictured: Lincoln Memorial.

Location: Washington, D.C.

Date: circa 1932-33.

Location: Unknown.

Date: circa 1932-33.

Many thanks to Uncle Chuck Krueger for gifting Sally’s photo albums to me. I suppose I’m the only one who is obsessed enough with family history to spend hours and hours doing something with them. Of course, I thought I should find a way to share.

I didn’t join the Krueger family soon enough to meet Sally. She died 15 May 1983, just two weeks after I started dating her grandson (now my husband). I’m sad that I missed getting to know her. I’m glad that she left a legacy of photos that help me see a side of her that maybe even her own family didn’t get to see.

Many of the faces and places in the photographs are not labeled. If you can help identify someone or someplace, correct any mistake I may have made, or otherwise add to the story, please contact me, for example by submitting a comment. Thanks.

Who is Who?

Fred and Alice Aschbrenner family

Sally Aschbrenner, the subject of this series of posts, was the daughter of Alice Rosalie Fehlhaber and Frederick A. Helmut Aschbrenner. She had one brother named Freddy.

Three-generation pedigree chart

The Aschbrenner Family