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Blanche Casey

Photo Album:
A View from Above

Submitted by Sarah Buscher
February / March 2001

February 1, 2001 by

Blanche Casey of Cleveland, Ohio stands on top of the Empire State Building while on her honeymoon. The Chrysler Building can be seen in the background. Born in 1905, Blanche graduated from Notre Dame College in Cleveland and did secretarial work before marrying Leonard Buscher. Since the country was only just emerging from the Depression, they decided to elope – much to her … [Read more...] about Photo Album:
A View from Above

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