Transcription of a 1915 - 1919 diary written by my husband's grandmother Ada May (Grimshaw) Illingworth who lived in Springfield, Vermont.
6/27/13
June 28, 1918
Fri Fine
All in today. Went home in A.M. E did not work. May took lesson. Springfield went over the top on W.S.S. Big time at Opera House. Leon Dabo [?] spoke. Did not go.
Leon Dabo was an American tonalist artist who painted landscapes mostly of the Hudson Valley area of New York. Some are quite lovely.
ReplyDeleteSorry, Frances - just saw this.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the information. I'd never heard of him.