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The Incomparable Hildegarde
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Hildegarde Loretta Sell, better known as Hildegarde, was a well known cabaret singer who was born in Adell, Wisconsin in 1906 and raised in New Holstein. During the 1920s she studied at Marquette University School of Music. She was very popular as a recording artist and live performer particularly during the 1930s and 1940s. She is seen here at the Waldorf Astoria during a special fund-raising performance for the Advertising Women of New York who honored her as the epitome of American entertainment.
March 1941
Advertising Women of New York
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