The following pictures are all from one or possibly two photo albums. Some of the pictures had been removed before scanning in May, 2008, and may now be owned by other family members.

“Dard and Edgar building the garage. 4127 St. Louis Ave.” This is the left side of the album page. Taken April, 1913 in St. Louis, Missouri.

Anna May Beerbower Helbling and daughter Viola Helbling at 2 months of age. Taken April, 1913.


Edgar Helbling, age 5, holding Viola, age 6 months. Taken August, 1913.


GW Helbling with children Viola, age 6 months (on right); May, age 2 (on left); and Edgar, age 5. Taken August, 1913.


From left, May Helbling, age 2; Anna May Helbling, age 32, holding daughter Viola, age 6 months; Anna Missouri Springsteen Beerbower, age 59; son Edgar Helbling in front, age 5. Taken in Normandy Grove August 1913.


Anna Springsteen Beerbower with her Helbling grandchildren: May on left; holding Vi; and Edgar on right. Taken August 1913 in Normandy Grove.


Anna Springsteen Beerbower with her Helbling grandchildren: Edgar on left; holding Vi; and May on right. Taken August 1913 in Normandy Grove.


Right side of album page from Normandy Grove. Taken August, 1913.


Anna May Beerbower Helbling holding her 6 month old daughter Viola. Taken in Normandy Grove, August, 1913.

Anna May Beerbower Helbling with her children Edgar, May, and Viola. Taken April, 1914 on the porch of their St. Louis home.


Album page, left side, April, 1914.


Album page, left side, April, 1914.


Easter, April 1914.


Easter, April 1914. From left: May, Anna May, Viola, and Edgar Helbling.


Easter, April, 1914. Edgar, May, and Viola Helbling with their maternal grandmother, Anna Missouri Springsteen Beerbower.


Flag Day, June 1914. From left, Edgar, May, Viola, and GW (Gerard William) Helbling at their home in St. Louis, Missouri.


June, 1914- Flag Day. Anna May (called 'May' by her family and friends) holding daughter Vi; Anna May's mother, Anna Missouri Springsteen Beerbower with her granddaughter May; Edgar Helbling checking out what's wrong under the hood and wishing he could drive.

Flag Day 1914. Trouble under the hood.


Flag Day 1914. Album page, left side.


Flag Day 1914. Album page, right side.


June 1914, Normandy Grove. Viola Helbling, top. Bottom: Vi and May Helbling.


June & July, 1914. Top left: Vi, Edgar, and May Helbling. Top right: Anna May, May, Vi and Edgar Helbling. Bottom left, Normandy Grove: Vi and May Helbling. Bottom right: Vi, Edgar, and May Helbling, July 1914.


October, 1914. 3930 St. Louis Ave, St. Louis, Missouri. Edgar on left, Anna Missouri Springsteen Beerbower holding her granddaughter Vi, and May Helbling on right.


October 1914. Vi and Anna May Beerbower Helbling, Anna Missouri Springsteen Beerbower, and May Helbling on right.


Edgar reading to his sisters May and Vi Helbling, c1914.

February 14, 1915, St. Blase's Day.


April, 1915. Edgar, May, and Vi Helbling with their father, GW Helbling, in front of their home in St. Louis.

May, Viola, Anna May, and Edgar Helbling, April, 1915.


GW Helbling holding his daughter May, on left, and daughter Vi on right, with Edgar standing in front. April, 1915.


Album page, April 1915.


May, Edgar, and Vi Helbling, May 1915. (left to right)


Viola, Edgar, and May Helbling. May 1915.


Album page, left. May 1915.


Viola held by Anna May, and May held by GW Helbling. May, 1915.


Anna Missouri Springsteen Beerbower on left, possibly with her sister? Anna would have been 61, and her older sister Mary Elizabeth Springsteen Beckwith would have been 69. Their mother, Anna Connor Springsteen, passed away in 1887, so the woman on the right cannot be her.


Probably May Helbling being held by possibly her cousin Roberta Pearl Beerbower. June, 1915.


Top- Vi, Edgar, and May Helbling with grandmother Anna M Springsteen Beerbower in background. Bottom- Anna May Helbling with her daughters May and Vi. May, 1915.


Viola and May Helbling, June 1915. 3918 St. Louis Ave., St. Louis, Missouri. Left side of album page.


Vi and May Helbling, June 1915.


Anna Missouri Springsteen Beerbower in center. June, 1915.


Anna M. Springsteen Beerbower on left, June, 1915.


Album page, left side, June 1915. Zoo is on bottom right.


“Playtime” Vi, Edgar, and May Helbling, 1915.

May 30, 1916, Decoration Day. Album page, right. At the zoo: May and Vi Helbling.


July 4th Picnic. 1916, with the Diels, Klohrs, Sennewalds, and Helblings. Album page left.


July 4th Picnic. 1916, with the Diels, Klohrs, Sennewalds, and Helblings. Album page right.


Anna May Beerbower Helbling, August 1916.


August, 1916. Edgar, Anna May, May, Vi, and unknown person. Album page left.


August, 1916. Edgar, Anna May, May, Vi, and unknown person. Album page left.


Edgar, May, and Vi Helbling, and possibly Roberta Beerbower. Album page right, October 1916.


Top left: GW, Anna May, Vi, and May Helbling. Bottom left: Anna Springsteen Beerbower, Edgar, May, and Vi Helbling. Album page right, October 1916.


Viola, May, [unknown boy], and Edgar Helbling, October 1916.


[unknown boy], Edgar, and GW Helbling in back, Viola and May Helbling in front. c1916.


Bob and May Helbling, with Anna May Helbling holding daughter Viola, c1916.


GW Helbling in back with his children, from left in front, Bob, Edgar, May, and Vi Helbling, c1916.

June 1917, Flag Day. Vi, May, and Edgar Helbling, 5136 Page Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri.


May's Birthday Party, age 7, May 21, 1918. Album page left.


May's Birthday Party, age 7, May 21, 1918. Album page right. Viola, May, and Edgar Helbling with their pet rabbits.


From left, Vi, May, and Edgar Helbling with their pet rabbits. May's Birthday Party, age 7, May 21, 1918.


June, 1918. Forest Park, top, possibly Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, bottom.


June 1918, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.

Frank/Francis Xavier Helbling and his wife Lena O'Brien were both born in Pittsburg, but moved to St. Louis by 1880. All four of their sons were born in Missouri: Charles F., William G. (AKA GW), Joseph W., and Harvey N. Helbling. They were still in St. Louis in the 1900 census, with Lena's sister Ada E. and a boarder living with them. By 1920 Frank and Lena had moved back to Pittsburg, because they were missing their families too much. Frank died probably in Pittsburg before 1920, and Lena lived with her son Harvey in Pittsburg at 209 Pennant St.; this address is mentioned in the photo album. Lena passed away April 5, 1920.


Forest Park, St. Louis, Missouri, June 1918. George and Chris are two of the persons in this picture with the Helblings.

Vi probably holding Robert Harvey (Bob) Helbling, born August 18, 1918; photo taken January, 1919.


August 17, 1919, Red Bud, Illinois. A visit to Seigfried's home.


1919, Possibly Edgar and Bob Helbling on left? May and Vi on right? Maybe taken in Red Bud, Illinois?


1919. “Our Lizzie.” Viola and May Helbling.


c1919. Helblings with their pet rabbits. May on left? GW Helbling in center, Edgar on right.