July, 1920. “Kiddies Five.” From left: May; Edgar; Anna May holding baby Bill (William Gerard), who was born May 6, 1920; toddler Bob (Robert Harvey); and Viola Helbling. 5168 Page Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri.


Caption for “Kiddies Five” page. Picture has been removed.


“Kiddies Five” page right. July, 1920. Vi and Bob Helbling in right photo.


August, 1920. Anna May Helbling on left, holding Bob with Cousin Roberta Beerbower on right holding Bill (Persons not identified in album, but believe it is Roberta, Bill, and Bob).

Roberta Pearl Beerbower was the daughter of Anna May's brother Robert Warson Beerbower and his wife Josephine Reiffel. Robert died September 12, 1900, in Denver Colorado. (He was a railroad clerk, so possibly in Denver as part of his job? Or vacation?) Their daughter Roberta Pearl was born one month after his death, on October 16th, 1900, and thus grew up without her father. (She is noted as “Rob's little baby” in the Beerbower family bible.) Roberta and her mother are listed as living with Josephine's father, George Reiffel, in Peoria, Illinois in the 1910 & 1920 censuses. There are album pictures of a trip to Peoria, so it may have been to visit the Beerbowers. “Cousin Roberta” was greatly admired by her young cousin, Mary Theresa Helbling. Roberta married James Wertz about 1923, and they had a son, Robert Eldon Wertz, whose photo is found later in the album.


August, 1920. Edgar Helbling and his cousin Roberta Beerbower.


August, 1920, “Roberta and Ed.” Roberta Beerbower and possibly her uncle, Edgar Springsteen Beerbower, who was the brother of Anna May and of Roberta's father, Robert Warson Beerbower.


Edgar Helbling playing chess, 1920.

1920. Edgar Helbling repairing the family furnace.

Edgar Helbling's 13th Birthday, July 17, 1921.


Viola Helbling's First Communion, c1921. The family attended St. Mark's Catholic Church in St. Louis (City), Missouri.


Summer, 1922. Edgar, May, and Vi Helbling standing, and Bob and Bill Helbling in the wagon.


Anna May Helbling with her son Bill probably, c1922. Bill would have been 2 in 1922. This was taken at their home at 5154 Page Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri.

GW Helbling with his rabbits Bill and Gicky. May, 1923.


May and Viola in costume, May, 1923.


Viola Helbling in costume, 1923.


Vi Helbling with their dog Tiger, May, 1923.


Toots, Vi, and May Helbling, 1923.


Helbling visit to Red Bud, Illinois, 1923. Left side of album page, possibly Mr. Keller with Bob and Bill in lower picture.


Red Bud, Illinois, Visit, 1923. Center of album page.


Red Bud, Illinois, Visit, 1923. Right side of album page.


Red Bud, Illinois Visit, 1923. George Seigfried with Bob Helbling.


On the way to Red Bud, Illinois- Helbling Stutz, 1923.

Edgar Helbling's trip to Peoria, Illinois, 1924. Edgar would have been just 16 when he made this trip. His Beerbower cousin, Roberta, lived in Peoria with her mother and (maternal) grandfather.


1924, possibly Viola Helbling on a bike.

Anna May Beerbower Helbling with her daughter Mary Theresa.


Anna May Helbling with her daughter Mary, 1925.


Possibly May Helbling holding her new baby sister, Mary Theresa, 1925.


Helbling children with (probably) cousin Roberta Pearl Beerbower.


Helbling Children, March, 1925. Standing in front, from left, Bill and Bob; in back, Vi on left, Edgar holding his new sister, Mary Theresa, born March 16, 1925, and big sister May Helbling.


Possibly Bill Helbling with his baby sister's carriage, 1925.


Edgar Helbling holding Mary, with May on left and Vi on right, June, 1925.


Mary Theresa Helbling, age 3 months. June, 1925.


Mary Helbling in her carriage on the porch, 1925.


Anna May Springsteen Beerbower holding her granddaughter Mary Helbling, 1925.


1925. Mary Helbling, in front, with her siblings Bob, Bill, and Viola.


Helbling photo album, left side of page, 1925.


Helbling photo album, right side of page, 1925.



New church of St. Michael, Wautaga, South Dakota. One family member was living in North Dakota at this time, but ? relationship.This may have been a church supported by the family or the congregation of St. Marks.

“Mom and her props,” June, 1926. Edgar on the left, Anna May Helbling in center, and GW on the right.


Mary Theresa Helbling, 15 months, June, 1926.


Mary Theresa Helbling, 15 months, June, 1926.


Mary Theresa Helbling and her sister, probably May, June, 1926.


Mary Theresa Helbling and her sister Vi, June, 1926.


Mary Theresa Helbling and her brother Edgar, June, 1926.


Album page, June, 1926. “Little Mary, 15 months.”


Trip to Arcadia, July 4-5, 1926.


Edgar Helbling and his cousin? __ Diehl? 1926.


Brothers Harve and GW Helbling, 1926, album page left.


Brothers Harve and GW Helbling, 1926, album page right.


Mary, Bob, and Bill Helbling in front of St. Mark's Church, c1926.


Mary, Bob, and Bill Helbling in front of St. Mark's Church, c1926.


Mary Helbling and her 13 dolls.


Mary Helbling in front yard, c1926.

Bob Helbling, 1927.


April 17, 1927, Easter, Dr. George Saxe.


Mary Helbling, 1927.


Anna Springsteen Beerbower with her granddaughter Roberta Pearl Beerbower.

Mary and Vi Helbling, summer, 1928.


Mary Helbling, summer, 1928.


Mary Helbling, summer, 1928.


Mary Helbling with their dog Midge II, summer, 1928.


Mary Helbling, “So Shy” Summer, 1928.


Vi Helbling, summer, 1928.

“Aunt Carrie and Mother” 1929. (“Mother” is Anna Missouri Springsteen Beerbower.) Mary Helbling is standing on the porch.