Abstract Two scrapbooks and a souvenir book relating to Thaddeus B. Bruno (1907-1997) and Wanda Starr Bruno (later Wanda Alles, 1914-1984) of Portland, Oregon. The scrapbooks include photographs, newspaper clippings, and correspondence. The souvenir book is for the beauty competition at the Century of Progress Exposition held in 1933 in Chicago, Illinois, which Wanda Starr Bruno competed in. Thaddeus B. Bruno worked in real estate and Republican politics and was civically active; he and Wanda Starr...

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Photographs and other materials relating to Thaddeus B. Bruno (1907-1997) of Portland, Oregon, and his family. Bruno worked in real estate and Republican politics and was civically active. The collection also includes materials relating to the Bruno family's residence in Lake Oswego, Oregon, designed by architect Van Evera Bailey, including blueprints of Bailey's architectural drawings.