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Gladys Strite

From Louise Grist:
I believe I photographed this. It's a pic of Mother [Gladys Strite] in the middle. The little woman in the back, I don't recognize, but all the rest worked at the fur store with Daddy [Franklin Grist], and later with Mother after he became ill. Probably this pic was dated 1954 or 55. The lady next to Mother is Peg du Pre. She always wore ALL BLACK every day, head to toe. But she was a marvelous saleswoman. On Mother's left is Edna, who did the sewing and repairing, and then Florence? Francine? Her name escapes me, but she did secretarial work. After she left, and Mother took over the store at Franklin's death, I resigned my teaching position in Milwaukee and took over her duties for a year, helping with whatever: cleaning, advertising, delivering coats, just general go-fer. It made me realize I wouldn't ever want to be in retail sales.

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