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Blum, Ida

 Person

Biography

Ida Blum (1889-1980) wrote and collected material about Nauvoo and the surrounding area.

Ida Kuhn was born September 2, 1889 in Nauvoo, Illinois. Her mother passed away when she was only seven years old. Her family was Lutheran, and her new stepmother, who her father married a year after Ida's mother died, was Catholic. Ida was forced to quit school after two years of high school--her stepmother apprenticed her to a Catholic dressmaker--but she continued to read. She married Carl J. Blum on June 11, 1913. Her husband owned a store, called "Blum, Bechteld and Blum" for forty three years. Ida and Carl had two children: Arlette, born July 14, 1914, and Carl Jr., born August 1, 1916. Ida's husband Carl passed away on December 22, 1958. Ida Blum was an expert on Nauvoo's history. She wrote articles about the Mormons, Icarians (French Economic Unitarians), Germans and Swiss who lived in Nauvoo. She passed away around 1980.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Ida Blum photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 38
Scope and Contents

Collection includes 405 photographs and one daguerreotype of Nauvoo, Illinois. Includes images of buildings, as well as photographic reproductions of paintings. Original images date from between the 1850s and the 1960s.

Dates: approximately 1850-1969

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  • Subject: Buildings -- Illinois -- Nauvoo -- Photographs X