Helen Means Bickett and Ruth Gertrude Bickett about 1919 at 900 S. 6th Street, essentially the intersection of 6th and Bailey Streets. Reed Allan Larson picture 16. The enhanced and colorized photo was created using AI from an original grayscale photo, so the colors and appearances may not be correct.

In 1920, the future Bickett residence at 700 Clyman Street is vacant. The picture on the right is the same house in 2023. 

Helen Means Bickett and Ruth Gertrude Bickett, about 1922, possibly at Rock Lake, Lake Mills, Jefferson Co., WI. Reed Allan Larson picture 2. The enhanced and colorized photo was created using AI from an original grayscale photo, so the colors and appearances may not be correct.

Helen Means Bickett, LeRoy McVey "Roy" Bickett, and Ruth Gertrude Bickett, about 1922, possibly at Rock Lake, Lake Mills, Jefferson Co., WI. Reed Allan Larson picture 3. The enhanced and colorized photo was created using AI from an original grayscale photo, so the colors and appearances may not be correct.

Ruth Gertrude Bickett and Helen Means Bickett, about 1922, possibly at Rock Lake, Lake Mills, Jefferson Co., WI. Reed Allan Larson picture 5. The enhanced and colorized photo was created using AI from an original grayscale photo, so the colors and appearances may not be correct.

Helen Means Bickett, LeRoy McVey "Roy" Bickett, and Ruth Gertrude Bickett, about 1922, possibly at Rock Lake, Lake Mills, Jefferson Co., WI. Reed Allan Larson picture 7. The enhanced and colorized photo was created using AI from an original grayscale photo, so the colors and appearances may not be correct.

Helen Means Bickett, Ruth Gertrude Bickett, and Gertrude Pearl Patricia (Baker) Bickett, about 1922, possibly at Rock Lake, Lake Mills, Jefferson Co., WI. Reed Allan Larson picture 8. The enhanced and colorized photo was created using AI from an original grayscale photo, so the colors and appearances may not be correct.

Helen Means Bickett, Ruth Gertrude Bickett, and Gertrude Pearl Patricia (Baker) Bickett, about 1922, possibly at Rock Lake, Lake Mills, Jefferson Co., WI. Reed Allan Larson picture 9.

Ruth Gertrude Bickett at the beach with a bladder from a punching bag, about 1922, possibly at Rock Lake, Lake Mills, Jefferson Co., WI. This item was probably manufactured at the Petley Rubber Co. in Milwaukee, WI. Reed picture 10. The enhanced and colorized photo was created using AI from an original grayscale photo, so the colors and appearances may not be correct.

Helen Means Bickett and Ruth Gertrude Bickett, about 1922, possibly at Rock Lake, Lake Mills, Jefferson Co., WI. Reed Allan Larson picture 15. The enhanced and colorized photo was created using AI from an original grayscale photo, so the colors and appearances may not be correct.

Helen Means Bickett and Ruth Gertrude Bickett, about 1922, possibly at Rock Lake, Lake Mills, Jefferson Co., WI. Reed Allan Larson picture 23. The enhanced and colorized photo was created using AI from an original grayscale photo, so the colors and appearances may not be correct.

Helen Means Bickett and Ruth Gertrude Bickett, about 1922, possibly at Rock Lake, Lake Mills, Jefferson Co., WI. Reed Allan Larson picture 25. The enhanced and colorized photo was created using AI from an original grayscale photo, so the colors and appearances may not be correct.

Helen Means Bickett at the beach, 1922, possibly at Rock Lake, Lake Mills, Jefferson Co., WI. Reed Allan Larson picture. The enhanced and colorized photo was created using AI from an original grayscale photo, so the colors and appearances may not be correct.

Helen Means Bickett at the beach, 1922, possibly at Rock Lake, Lake Mills, Jefferson Co., WI. Reed Allan Larson picture. The enhanced and colorized photo was created using AI from an original grayscale photo, so the colors and appearances may not be correct.

Helen Means Bickett at the beach, 1922, possibly at Rock Lake, Lake Mills, Jefferson Co., WI. Reed Allan Larson picture. The enhanced and colorized photo was created using AI from an original grayscale photo, so the colors and appearances may not be correct.

Roy and Helen possibly at Rock Lake, Lake Mills, Jefferson Co., WI. Reed Allan Larson picture. The enhanced and colorized photo was created using AI from an original grayscale photo, so the colors and appearances may not be correct.

Helen Means Bickett at the beach, 1922, possibly at Rock Lake, Lake Mills, Jefferson Co., WI. Reed Allan Larson picture. The enhanced and colorized photo was created using AI from an original grayscale photo, so the colors and appearances may not be correct.

Ruth Gertrude Bickett, and her mother, Gertrude Pearl Patricia "Gertie" (Baker) Bickett, about 1925, at the Bickett residence, 700 Clyman St., Watertown, Jefferson Co., WI. Reed Allan Larson picture 13. The enhanced and colorized photo was created using AI from an original grayscale photo, so the colors and appearances may not be correct.

Please note that the following grouping of pictures were all taken on the same day.

Ruth Gertrude Bickett and Helen Means Bickett, 1925, Bickett residence, 700 Clyman St., Watertown, Jefferson Co., WI. Reed picture 22. The enhanced and colorized photo was created using AI from an original grayscale photo, so the colors and appearances may not be correct.

The Bickett clan, 1925, Bickett residence, 700 Clyman St., Watertown, Jefferson Co., WI. Reed Allan Larson picture 24. The enhanced and colorized photo was created using AI from an original grayscale photo, so the colors and appearances may not be correct.

Back row: Jean Elizabeth (Chapman) Bashor; Dora Agnes "Aggie" (Bickett) Chapman; and possibly Helen Margaret "Marie" (Gebauer) Baker.

Middle row: Robert Alfred "Bob" Chapman; Jean Elizabeth Chapman; Ruth Gertrude Bickett; and Gertrude Pearl Patricia "Gertie" (Baker) Bickett.

Front row: Helen Means Bickett.

   

Helen Means Bickett and Ruth Gertrude Bickett, 1925, Bickett residence, 700 Clyman St., Watertown, Jefferson Co., WI. The enhanced and colorized photo was created using AI from an original grayscale photo, so the colors and appearances may not be correct.

The picture at the far right is stock photo of a 1922 Studebaker Model EJ Light Six Touring Car

Back row: Helen Means Bickett and Ruth Gertrude Bickett. Front row: Jean Elizabeth Chapman and Robert Alfred "Bob" Chapman, 1925. Location Wisconsin. Reed picture 20. The enhanced and colorized photo was created using AI from an original grayscale photo, so the colors and appearances may not be correct.

Jean Elizabeth Chapman was born April 25, 1919, at 1718 Avenue G, 3rd Ward, City of Galveston, Galveston Co., TX.

Robert Alfred "Bob" Chapman was born April 22, 1922, in Galveston, Galveston Co., TX.

The above array of Wisconsin automobile plate designs from the 1920s and 1930 is from the La Crosse County Historical Society.

Helen Means Bickett and Ruth Gertrude Bickett, 1925, Bickett residence, 700 Clyman St., Watertown, Jefferson Co., WI. Reed picture 11. The enhanced and colorized photo was created using AI from an original grayscale photo, so the colors and appearances may not be correct.

Helen Means Bickett, Ruth Gertrude Bickett, and Gertrude Pearl Patricia (Baker) Bickett, Possibly in 1929 or 1930, since the Wisconsin license plate is from 1929. The car appears to still be the Bickett family's 1921 Studebaker Model EJ Light Six Touring Car. Reed Allan Larson picture 18. The enhanced and colorized photo was created using AI from an original grayscale photo, so the colors and appearances may not be correct.

The above array of Wisconsin automobile plate designs from the 1920s and 1930 is from the La Crosse County Historical Society.

Ruth Gertrude Bickett, 700 Clyman Street, Watertown, Jefferson Co., WI, about 1933. The enhanced and colorized photo was created using AI from an original grayscale photo, so the colors and appearances may not be correct.

   

Ruth Gertrude Bickett in her Art Institute costume, 700 Clyman Street, Watertown, Jefferson Co., WI, 1933.

The enhanced and colorized photo was created using AI from an original grayscale photo, so the colors and appearances may not be correct.The 1933 "Orbit" contained this snippet:

The Art Institute

The Art Institute committee was indeed wise... or otherwise... in choosing Watertown to send its contributions of art to the World's Fair. Many students spent long hours (class periods if possible) posing for the great masters. We are about to enter the holy of holies wherein our gems of art are on exhibition. XXXXXXXX. Next we have three gentle maids (Meyers, Bickett, and Steffen) dancers extraordinary, who have interpreted the Terpsichorean art for us. The are tripping the light and fantastic with feet on the ground and heads in the clouds. Don't hit the ceiling, girls.

Leigh Larson note: Terpsichorean art is the art of dancing. The 1933 World's Fair held May 27, 1933, to November 1, 1933, in Chicago, Cook Co., IL, was "A Century of Progress International Exposition."

Ruth Gertrude Bickett and friends, about 1934. The enhanced and colorized photo was created using AI from an original grayscale photo, so the colors and appearances may not be correct.

       

   

 Ruth Gertrude Bickett graduated from Watertown High School, Watertown, Jefferson Co., WI, in the Class of 1934. She sang a duet with her classmate at the graduation ceremonies. The enhanced and colorized photo was created using AI from an original grayscale photo, so the colors and appearances may not be correct.

   

Ruth Gertrude Bickett, Watertown, Jefferson Co., WI, ca. 1934. The enhanced and colorized photos were created using AI from an original grayscale photos, so the colors and appearances may not be correct.

   

The 1934 edition of The Wisconsin Badger Yearbook shows Helen Bickett, Watertown, is a member of Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority, 220 E Lakelawn Place, Madison, Dane Co., WI.

Ruth Gertrude Bickett, about 1935. The enhanced and colorized photo was created using AI from an original grayscale photo, so the colors and appearances may not be correct.

Ruth Gertrude Bickett Class of 1938, was a member of the Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority, in the 1936 The Wisconsin Badger Yearbook, Page 319, University of Wisconsin, Dane Co., WI. This is the same sorority that her sister, Helen Means Bickett, belonged to about four years earlier.

   

Ruth Gertrude Bickett Class of 1939, was a member of the Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority, in the 1937 The Wisconsin Badger Yearbook, Page 267, University of Wisconsin, Dane Co., WI. This is the same sorority that her sister, Helen Means Bickett, belonged to about four years earlier.

       

Ruth Gertrude Bickett and her Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority sisters, 220 E Lakelawn Place, Madison, Dane Co., WI, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Dane Co., WI, about 1937.

The Milwaukee Journal, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co., WI, Sunday, December 15, 1935

   

University Crowd and Madison Townspeople in Midst of Busy Season

TWENTY-FIVE of the most beautiful young women at the University of Wisconsin have been selected by their sororities and dormitories as candidates in the annual Badger beauty contest sponsored by the university yearbook. Some of the candidates are pictured here. From the entire list six girls will be chosen as final Badger beauties by Max Factor, Hollywood cosmetician, and George Petty, Esquire and cigarette advertisement artist. The winners will be pictured in this year's Badger. In the group here are (left to right) Mary Belle Lawton of Brodhead, the candidate of Gamma Phi Beta; Mary Lou Montgomery of Milwaukee,  Kappa Alpha Theta; Ruth Bickett of Watertown, Alpha Gamma Delta; Gretchen Schmidt, Wauwatosa, Delta Zeta, and Grace Carlson, Sheboygan,, Langdon Hall. (Photoart Studio Photos, Madison)

The enhanced and colorized photo was created using AI from an original grayscale newspaper article, so the colors and appearances may not be correct.

Ruth G. Bickett furnished the Alpha Gamma Delta Fraternity with her UW Madison Activities Record, 1935.

University of Wisconsin, Madison, Dane Co., WI, Badger Beauty Name List, 1935.

       

Ruth Gertrude Bickett, about 1936. The enhanced and colorized photos were created using AI from an original grayscale photos, so the colors and appearances may not be correct.

Galveston Coastal News, Galveston, Galveston Co., TX, Friday, June 25, 1937

To the right are a group of visitors from Wisconsin, who have been spending the week here as the guests of Mrs. W. J. Chapman and daughter, Miss Jean Chapman. Miss Ruth Bickett, standing, and Miss Helen Bickett, seated on the top step, are the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Bickett of Watertown, Wis., and the nieces of Mrs. Chapman. They were accompanied by Miss Doris Kaddatz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Kaddatz, of Watertown, who is seated on the lowest step. Miss Chapman who is pictured with the group will accompany them when they leave. They will spend a few days in New Orleans before returning home.

The enhanced and colorized photo was created using AI from an original grayscale newspaper article, so the colors and appearances may not be correct.

Ruth Gertrude Bickett Class of 1939, was a member of the Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority, in the 1937 The Wisconsin Badger Yearbook, Page 267, University of Wisconsin, Dane Co., WI. This is the same sorority that her sister, Helen Means Bickett, belonged to about four years earlier. Ruth Gertrude Bickett would not return to the University of Wisconsin after 1937. She said there were no classes that interested her, but if the had offered Dance as a major she would have continued there.

Helen Means (Bickett) Fiegel, in her wedding dress, with her sister, Ruth Gertrude Bickett, 700 Clyman Street, Watertown, Jefferson Co., WI, October 16, 1938. The enhanced and colorized photo was created using AI from an original grayscale photo, so the colors and appearances may not be correct.

Ruth Gertrude Bickett, Helen Means (Bickett) Fiegel, and two others, all smoking! Taken at the L. M. Bickett residence, 700 Clyman Street, Watertown, Jefferson Co., WI, where the October 16, 1938, wedding took place. The enhanced and colorized photo was created using AI from an original grayscale photo, so the colors and appearances may not be correct.

The Watertown Daily Times, Watertown, Jefferson Co., WI, Monday, October 17, 1938

Helen Bickett, Victor Fiegel Married Sunday

At a 3 o'clock ceremony on Sunday afternoon, Miss Helen Bickett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Bickett, 700 Clyman street, and Victor G. Fiegel, son of V. A. Fiegel, of Galveston, Texas, were united in marriage. The service, which was read by the Rev. C. W. Pinkney, took place in the bay window recess of the living room of the Bickett home, which was decorated with palms, ferns, white chrysanthemums and candelabra. As Miss Ruth Krause played Lohengrin's wedding march the bride descended the winding stairway, preceded by her sister, Ruth Bickett, her only attendant. The bride, who was given in marriage by her father, wore a dress of pale pink silk chiffon which was hand embroidered and had a very full skirt. She wore a Juliet cap of seed pearls interwoven with pompons, and carried white roses. Ruth Bickett wore a dress of hyacinth blue chiffon, and carried pink roses and white pompons. Chauncey Ohm was the best man. The bride is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, and a member of the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority. A reception was held at the bride's home following the ceremony. After a wedding trip through the western states, the couple will be at home at 4084 Ave., P 1/2, Galveston Texas, after November 1.

   

Bickett residence, 700 Clyman Street, Watertown, Jefferson Co., WI, about 1940.