ELWYN B. ROBINSON DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
CHESTER FRITZ LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA 58202
COLLECTION: OGL #1251
DATES: 1943-1944
SIZE: 1 folder, 53 photographs
ACQUISITION: The Charles Gaede Papers were deposited in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection by Charles Gaede, Denver, Colorado, on February 29, 1989 (Acc. #92-1813).
ACCESS: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Department of Special Collections.
Charles Gaede was born in Richmond, Indiana on February 11, 1920. In 1936 he quit high school and performed odd jobs. He also painted houses for his father for thirty-five dollars per week. From 1939 to 1941 he worked in a camera shop. This was an important position for Gaede, as it became his goal to own his own camera shop.
He joined the Air Corps in December 1941, hoping to be assigned to photography. Instead, he was sent to airplane mechanics school. In 1943, he passed the entrance exam for Cadet training, and was sent to the University of North Dakota. He and other cadets followed a very rigid schedule trying to cram two years of class instruction into three and one-half months. The cadets were required to study in silence in the barracks from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM each night. Discipline was rigid, although after passing room and uniform inspection on Saturday mornings, the cadets were allowed to go into town for the weekend. The cadets were able to do some flying at UND as well. Charles Gaede graduated from UND near the top of his class. He then moved on to three flight training air bases: primary, basic and advanced. Charles graduated as a B-25 pilot on March 11, 1945 at La Junta, Colorado. On June 15, 1945 he married Ann Burchick in Del Rio, Texas.
After the war ended in September 1945, Charles and his wife moved to Pueblo, Colorado where they opened a Camera Shop. Four years later he took over management of "Denver Foto" with intention of buying the business if he could pull it out of debt. Two years later Charles took over "Englewood Camera" as well. In 1974 the Gaedes sold their shops and retired. In retirement the Gaedes keep busy by traveling, building model sailing ships, and going on fishing expeditions in their motorhome.
This collection consists of one folder containing biographical information on Charles Gaede and other information about military training at the University of North Dakota.
Box 1
Folder
Fifty-three photographs were separated and placed in the Orin G. Libby Photograph Collection.
| OGL #1251-1 | Grand Forks main drag, ca. 1943 |
| OGL #1251-2 | Grand Forks, North Dakota, ca. 1943 |
| OGL #1251-3 | Remains of the Dakotah, DEC 26, 1944 |
| OGL #1251-4 | Remains of the Dakotah, DEC 26, 1944 |
| OGL #1251-5 | Library of UND, ca. 1943 |
| OGL #1251-6 | Kiwi Klub at UND, ca. 1943 |
| OGL #1251-7 | University of North Dakota, ca. 1943 |
| OGL #1251-8 | University of North Dakota campus, NOV 25, 1943 |
| OGL #1251-9 | Davis Hall, ca. 1943 |
| OGL #1251-10 | Military training at UND campus, ca. 1943 |
| OGL #1251-11 | Military training at UND campus, ca. 1943 |
| OGL #1251-12 | UND campus, ca. 1943 |
| OGL #1251-13 | UND campus, ca. 1943 |
| OGL #1251-14 | UND campus, ca. 1943 |
| OGL #1251-15 | Mess Hall and Budge Hall at UND, ca. 1943 |
| OGL #1251-16 | "Morning's Frost" at UND, ca. 1943 |
| OGL #1251-17 | The gym at UND, ca. 1943 |
| OGL #1251-18 | Merrifield Hall, ca. 1943 |
| OGL #1251-19 | "Enchanted Campus" at UND, ca. 1943 |
| OGL #1251-20 | UND campus, ca. 1943 |
| OGL #1251-21 | University Avenue, ca. 1943 |
| OGL #1251-22 | Old Science building, ca. 1943 |
| OGL #1251-23 | 304th wing, ca. 1943 |
| OGL #1251-24 | Wing staff, ca. 1943 |
| OGL #1251-25 | 304th band, ca. 1943 |
| OGL #1251-26 | Colors and color guard, ca. 1943 |
| OGL #1251-27 | Squad 7, ca. 1943 |
| OGL #1251-28 | Parade rest, FEB 20, 1944 |
| OGL #1251-29 | Squad 8, Major Barker, ca. 1943 |
| OGL #1251-30 | The C.T.D gang, Miss Aldrich, geography teacher is identified, ca. 1943 |
| OGL #1251-31 | Geography class at UND, ca. 1943 |
| OGL #1251-32 | Geography class at UND, ca. 1943 |
| OGL #1251-33 | Physics class at UND, FEB 1944 |
| OGL #1251-34 | "Sharky", ca. 1943 |
| OGL #1251-35 | "The College Kid", Christmas 1943 |
| OGL #1251-36 | Sharky and Brent in room #45, ca. 1943 |
| OGL #1251-37 | Perry Iannaconi and Oscar Houser in room #34, ca. 1943 |
| OGL #1251-38 | David Brentlinger, ca. 1943 |
| OGL #1251-39 | Section 5 and section 8 training |
| OGL #1251-40 | James Grady, Charles Gaede's roommate, FEB 22, 1944 |
| OGL #1251-41 | "The Physics Kid" (Charlie), JAN 20, 1944 |
| OGL #1251-42 | Callison and the Kid (Charlie) in Mr. Eastburn's physics class, FEB 22, 1944 |
| OGL #1251-43 | "Still the Kid", Charles Gaede, ca. 1943 |
| OGL #1251-44 | Ed Downy, Perry, Oscar, Jim Grady, the Kid (Charlie) in front of an airplane, ca. 1943 (additional information on back of picture) |
| OGL #1251-45 | C.T.D. flying gang, FEB 1944 |
| OGL #1251-46 | Charles Gaede's entire squad, Squad 7 Flight 1, MAR 1944 (identified on back of picture) |
| OGL #1251-47 | Squad 7 Flight 2, MAR 1944 (identified on back of picture) |
| OGL #1251-48 | Squad 7 Flights 1 and 2, MAR 1944 |
| OGL #1251-49 | Wing Staff; Waldon, Grady, and Sarghardt, ca. 1943 |
| OGL #1251-50 | Charlie with his Rolleicord, ca. 1943 |
| OGL #1251-51 | University of North Dakota and the Municipal Airport, summer 1943 |
| OGL #1251-52 | University of North Dakota and the Municipal Airport, summer 1943 |
| OGL #1251-53 | Miss Aldrich, ca. 1943 |
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