Museum gets three of Peggy Lee's dresses
Wes Anderson, museum curator heard from Holly Foster Wells, granddaughter of the late singer Peggy Lee, that some of the entertainer's belongings were going on the auction block in California. Contacting the members of the Midland Continental Railroad Depot Restoration Committee in Wimbledon as went to school in Wimbledon and lived in the apartment above the depot, where her father was stationmaster.
Carol Peterson, president of the depot restoration committee, said "an anonymous donor committed up to $2,500 to buy a dress. We got three dresses, the painting and a hat for $1,200."
Gail Anderson helped create the display.
[Grand Forks Herald]