The Gerber and Lucidarme Family Photograph Album Collection (1929-1989; undated) contains one box and one linear foot of photograph albums and loose songbooks. Photograph albums #1 and #2 contains photos of Elfrieda Gerber; her mother, Lydia Konrad; and her father, Albert Konrad of Detroit, Michigan. Additionally, there are photos of a bar opening in 1971 named "Berry's," a fishing trip in Lake Michigan, a Christmas card, house photos, a baby shower photo, baby photos of Billy in Gardena, CA., a family safari trip, a birthday party celebration, a house listing for Lydia Baumert's home, and a newspaper clipping regarding Olga Madar in 1971. The third and fourth albums contains photos of a boy nicknamed "Skip" and class photos of Purche Avenue School in 1965 and 1966. There are photos of a family camping trip, the Berry's Bar opening, Elfrieda's daughter Denise, an article on World War I veterans that includes Albert Gerber, Elfrieda's father-in-law, and a trip to Milton Freewater, Oregon. The last album also contains photos of Jackie Lucidarme, a newspaper article about her nuptials to Joseph Aiu, family photos of a trip to Hawaii in 1968, class pictures of La Marina Elementary School in 1969 and 1970, and photos in Baldwin, Michigan. The photograph albums are unnamed but it is presumed that they belonged to members of the Gerber and Lucidarme families. Also included in this collection are: an undated Mexican music songbook "Cancionero Artistico De Lujo: Radios y Canciones", No. 14 from Tijuana, Mexico, featuring Agustin Lara's song lyrics and biography; an undated Mexican songbook Cancionero Mexicano, "Exitos de Monna Bell" No. 117 featuring Monna Bell; a 1955 Mexican songbook "Canciones de America: Cantares de La Semana"; a Mexican songbook published on December 10, 1961, "Melodies Mexicanas" featuring Luz and Aurora Huerta on the cover, and an undated Cuban Songbook, "Astro de la Cancion" featuring Lucho Gatica. All of the songbooks are in Spanish.

Elfrieda Woelbing was born to Lydia Woelbing in Germany on May 13, 1927. Elfrieda and her mother immigrated to the United States in 1935. The family's residence at the time of Lydias's petition for naturalization was Detroit, Michigan. Elfrieda's mother married Albert Konrad in 1938. Elfrieda, her husband Morrell Gerber, and her daughter Denise K. Gerber moved to California, where she remained until her death on July 22, 2002.

1 box (four photograph albums; five loose Mexican and Cuban songbooks)

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