Maria von Trapp
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Maria Augusta von Trapp DHS, often styled as "Baroness", was the stepmother and matriarch of the Trapp Family. She wrote the memoir The Story of the Trapp Family Singers, which was published in 1949 a
Von Trapp in 1948
Georg von Trapp on the bridge of submarine U-5 of the Austro-Hungarian Navy (1915)
Trapp Family Singers preparing for a concert in Boston in 1941. Maria is the third from left, in a dark suit.
Maria von Trapp's certificate of arrival at Niagara Falls, New York, on 30 December 1942
Trapp Family
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The Trapp Family was a singing group formed from the family of former Austrian naval commander Georg von Trapp. The family achieved fame in their original singing career in their native Austria during
Maria von Trapp
…Maria Augusta von Trapp DHS (née Kutschera; 26 January 1905 – 28 March 1987), often styled as "Baroness", was the stepmother and matriarch of the Trapp Family. She wrote the memoir The Story of the Trapp Family Singers, which was published in 1949 and was the inspiration for the 1956 West German film The Trapp…
The Trapp Family in January 1946. Photograph by Conrad Poirier.
Cor Unum (later the "Trapp Family Lodge"), home of the Trapp Family Singers in the U.S., in 1954
Baroness Maria Augusta von Trapp (front) and five of her ten singing children (back row, left to right) Agathe Johanna Erwina Gorbetina, Hedwig Adolphine Gorbetina and Johanna Karolina; (center, left to right) Maria Agatha Franzika Gorbetina 'Mitzi' and Martina Alice Gorbetina.