On this Day Factola August 26, 1924 The Birthday of Betty Barr Boilesen, a Friend of the Phonograph   Betty was was born in Elba, Nebraska in 1924 on a 650 acre ranch by a river and lots of cottonwood trees. Read Betty's Memory of the Phonograph story HERE from when she was a little girl. Read more Betty stories about growing up in Nebraska and check out why Betty's Birthday is celebrated with Lemonade, Ice Cream and a Cherry Mash.   Betty Ann Barr on the right holding the hand of her young niece Marjorie Ann Erickson c. 1928     Betty Ann with her parents Anna and Manley Barr     May 1938     1944     1946 Honeymoon portrait       50th Anniversary                 August 26 - On this Day Factola .