These are three of the four children of Thomas and Mary ne'Madsen Lund of Selma, Fresno Co, CA. Left to right are Leonard (1919 - living) , Alice (1916-1989), and Roy (1915 - 1969). Thomas' father was an immigrant from Denmark, his mother was the daughter of Norwegian immigrants. Mary's parents were both immigrants from Denmark. The family lines collided in Clay County, South Dakota. Tom and Mary married near there. Their first three children were born in SD. Their fourth child, a late life baby, was born at their home in Selma, Fresno Co, CA in 1926. Len married and had two daughters. Alice married and had one daughter. Roy married and had two daughters. Their fourth child, Harold, married and had one son and one daughter (me). Len is living and all the children of these children are living, some in California and some in Washington State.
Photos of the 1900's which brought us from the industrial age to the technological age.
From 1900 through 1999 we witnessed the beginning of flight to a man on the moon and a Mars Rover. We went from using phones tethered by cords and computers that filled rooms, to carrying the equivale...
World War 1, the Mexican Revolution, the Russian Revolution, the Easter Rising in Ireland . . . the sinking of the Titanic and the Lusitania. Spanish flu killed well over 20 million people world wide ...
The 1920s Changed Our Daily Lives & Not How You Might Think . . .
In the 1920's life changed drastically for the average American and for people all over the world. Airplanes began to be a mode of transportation and communication. Automobiles, rather than horses, ...
The 1960's were years of great change: Protests (Vietnam War, Free Speech, Civil Rights), assassinations (JFK, Martin Luther King Jr, Bobby Kennedy), conflict (the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Cold War, ...
Ain't they cute? Look at these cute baby photos taken over the past 150 years.
From birth to 3 months, babies learn to smile, raise their heads and chests, and track objects and grip them. From 4 to 6 months, they can roll over, babble (no real words yet), sit up, laugh, and gr...