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Elka Dessen 1905 - 2006

Elka Dessen of Brooklyn, Kings County, NY was born on September 5, 1905, and died at age 101 years old on December 13, 2006.

Elka Dessen
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Brooklyn, Kings County, NY 11230
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September 5, 1905
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Updated: October 4, 2011
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Elka Dessen Elka Dessen (1905 - 2006)
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In 1905, in the year that Elka Dessen was born, the Industrial Workers of the World was founded. An international labor union founded in Chicago, it was most often referred to as the "Wobblies" and had ties to the socialist movement and the anarchist movement. At its peak, it had 150,000 members.
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In 1931, Elka was 26 years old when on May 1st, the Empire State Building opened in New York City. At 1,454 feet (including the roof and antenna), it was the tallest building in the world until the World Trade Center's North Tower was built in 1970. (It is now the 34th tallest.) Opening at the beginning of the Great Depression, most of the offices in the Empire State Building remained unoccupied for years and the observation deck was an equal source of revenue and kept the building profitable.
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Dessen, Irving (Jan 29, 1901 - Jun 9, 1992) Dessen, Dorothy (Mar 25, 1918 - Apr 1, 1998) Dessen, Evelyn (Feb 23, 1917 - Aug 20, 2000) Dessen, Martin (Mar 15, 1904 - Apr 10, 1989) Dessen, Bernhard (Sep 15, 1901 - Aug 1984) Dessen, Edith (Aug 7, 1907 - Feb 1972) Dessen, Charles (Sep 11, 1908 - Jan 5, 1998) Dessen, Geraldine (Apr 30, 1891 - Feb 1971) Dessen, Beatrice (Dec 10, 1911 - Nov 11, 1990) Dessen, Sophie (Dec 29, 1910 - Sep 1979)
Dessen, Elsie (Dec 23, 1911 - Sep 21, 1990) Dessen, Benjamin (Apr 16, 1901 - Apr 1972) Dessen, Morris (Mar 15, 1894 - Dec 24, 1992) Dessen, Rose (Jan 15, 1872 - May 1967) Dessen, James (Jun 4, 1907 - May 1980) Dessen, Dorothy (Jan 15, 1903 - Nov 4, 1990) Dessen, Joseph (Apr 2, 1910 - Mar 1971) Dessen, George (Aug 14, 1900 - Mar 1961) Dessen, Edward (Dec 28, 1903 - Sep 1986) Dessen, Shirley (Jul 15, 1905 - Apr 22, 1997)
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