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Mattie Puryear 1920 - 1994

Mattie Puryear of West Hempstead, Nassau County, NY was born on December 9, 1920, and died at age 73 years old in June 1994.
Mattie Puryear
West Hempstead, Nassau County, NY 11552
December 9, 1920
June 1994
Female
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Mattie Puryear's History: 1920 - 1994

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  • 12/9
    1920

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    December 9, 1920
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  • 06/dd
    1994

    Death

    June 1994
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    Mattie Puryear lived 1 year longer than the average family member when died at the age of 73.
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In 1920, in the year that Mattie Puryear was born, on January 1, over 6000 people were arrested and put in prison because they were suspected of being communists. . Many had to be released in a few weeks and only 3 guns were found in their homes. The U.S. Department of Justice "red hunt" netted thousands of "radicals" and suspected "communists" and aliens were deported. But the "hunt" ended after Attorney General Palmer forecast a massive radical uprising on May Day and the day passed without incident.
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In 1931, Mattie was only 11 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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