Cora Bell (Hufford) Fosnaugh

Ancient Faces

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Ancient Faces commented

Our ancestors were as tough as nails - and if you had parents from "the greatest generation" you know this! So this photo made me laugh. Doesn't Cora Bell look like she's saying "Get away from me, corona virus, no place for you here!"?

Mar 19, 2020 ·

Stephanie Johnston

Stephanie Johnston commented

No messin' with this lady...

Mar 19, 2020 on

Betty Burton

Betty Burton commented

Very hard working generation.

Mar 19, 2020 on

Anna Kakol

Anna Kakol commented

They were tough , had no choice but didn’t all make it , either . Thank God for modern medicine and continuous research .

Mar 19, 2020 on

Susan Jacobsen

Susan Jacobsen commented

Anna Kakol None of us make it ..

Mar 20, 2020 on

Ralf Valenz

Ralf Valenz commented

Anna Kakol, are you talking about the 90% Chinese medicine America buys currently.?

Mar 22, 2020 on

Sally Mix

Sally Mix commented

They were my parents. They didn't take any c*** and I never gave them any. Greatest generation ever. 🙂❤

Mar 19, 2020 on

Doreen Crow Waters

Doreen Crow Waters commented

Actually it looks like she's about to kill a snake. But yes, people were tough as nails in those days. They had to be, or they didn't survive.

Mar 19, 2020 on

David Solomon

David Solomon commented

Back then, everyone, including women worked hard. Today all these young girls do is get ther nails and hair weaves done.

Mar 19, 2020 on

Brigitte Cherubini

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Brigitte Cherubini commented

Well, that generation said they wanted their kids & grandkids to have it better than they did. So, I guess they succeeded.

Mar 20, 2020 on

Jennifer Drake

Jennifer Drake commented

My great-grandparents were that generation. I wouldn't be the same without the salt of the earth that they were.

Mar 20, 2020 on

Patrick James

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Patrick James commented

Didn't have time to be sick..

Mar 20, 2020 on

Susan Hooban-Balsamo

Susan Hooban-Balsamo commented

Sometimes if given too many choices it makes you weak, who wouldn’t choose the gas powered mower over a push mover

Mar 20, 2020 on

Brigitte Cherubini

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Brigitte Cherubini commented

My grandparents on my dad's side were share croppers in the Arkansas delta in the depression. My Mom was in France and suffered during WW2. THey had Nazi soldiers staying in their house.

Mar 20, 2020 on

Linda Rushing

Linda Rushing commented

They were tough. Check out pioneer cemeteries. Whole families died within days of each other during epidemics. mass graves in some places because of the overwhelming number of dead. The survivors did not whine about what they did during the epidemics or the depression . At least not the ones i talked to and that was a lot My grandmother owned a nursing home and I got to play there a lot and listen to the stories and it was all about survival and pride at how they did it.

Mar 20, 2020 on

Hazel Curry

Hazel Curry commented

There were many deaths in my family with "Spanish flu" listed as cause of death. on their death certificates.

Mar 21, 2020 on

Bob Gaines

Bob Gaines commented

Born in 1868, during the administration of Andrew Johnson, Lincoln's Vice President. Died just after Pearl Harbor in 1941, FDR's 3rd administration. She witnessed some amazing changes!

Mar 21, 2020 on

Ralf Valenz

Ralf Valenz commented

I did not scroll down all the way. So, at first I thought this person to be a man. Guess you're right, on your "Tough as Nails" comment, AncientFaces.

Mar 22, 2020 on