Gerhard Runken of Brooklyn, Kings County, New York was born on March 14, 1894 in Bremen, HB Germany to Heinrich Runken and Luise Runken nee Holler. Gerhard Runken had a sister Emmerentia Beyer nee Runken. He married Helene Runken. He also married Helene Runken. Gerhard Runken died at age 74 years old in June 1968.
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 ...