The 1930s
The decade of the worldwide Great Depression See more...
The 1930's were a decade of severe stress: the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, the rise of Nazism. But it was also the end of Prohibition, the beginning of the change of land management (poor farm practices created the Dust Bowl), and the New Deal. It was a tough time through which to live but it was also the beginning of changes that lead to prosperity.
A photo of Carol and brother Murray Altmann riding their bikes in Manhattan NYC late 1930's. This is my mother (Carol Altmann Pinsky) on her bike with her brother, enjoying the streets of NYC. Somehow this picture was used for an ad that was one of those small inserts inside the subway trains at the time. My mother left NY in 1945 and went to St Paul, MN to make a life. She chose there because her sister Ruth Altmann had moved there. She lived there until 1970, when she moved to Los Angeles. She was a photographer, painter, poet, and writer. She was strong, fierce and a liberated woman from the moment she was born. Just like her own mother, Francis Saltzberg Altmann.
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Sep 21, 2015 by: Susan Pinsky
Susan Pinsky
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A photo of Marjorie Jean Sibbitt aka Jean or Jeanne
People in this photo:
Unknown - Unknown
? - ?
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Sep 17, 2015 by: April Lougheed
April Lougheed
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A photo of Alvah Wilbur Nason (1933 -2008)
People in this photo:
Jan 7, 1933 - Oct 2, 2008
1933 - 2008
A photo of Augustus Callaghan
People in this photo:
1890 - Unknown
1890 - ?
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May 10, 2015 by: Robin Knight
Robin Knight
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A photo of Lockport, NY Locks and vintage vehicle: Written on the back of this photo say "FREDDY AND HIS NEW CAR 1933"
John J. Rynkiewicz (JJRynk@hotmail.com)
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Feb 11, 2015 by: John J. Rynkiewicz
John J. Rynkiewicz
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A photo of Vince Klem taken in Baltimore, MD in October 1938
People in this photo:
Sep 14, 1911 - Oct 15, 1994
1911 - 1994
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Jan 16, 2015 by: Trixie Ryzlewicz
Trixie Ryzlewicz
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A photo of Vivian Blied
People in this photo:
Oct 18, 1920 - December 1982
1920 - 1982
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Dec 14, 2014 by: Barbara Pedrick-Blied
Barbara Pedrick-Blied
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A photo of Myrtis Virginia M. (Estep-Crinley) Breuning, taken in 1939.
People in this photo:
Nov 8, 1905 - Jun 24, 1996
1905 - 1996
This is a photo of my dad, Sol Baum, age 10, with his older half-sister, Lilly Baum Broza, daughter of his mother (my grandmother) and her first husband. Lilly was born in Austria, I believe, and was left there with HER grandmother for a few years, while her mother (my grandmother, Fannie Apfelbaum), came to New York. There, Fannie met and married my grandfather Abraham (who also had been married before), They had one daughter, named after my great-grandmother, Devora. This little girl, Deborah, died at a young age. My middle name, Diane, is to honor her. (As her name, Deborah, was to honor Devora). My father was born a few years after Deborah died.
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Sep 17, 2015 by: Susan Schloss
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Katherine Frances (Matko) Nicolaus on her wedding day, June 6, 1936. Taken in Monessen, Pennsylvania, where she was married to Jacob G. Nicolaus Jr. She had three children whose names were David, James, and Catherine Nicolaus.
People in this photo:
Sep 26, 1916 - Dec 29, 1990
1916 - 1990
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Jan 1, 2001 by: David Nicolaus
David Nicolaus
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A photo of Harry Barnett, Lone Star Inn, Nettleton, Ar. Harry D. Barnett was born 27 Jan 1908 in McLeansboro, Il. He died 23 Oct 1962 in Toledo, Ohio. He married Laura P. Wrenn March 1928. They had two children: Connie Sue, and Ila J.
People in this photo:
Jan 27, 1908 - Oct 23, 1962
1908 - 1962
A photo what is likely Chico High School. Elizabeth Nourse Goodwin (1919-TBD) is next to the driver. Other names appear to be Jackson ?, Jim Day, Myrtle L?, Alcia ?, Herb B.?
People in this photo:
Sep 15, 1919 - Sep 14, 2015
1919 - 2015
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May 26, 2015 by: Colleen Murray
Colleen Murray
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Harry Worley, wife Etta O'Dell Worley holding their youngest child, Melvin Arlen Worley (born 1932), living on the street following a 6.3 earthquake in March 1933. Child and woman on the right are unknown, but no doubt friends of the Worley's.
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Feb 19, 2016 by: Lauren Worley
Lauren Worley
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A photo of Lidge Hunt
People in this photo:
Nov 12, 1901 - July 1977
1901 - 1977
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Aug 13, 2013 by: James Newsome
James Newsome
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A photo of Elizabeth Janet Baldridge, abt 1932-33, Paintsville, Johnson Co., KY: My mother at age 3 or so, with her best bud at that time (I've forgotten the doggies name)! So cute! Her parents were Ernest and Hazel Risner Baldridge. She married James E. Nelson and they produced 5 little girls!
People in this photo:
c. 1929 - Unknown
1929 - ?
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Apr 13, 2013 by: Sharon Nelson Nutt
Sharon Nelson Nutt
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A photo of Elma (Bowman) Simmons (right) and her sister Mary (Bowman) Duncan, known to the family as "Aunt Mait".
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May 12, 2019 by: Roxy Triebel
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A photo of Richard Harry Kelly and his wife Edna in Reno, Nevada 1939
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My grandmother Flora Alice Anderson (1906-1992) with my mother Mary Alice Anderson (my mother) and Byron Anderson
People in this photo:
Jul 28, 1934 - Dec 29, 2012
1934 - 2012
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Jul 22, 2015 by: Jim Farrell
Jim Farrell
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This is a photo in my grandmother's collection. Is he related? Fannie Ethel (Chase) Davis born b 15 Oct 1885 Fulton Co, AR d 13 Nov 1960 Dade Co, FL
m 18 Oct 1903 William Milton Davis b 10 Dec 1880 Denton Co, TX
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Oct 22, 2017 by: Dorothy Smith
Dorothy Smith
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A photo of Oren and Irma Dorothy (Hanke) Hostetler at the wedding of Lillian Hanke to Clifford Gartley.
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Jan 23, 2019 by: Amy Nossaman
Amy Nossaman
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A photo of the Unit of Benny Hafernik, Pre World War 2 in Texas
People in this photo:
Unknown - Unknown
? - ?
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May 15, 2015 by: James Vrazel
James Vrazel
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A photo of Joyce (Benning) Kroetch. Although her first name was Marian, she always went by Joyce. She was such a cutie!
People in this photo:
Oct 11, 1930 - Sep 10, 2017
1930 - 2017
A photo of Gene David Wolner
People in this photo:
Oct 28, 1931 - Feb 9, 2017
1931 - 2017
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Nov 8, 2017 by: Patricia Walling
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Barbara Ann "Cooley" Seated in 1935-37?: Do you recognize these children...could they be other adoptees just as my Mother Barbara was. Her DOB is given as 10/21/1931 (?) Not positive this is true. Locations would be PA, WV or Ohio. Looking for Birth Family! Thank you, Suzan, Barbara's daughter. Update: The boy in the back is Robert Hitchens from Wheeling, WV. His Uncle Herbert M Cooley adopted my mother Barbara. He does not remember the other children in the photo.
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Mar 9, 2014 by: Suzan Chilcoat
Suzan Chilcoat
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Gale Sondergaard was initially cast to play the role of the Wicked Witch of the West in MGM's famous film the Wizard of Oz (1939). Gale changed her mind about the role after MGM decided the Wicked Witch of the West should be evil and ugly as opposed to the glamorous villainess Gale thought she would play (as seen in this photo). Gale was afraid that playing an ugly role would forever hurt her career.
Of course Margaret Hamilton would end up playing the role of the Wicked Witch of the West in MGM's classic movie. Every time I see this photo I wonder how different the film might have been.
People in this photo:
Feb 15, 1899 - Aug 14, 1985
1899 - 1985
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Oct 9, 2012 by: Daniel Pinna
Daniel Pinna
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A photo of Erma Grace Szabo, daughter to Walter and Rose Galgoczi, on her wedding day at St. Stephen's Church in South Bend, Indiana. May 05, 1934.
People in this photo:
May 11, 1915 - Unknown
1915 - ?
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Mar 2, 2002 by: Nadine Hardin
Nadine Hardin
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Oct 20, 2018 by: Zoobin Zales
Zoobin Zales
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A photo of Grandma and Grandpa Ruth and Oliver Wolner
People in this photo:
Sep 11, 1907 - Sep 13, 1993
1907 - 1993
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Nov 8, 2017 by: Patricia Walling
Patricia Walling
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