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Category: Depression Era

7 days ago February 26, 2021February 26, 2021joynealkidney

Those Two Sets of Twins

February 8, 2021February 6, 2021joynealkidney

Parrish Cafe, Guthrie Center, Iowa, 1937

February 1, 2021February 1, 2021joynealkidney

Odd Fellows Lodge by Bryon Weesner, Dexter Historian

January 29, 2021January 29, 2021joynealkidney

Who were the Rebekahs?

January 15, 2021January 15, 2021joynealkidney

Father Charles Coughlin–Union of Social Justice–1930s

January 8, 2021January 20, 2021joynealkidney

Clabe’s Model T Truck Becomes a Model T Roadster

January 1, 2021January 1, 2021joynealkidney

Twin Boybobs, 1930

December 22, 2020December 22, 2020joynealkidney

Christmases 1927 and 1928

December 14, 2020December 14, 2020joynealkidney

Missing Antique Knives, and How Junior Gets Blamed For It

September 30, 2020September 7, 2020joynealkidney

Fels-Naptha Laundry Bar Soap

September 28, 2020February 11, 2021joynealkidney

Clabe Wilson’s Vehicles

September 21, 2020February 11, 2021joynealkidney

Wilson Siblings 1927 and 1938

August 26, 2020August 26, 2020joynealkidney

The WPA Guide to 1930s IOWA

July 20, 2020July 20, 2020joynealkidney

Leora’s Pa (Sherd Goff) Dies, July 20, 1930

February 15, 2020November 14, 2020joynealkidney

Dale Wilson: The Broken Shoestring

January 17, 2020May 23, 2020joynealkidney

Husky, Wilson’s Pet German Shepherd

November 28, 2019February 11, 2021joynealkidney

Cracked Wheat for Breakfast

September 16, 2019September 16, 2019joynealkidney

Rusty the Pet Squirrel

September 6, 2019September 21, 2020joynealkidney

A Ride in a Biplane Before School

August 26, 2019August 7, 2020joynealkidney

Champion Gardeners of Dexter – 1933

July 18, 2019July 24, 2019joynealkidney

Bonnie and Clyde Shootout at Dexfield Park

July 12, 2019July 27, 2020joynealkidney

Clabe Wilson: Hiring Out During the Great Depression

May 20, 2019October 14, 2019joynealkidney

Donald Wilson: Ships

May 13, 2019September 1, 2020joynealkidney

Pollywogs Become Shellbacks

May 6, 2019August 15, 2020joynealkidney

Wilson Brothers Enlist in the Navy 1934

April 26, 2019May 17, 2019joynealkidney

Grace Ransom Tea Room 1933

April 19, 2019April 19, 2019joynealkidney

Guthrie Center, Iowa–Union Cemetery

April 19, 2019April 22, 2019joynealkidney

1933 – Dexter, Iowa

April 15, 2019June 21, 2020joynealkidney

Sears Roebuck & Co. 1920s and the Depression Years

April 12, 2019September 10, 2020joynealkidney

The Paving of White Pole Road in Dexter

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