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Tag: Depression Era

December 12, 2024December 12, 2024joynealkidney

Christmas 1935 and hand-me-downs

September 23, 2023September 23, 2023joynealkidney

The Leora Books

July 19, 2023July 19, 2023joynealkidney

90th Anniversary of the Barrow Gang Capture – Special Program Sunday

February 10, 2023March 5, 2024joynealkidney

Meet Author Diane T. Holmes

November 14, 2022November 27, 2025joynealkidney

Annual Thanksgiving Dexter-Earlham Game Next Thursday [1931?]

November 7, 2022November 27, 2025joynealkidney

“Thanksgiving Day As Observed In This Community” [Dexter, Iowa, 1920s]

July 25, 2022January 23, 2023joynealkidney

Those Goff Reunions

March 16, 2022July 30, 2024joynealkidney

Old Pump Organs

December 4, 2021December 3, 2021joynealkidney

The Left-Handed Girl

November 22, 2021November 27, 2025joynealkidney

Annual Dexter-Earlham Thanksgiving Gridiron Clash

September 29, 2021September 8, 2025joynealkidney

Permission to Publish a Depression Era Newspaper Photo

September 20, 2021August 20, 2023joynealkidney

Mom’s Black Walnut Chocolate Drop Cookies

June 16, 2021September 21, 2022joynealkidney

Leora’s Dexter Stories: The Scarcity Years of the Great Depression – List of Chapters

May 10, 2021May 10, 2021joynealkidney

Dandelions for Mrs. Wilt

May 7, 2021April 23, 2023joynealkidney

Clabe Drives to Omaha, Mother’s Day 1946

April 17, 2021March 19, 2023joynealkidney

Family History Reveals Conditions of Great Depression by Dennis L. Peterson

December 22, 2020December 9, 2024joynealkidney

Christmases 1927 and 1928

December 14, 2020December 23, 2022joynealkidney

Missing Antique Knives, and How Junior Gets Blamed For It

July 24, 2020February 11, 2021joynealkidney

Girl Scouts, Dexter, Iowa–1933

July 20, 2020June 15, 2023joynealkidney

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

November 28, 2019September 30, 2023joynealkidney

Cracked Wheat for Breakfast

October 18, 2019April 8, 2021joynealkidney

Prayers for Leora’s Letters

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 21, 2022joynealkidney

Bonnie and Clyde Shootout at Dexfield Park

July 12, 2019July 11, 2023joynealkidney

Clabe Wilson: Hiring Out During the Great Depression

May 13, 2019September 1, 2020joynealkidney

Pollywogs Become Shellbacks

May 6, 2019December 13, 2023joynealkidney

Wilson Brothers Enlist in the Navy 1934

April 26, 2019March 23, 2024joynealkidney

Grace Ransom Tea Room 1933

April 19, 2019March 19, 2023joynealkidney

Guthrie Center, Iowa–Union Cemetery

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