My how times have changed! This commercial for the 1940 Chevrolet and the new Chevrolet gear shift is so funny. It was made at a time when women used to be looked down upon as the “weaker sex” and though it was obviously meant to show that women are more capable than we think, it falls well short […]
The Golden Gate Bridge spans a mile wide and three miles in length channel between San Francisco and the Pacific Ocean. It has been declared one of the Wonders of the Modern World by the American Society of Civil Engineers. Opened May 1937 The Bridge opened in 1937 and was, until 1964, the longest suspension […]
Can you imagine walking down a hot Texas road to Memphis, Texas from Arkansas in June 1937 with all your belongings and your family, including young children, like these people did in the photographs at the bottom? I don’t even see any shade trees for miles. Located in the northeastern part of the county Memphis […]
Lake Dick is located northeast of Pine Bluff and south of Altheimer, Arkansas. A New Deal program which supported farming projects, established the community on the shore of Lake Dick in 1936. The Lake Dick Cooperative Association was responsible for farming the land and for operating the community’s cooperative services. These services included a general […]
The city of Greenhills, Ohio is the home of one of the first shopping strip malls in Ohio. The photographs below were taken in October 1938 -1939 by photojournalist, John Vachon. Store building. Greenhills, Ohio Jan. 1938 by photographer John Vachon Stores at Greenhills, Ohio Jan. 1938 by photographer John Vachon Shopping center at Greenhills, […]
Do you remember curb market day? Contributing author, Dorothy Graham Gast, reminds us with a personal story of her own. Grandma at the Curb Market by Dorothy Graham Gast Saturday was curb market day. Long before daylight cars and trucks loaded with produce would travel down gravel roads to the highways and into Tuscaloosa. Behind […]
On June 30, 1930 newspaper throughout the world blazed with similar headlines, HUNTER BROS PASS 453 HOURS IN THE AIR! Prior to this day the Hunter brothers were simply two farmers who “turned from the plough to the plane.” 1 On June 30, 1930, they set a new world endurance record in the air. There […]
Southast Missouri is known as the “boot heel”, ‘Mississippi lowlands”, or “swamp east”. Located in the northernmost portion of the Mississippi delta, it is composed largely of rich alluvial soils and includes some of the richest farm lands in the state. Stories abound about this section of the state such as: The boot heel was […]
GROWING UP IN WEST TEXAS by Jesse Suttles Dad told me a story about his family moving to a different place when he was about 12 years old. It was probably close to Memphis, Texas, Hall county. It was in the wintertime. Dad said not far from the house there was a large rock formation. […]
The town of Circleville, Ohio had difficulty housing many of the farmers of foreclosed homes in town. Consequently, shanty towns built by homeless people sprang up on the outskirts of town and were promptly named Hooverville as were many other shantytowns were named throughout the country. The towns were named after President Herbert Hoover who […]
