I have had the pleasure and joy to bring some old negatives back to life.
They were photos of my Great Grandparents and their children and grandchildren at that time. I came across a picture that through me for a loop. A picture of Great Uncle Norman wow! He looks like Dad or rather Dad looks a lot like him. I always thought that Dad took after the McCartney family, but I am now seeing that he resembles the Ogilvie/Kaye side of the family more. Posted below are a photo of both men. What do you think? Does Dad look like Uncle Norm?
This is late, the wishes are still the same! Happy Birthday Mom hope you had a wonderful day!
I am not going to add dates or places as Mom is still with us!
I am sure the class of 1958 had its dreams, just like “The Class of 57”*
Let’s look and see what their parents were dreaming or worrying about besides there little bundles of joy that would be making their appearances sometime in 1940.
The population of the United States was 132,164,569, now that is a few people to index!
Unemployment was near 14% with about 8,120,000 unemployed
Minimum wage $.30 an hour
Your new house would have cost about $6,550.00
Run down to your local car dealer and grab a car in the range of $800 or so.
Gallon of gas! Hold your breath was…………….are you ready? $.18 !
So what did they do for entertainment.
Here are the movies that were popular in 1940
The Philadelphia Story/ Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn, James Stewart
The Grapes of Wrath / Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine,
Rebecca /Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders
His Girl Friday/Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy
Fantasia/Mickey Mouse
Pinocchio/Mel Blanc, Don Brodie, Walter Catlett and many more wonderful voices
The Great Dictator/Charles Chaplin, Jack Oakie, Reginald Gardiner
The Westerner/Gary Cooper,Walter Brennan, Doris Davenport
The Thief of Bagdad/Conrad Veidt, Sabu, June Duprez
The Road to Singapore/Bob Hope, Bing Crosby
The Class of “58” Celebs
Al Pacino
Rodger Miller
Chuck Norris
Author, Edmund White
Willie Stargell
Alex Trebek (you’ll need to wait till 1941 Canadian Census for this young man)
There are many more folks that will be found on the 1940 US Census.
Who will you be looking for? What information will add flesh to the bones in your family tree?