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The
Thirties in Texas
Although it has been repeated many times as a joke, there was
some truth to the story of people in Texas not being aware of a depression - let
alone a "Great" Depression. For most Texans there was little change in their standard
of living. Here are stories, photos and memories of the 30s in an informal scrapbook
of events and personalities. |
Harold
Bell
Excepts
from "I Was a Teen in the 1930s and Some More Stuff"
Miss
Bell
Nobody in the world, dead or alive, knew how long Miss Bell taught
the fourth grade in and around Decatur, Texas...
The
Sheriff
"You never know when
somebody says something, or does something, that it may have a big effect on you
the rest of your life."The
Tight-Wire Walker
"She's
very daring. They put her wire up to the very tiptop of the tent thirty-five feet
above the ground, and she does exciting maneuvers without using a net." My
Date with Mary
Mary was the cause of the most exciting week of my young
life.
George Lester - Memoir
Spunky
Flat and Beyond
| Norris
Chambers
How
We Made Gasoline
" As cheap as fuel was in those days, [the old tractor]
required an item that was extremely scarce - cash. So we did as many others in
that part of the county did. We decided to make our own tractor fuel."
Typing
Conan Stories
"I did typing for Robert E. Howard, the creator of
Conan the Barbarian. I never dreamed that Conan would be featured in comic books,
movies ..."
More Stories
Rockets
Over The Rio or Waiting for Goddard
The mix of gunpowder and the
US Postal System always guarantees a good story. The time was 1936... Sally
Rand and Yesterdays ‘House of Tomorrow’ by Clay Coppedge
News that Sally
Rand would come to Texas for the Forth Worth Frontier Centennial in 1936 was met
with outrage by some and curiosity by many. Her reputation, gained at the 1933
World Fair in Chicago in 1933, preceded her... Billy
Rose, Sally Rand's Nude Ranch and the 1936 Fort Worth Frontier Centennial by
George LesterA
Gonzales County Rite of Passage by
Dawson Minear
I never
realized until I became old how much fun I had as a youth...
Hunter
Texas in the 20s and 30s -
A Memoir by Pablo L. Sanchez
Vintage
photos courtesy Paul O. SanchezWester
than Far West Texas
If you happened to be graduating from high school
in 1936, you faced a bleak and uncertain future....Football
"Fields" in 1930 by Louise George | |
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