Beautiful Life of an American Family From the 1930s and Early 1940s Through Amazing Pics

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A beautiful photo collection from Wes Johnson that captured daily life of an American family from the 1930s and early 1940s.

“Pictures from the Byrne Family Archive, mostly from John Byrne. Many of the descriptions are courtesy of John Byrne.

My Aunt Rosemary Molloy has gone to great efforts to preserve the memoirs of the Domino Lane generation.”

The edge of the orchard looking towards the southeast. Domino Lane ran in front of the Lower House, on the far left. The girl beside the kitchen is probably Dolores. Her mother, Aunt Anna, could have taken the picture, since they lived there at that time, circa mid-1930s

Aunt Anna’s mother, Anna Marie Downing, sits on the stump off of Domino Lane, 1934

Dolores at the Domino Lane lower house, May 1934

Dolores, 1934

The very photogenic Aunt Rose at the family farm in North Wales, PA, about 1934

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