John Dillinger

John Dillinger

male, deceased (1934)
bank heists, death by firearm in the United States, From Indianapolis, Indiana, bank robbery, Robin Hood, Depression era gangster…Depressionera
John Dillinger (June 22, 1903 - July 22, 1934) was an American bank robber, considered by some to be a dangerous criminal, while others idealized...
Baby Face Nelson

Baby Face Nelson

male, deceased (1934)
Anthony Accetturo, Roger "Terrible" Touhy, convicted of murder, death by firearm in the United States, dillinger, The public enemy era…Depressionera, Depression era gangster
Lester Joseph Gillis, aka George Nelson but better known as Baby Face Nelson, due to his youthful appearance, was a diminutive (5' 4" tall) bank...

Robert S. McElvaine

male (Jackson, Mississippi, United States)
helpful, history, Clear, professor, Depressionera, The Encyclopedia of the Great Depression…The Great Depression America, 1929-1941, The Great Depression A History in Documents
Robert S. McElvaine is Elizabeth Chisholm Professor of Arts and Letters and Chair of the Department of History at Millsaps College in Jackson,...
George McFarland

George McFarland

male, deceased (1993)
death by myocardial infarction, Spanky McFarland, Wheeler & Woolsey, Kentucky Kernels, de facto, The Little Rascals…great depression, Depressionera
Spanky McFarland was an American actor most famous for his appearances in the "Our Gang" series of short-subject comedies of the 1930s and '40s....
Adolf Dehn

Adolf Dehn

male, deceased (1968)
second world war, smithsonian, artist, central park, American, watercolor…great depression, Depressionera
Adolf Dehn was one of the most notable lithographers of the 20th century. He was born in 1895 in Waterville, Minnesota. Dehn began creating artwork...
John Augustus Walker

John Augustus Walker

male, deceased (1967)
Muralist, Works Progress Administration, gulf coast, From Mobile, Alabama, Depressionera
John Augustus Walker (1901-1967) was a well-known Alabama Gulf Coast artist of the Depression era who was commissioned to undertake several art...

Edgar Yaeger

male, deceased (1997)
Modernism, painter, Modern artist, modernist, American, Works Progress Administration…Depressionera, Great Depression in the United States
Edgar Louis Yaeger (1904 - 1997) was an American modernist painter from Detroit, Michigan. Yaeger studied at the Detroit School of Fine and Applied...

Jimmy Hitchcock

male, deceased (1959)
Auburn University, Major League Baseball, American football running back, World War II, Atlanta Braves player, Major league shortstop…great depression, Depressionera
James Franklin "Jimmy" Hitchcock Jr. (born June 28, 1911 in Inverness, Alabama) was an American football player and Major League baseball player in...

Kenneth Lawrence Beaudoin

male, deceased (1995)
poet, mississippi river, American, greenwich village, Depressionera, Poetry Society of Tennessee
Kenneth Lawrence Beaudoin was a poet and influential member of the Memphis, Tennessee literary community. Beaudoin is best known for inventing the...
Blind Willie Johnson

Blind Willie Johnson

male, deceased (1945)
Blind bluesmen, slide, guitar, Slide guitarist, bottleneck, From Beaumont, Texas…Depression-era, great depression
"Blind" Willie Johnson (1897-1945) was an African-American singer and guitarist whose music straddled the border between blues and spirituals....