Marion Post Wolcott

Marion Post Wolcott

female, deceased (1990)
Jewish, Trude Fleischmann, Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, Farm Security Administration, Philadelphia Bulletin, humour…greatdepression
Marion Post (later Marion Post Wolcott) (June 7, 1910 - November 24, 1990) was a noted photographer who worked for the Farm Security Administration...
Nelson Algren

Nelson Algren

male, deceased (1981) (Chicago, Illinois, United States)
Jewish, Somebody in Boots, novelist, judaism, writer, Jewish American…greatdepression
Nelson Algren (March 28, 1909 - May 9, 1981) was an American writer.
Roy Stryker

Roy Stryker

male, deceased (1975)
Columbia University, photographer, World War II, American, fsa, greatdepression…depression
Roy Emerson Stryker (November 5, 1893 - September 27, 1975) was an American economist, government official, and photographer. He is most famous for...
William Steig

William Steig

male, deceased (2003)
Yale University, illustrator, cartoonist, national academy of design, philadelphia museum of art, water polo…greatdepression
William Steig was a prolific American cartoonist, sculptor and, later in life, an author of popular children's literature. Steig was born in New...
Marge Piercy

Marge Piercy

female, 73 years old (Detroit, Michigan, United States)
University of Michigan, Activism, Michigan writer, nonfiction, Social Activist, Arthur C. Clarke Award…greatdepression
Marge Piercy (born March 31, 1936) is an American poet, novelist, and social activist. Piercy was born in Detroit, Michigan, to a family deeply...
Alice Brady

Alice Brady

female, deceased (1939)
film actor, from New York City, Hollywood Walk of Fame, Silent film actor, American, greatdepression
Alice Brady (November 2, 1892 - October 28, 1939) was an Academy Award-winning American actress in the silent film era of the late 1910s and 1920s...
Francis Townsend

Francis Townsend

male, deceased (1960)
social security, physician, pension, American, greatdepression, Francis Everett Townsend
Dr. Francis Everett Townsend (January 13, 1867-September 1, 1960) was an American physician who was best known for his revolving old-age pension...
Robert E. Howard

Robert E. Howard

male, deceased (1936)
death by firearm in the United States, suicide by firearm in the United States, Mythopoeic writer, American historical novelist, Howard Payne University alumni, Cthulhu Mythos writer…greatdepression, depression
Robert Ervin Howard (January 22 1906 - June 11 1936) was a classic American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western,...
Herbert Stein

Herbert Stein

male, deceased (1999)
University of Chicago, University of Virginia, Williams College, writer, Jewish American, Council of Economic Advisers…greatdepression
Herbert Stein (August 27, 1916 - September 8, 1999) was a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and was on the board of contributors...
Anne Francis

Anne Francis

female, 79 years old
film actor, Matlock actor, Mission Impossible actor, Emmy, From Santa Barbara, California, Gunsmoke actor…greatdepression
Anne Francis (born September 16 1930, in Ossining, New York) is an American actress, famous for her role in the science fiction film classic...