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Tag Archives: California

Anne’s story 1929: Grade 3 class photo, McKinley School, Compton, California

Here’s a photo of Mom’s Grade 3 class at McKinley School in Gardena (Compton) California. Mom is seated, third from the left. Her classmates were mostly children of Japanese and Mexican farm workers. Update: Due to popular demand (100% of commenters so far have requested it) I am including the Grade 4 class picture below. It…

February 1, 2012 in Anne's Story, Family history.

Anne’s story 1922-1931: Little Orphan Annie in Steinbeck’s California

As I left off in the last post, toddler Anne was living with a foster family while her mother was in a mental hospital in British Columbia and her father was finding his way in California. (Society didn’t have the same expectations of fathers in those days.) Anne soon went to live with her mother’s older sister Vera on…

January 20, 2012 in Anne's Story, Family history.

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