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Saturday March 6, 1937

March 7, 2017PostsDepression, Election, ship wreckShanna Vicker

The story continues with the second journal. This is an entry from her personal diary, diary 2 by Elizabeth Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago. Click here to read more.

Stayed in bed till noon. Lanora came Thrus afternoon. She got out Image result for love is news Friday for the games. Saw Pauline Rosamond and Margie. Had J.A. and Edd for waffle supper. Played pitch after washing of the dishes. Later saw Love Is News at Midnite preview! Took pictures of Lanora for application here – Got blanks from it.

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Parliamentary elections were held in Chile. The Liberal Party won a slim plurality in the Senate and tied with the Conservative Party in the Chamber of Deputies.

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The Percy Grainger composition Lincolnshire Posy was first performed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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The Depression in Seattle Washington.

THEN: Unemployed men search for anything useful in land being reclaimed with city garbage used for fill on the tideflats. The date is March 6, 1937. The scene looks northwest from what was once near 7th Ave. S. and Forest Street, but is now inside the operations facilities for the Light Rail Division of Sound Transit. The Sears Department Store, now home of Starbucks Coffee Co., appears in the upper-left corner. Courtesy: The Post-Intelligencer Collection at the Museum of History and Industry. — Unemployed men search for anything useful in land being reclaimed with city garbage used for fill on the tideflats

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Frank H. Buck SS was an American steam tanker that was involved in a collision off the Golden Gate and beached near Pt. Lobos California.

Wednesday November 4, 1936

November 4, 2016PostsCNT, Election, FDR, Landslide, Round heads and Pointed heads, Trip around the worldShanna Vicker

The story continues with the second journal. This is an entry from her personal diary, by Elizabeth Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago. Click here to read more.

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Image result for november 4, 1936 C.V. Mauldin completes the Trip Around The World. The 36,535 mile trip took 147 days from June 11 to November 4, 1936. That’s 28,656 miles by boat.

The CNT/FAI accepted four cabinet posts in the Spanish Republic, the first and only time that anarchists have participated in a national government.

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The satirical anti-Nazi play Round Heads and Pointed Heads by Bertolt Brecht premiered at the Riddersalen Theatre in Copenhagen.

Tuesday November 3, 1936

November 3, 2016PostsEdward VIII, Election, FDR, Landslide, president, StarlightShanna Vicker

The story continues with the second journal. This is an entry from her personal diary, by Elizabeth Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago. Click here to read more.

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Here’s what else was happening 80-years-ago today