Author Archives: Don Taylor

Photo Friday – York & Young.

Posted on September 1, 2023 by Don Taylor

This week, I identified all four people in my five photo sets:
Vera York, circa 1935 or 1936,
Mary Gwendolyn Young, 1935 and 1936,
Nita Young, circa 1934, &
Patricia Louise Young, circa 1934 (age 6). Continue reading →

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Thomas Raidt & the Wisconsin Censuses.

Posted on August 27, 2023 by Don Taylor

The Wisconsin provides some insight and some additional questions regarding the Thomas Raidt household in the 1880s. Continue reading →

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Donna & Sammy at the Hall Theater, Columbia, MO, 25 Aug 1926.

Posted on August 25, 2023 by Don Taylor

97 years ago, my grandmother, “Donna Darling,” was in the news for being at the Hall Theater in Columbia, MO. Continue reading →

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Photo Friday – Tuck, Tucker, Turner, & York

Posted on August 25, 2023 by Don Taylor

This week, I identified all five people in my photo sets:
Elizabeth and Beverley Tuck, circa 1935.
Doris Mae Tucker, Student Nurse, circa 1936.
Joan N. Turner, circa 1935.
Vera York (or Yorke), Student Nurse, 1934, and again in 1935. Continue reading →

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Trapaldi, Trevalis, Travis, Trew, & Trider

Posted on August 18, 2023 by Don Taylor

This week, I identified all five people in my photo sets:
John Trapaldi, circa 1935.
George Trevalis, circa 1934.
Caroline Travis (later Coughlin), Student Nurse, 1936.
James Trew, circa 1934 (age 2).
June Trider, 1934.
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