This is third in a series of picture posts featuring pages from the WWI-era photo album I found at Mary’s Flea Market in Oklahoma City. This selection features historic images of Houston’s Settegast Park and Bath Lake in Medicine Park, Oklahoma. Click here to read Part 1 and here to read Part 2. All posts are […]
Part 2 | World War I Era Photos: Galveston’s Electric Park, Camp Bowie (1918)
The Lost Generation was the 9th generation of Americans. Born between 1883 and 1900, they were defined as a Nomad generation by two prominent historians, the late William Strrauss, and Neil Howe. Generation X shares their archetype and mirrors their life experiences. This is Part 2 in a blog post series featuring images from a […]
Lost Generation Pictures in Rare World War I Era Photo Album
In 2018, I found a rare World War I, Lost Generation photo album at a flea market in Oklahoma City. It cost me $50. World War II albums are not that uncommon, but a World War 1 album of this caliber is quite an amazing find. Similar albums with fewer photographs and fewer human subjects […]
World War 1 Friends and Lovers, Soldiers and Nurses
Today, is the 100th Anniversary of Armistice Day and the end of World War 1. In late October, I promised to post pictures from the rare World War 1 photo album I picked up at a local flea market. Here is a picture from the first page of the album. Click here to read the […]
Rare World War 1 Photo Album and Halloween 1919
Two years or so ago, I found a World War 1 scrapbook at a flea market in Oklahoma City. I paid $50 for it, and only recently discovered that it is extremely rare. World War II albums are not entirely uncommon, but World War 1 albums of this caliber are quite an amazing find. Similar […]