52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2024: Week 12 (TECHNOLOGY)
Recently I was looking at 1931 census record for my grandmother (who was 4)
& her family when I noticed they were recorded as not having a radio. In
fact none of the families on that page had a radio.
This got me to thinking about what changes my grandmother, who died last December, would have seen over her lifespan of 1926 to 2023.
This video from YouTube gives an intro
to the 1920s in the United States - I'm sure Canada was not too different.
She lived in a world where a simple
scratch could turn deadly.
Grandma was almost 2 years old when penicillin
was first discovered, but she was a teenager before it was successfully used in
the general population.
She was a child & teen through the Great Depression & World War II.
She was 19 when the first atomic bomb was detonated.
Flight was in it's infancy when grandma
was a child, but available as a form of commuting by the time she died.
As a child I remember grandma wearing
her knee high stockings. She never left the house without them. She was a teenager before they were affordable for everyday usage.
"Nylon and nylon stockings were shown to the American public at the 1939 New York World’s Fair. Women loved them!" 1
Grandma lived in rural Manitoba, and I heard tales of how the comforts of her
childhood and adult life were so different.
"In
the 1940s, many Canadians lived in rural areas where most homes had no
electricity, and even fewer had indoor plumbing." 2
A retired telephone operator Grandma
had moved plugs on the switchboard to connect callers. At her bedside when she
died every family member had a pocket sized computer that made calls.
Photography wasn't common place, and
yet Grandma and her family left behind photos for us to get a glimpse into her
childhood.
And this last photo of the family (not
too long before her brother died - grandma and her brother sitting
graveside with their parents
Everything changes over time!!!
This is why I search
-
Cause ...
You can pick your friends,
but you can't pick your family you know!
***Any errors are my own. Please send
me any updates or corrections via the comments at the bottom of this blog
post***
Footnotes:
1 The History of Ordinary Things: Ladies’ Stockings
over Time. Written by Doris Montag. 50 Plus Life. Retrieved March 16th 2024
from
https://50pluslifepa.com/lifestyle/history/2483-the-history-of-ordinary-things-ladies-stockings-over-time
2 Canadian War Brides. History. Veterans Affairs.
Government of Canada.
Retrieved March 16th 2024 from
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/history/second-world-war/canadian-war-brides
Sources:
The 20th and 21st
centuries. Technology from 1900 to 1945. Encyclopædia Britannica,
Inc. Retrieved March 16th 2024 from
https://www.britannica.com/technology/history-of-technology/The-20th-and-21st-centuries
How do penicillins
work? Medical News Today. Medically reviewed by Zara Risoldi Cochrane,
Pharm.D., M.S., FASCP — By Tim Newman on July 30, 2018. Retrieved March 16th
2024 from
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/216798
Photos:
Personal
Videos:
Virtual History: Life
100 Years Ago. Stark Art & History. Retrieved March 16th 2024
from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAUpK_3rnEg
Links:
Amy Johnson Crow, 52
Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge
https://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks/
______________________________________________________________
No comments:
Post a Comment