These are old photos and postcards from our family reunion album. All descendants of my great grandparents contributed all kinds of photos, correspondences, important papers, etc.
My great grandparents were Swiss immigrants who first settled in Montana, then Canada, then Florida, where I'm originally from. My great grandmother had a brother and a sister who lived in New York. Her sister was married with two children, and the brother lived with them. Census records show they lived in Manhattan.
As some of great grandma's children got older, they went to New York to work for a number of years. One great aunt worked in a brassiere factory. I know I saw her union card in the album somewhere, but I wasn't able to find it. I was told another great aunt was a diamond cutter.
I just find these old pictures of New York pretty interesting and hope you do, too. They are dated between 1919 and 1939.
Family group. I'm not familiar with NY but I think that's the Queensboro Bridge?
I have no idea what this rubble is.
Central Park fountain
Also Central Park
Times Square postmarked 1922
NY skyline also postmarked 1922.
Rockway Beach
1939 World's Fair
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