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laundry_queen

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20. I have a picture

Reply to MADem (Original post)

Sun Oct 25, 2015, 01:15 AM

Oct 2015

of my great great grandparents back in 'the old country' (Austria Hungary). My great great grandmother looked an awful lot like the woman on the right in the Slovakian picture.

They weren't the ones that came over though, it was their daughter that came over when her own daughter, my grandmother, was 4, a few years before the depression. My great grandmother never stopped longing for the old country. She missed it so much, didn't like her new, hard life on the farm in the boonies. Missed her family. etc. Plus, they were not treated well, especially as ethnic germans during WW2. Not an easy life for immigrants back then...not an easy life now either for most.

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What America�s immigrants looked like when they arrived on Ellis Island [View all] MADem Oct 2015 OP

Fabulous! We were a melting pot; I loved that about us. nt babylonsister Oct 2015 #1

We still are madokie Oct 2015 #2

Let's remember. Many of us are a bit of this and that. JDPriestly Oct 2015 #13

Let's hear it for the mutts! TexasBushwhacker Oct 2015 #17

Would have been interesting to see these with no country of origin named dixiegrrrrl Oct 2015 #3

I can't see the Dutch womens' shoes senseandsensibility Oct 2015 #4

the kids have the shoes....I was looking at the photos in the link. dixiegrrrrl Oct 2015 #5

You have to tilt your screen waaay back. BlueJazz Oct 2015 #6

The Dutch women look like they'd kick your ass if you messed with them. BlueJazz Oct 2015 #7

That explains my senseandsensibility Oct 2015 #8

They would have. Trust me on that!!!! JDPriestly Oct 2015 #12

Yeah, that head gear is something. MADem Oct 2015 #14

I thought they were men at first treestar Oct 2015 #29

Can't blame you. If you look at the fists of the one in front, she's ready to go 12 rounds...easily. BlueJazz Oct 2015 #32

Nowadays, everyone looks like they shop at the same Walmart. Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2015 #9

+100 narnian60 Oct 2015 #27

In the photos in the OP, both the German and Algerian men could be present day while Bluenorthwest Oct 2015 #28

Traditional garb is considered to be a costume for the tourists. Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2015 #33

Awesome photographs! sheshe2 Oct 2015 #10

I love old pics! nt MADem Oct 2015 #15

Great pictures! It's good for us to remember where we come from. JDPriestly Oct 2015 #11

My maternal grandparents Mendocino Oct 2015 #16

I hope you have pictures--they can really bring the past alive, and you can see your MADem Oct 2015 #18

Funny story laundry_queen Oct 2015 #21

That IS hilarious!!! Would make a great scene in a comedic movie!!! nt MADem Oct 2015 #22

I suppose it would, lol. To me, it was darn good evidence that karma/reincarnation exists laundry_queen Oct 2015 #23

i wonder where their families are right now JI7 Oct 2015 #19

I have a picture laundry_queen Oct 2015 #20

One of the Italian women... a la izquierda Oct 2015 #24

That earthquake is the reason I cannot find information about my phylny Oct 2015 #31

The Dutch! Xipe Totec Oct 2015 #25

No one delivers an ironic line without any trace of irony better than CAINE!! MADem Oct 2015 #26

My father's parents both came through Ellis Island, at different times. They met in the US. Bluenorthwest Oct 2015 #30

I'm getting this impression of many different cultures coming together to create a new one. Rex Oct 2015 #34