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My Timeline for 1929: [|1929 Dipity Timeline]

NARRATIVE: For my narrative I decided to create a series of diary entries written from the perspective of a adolescent female living in Upstate NY during this time period.

January 1, 1929 Dear Diary,

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Today is the first day of the new year, and it is going to be great. Mom told us yesterday that she is going to have another baby this year. I was upset about this at first because I have to help take care of the younger ones already. I hope it’s a girl because I can’t handle the four little brothers I have…

January 2, 1929 Dear Diary,

I read in the paper today that the U.S signed an agreement with Canada to protect Niagara Falls. I am grateful for this! Niagara Falls seems like such a beautiful place!! I hope to be able to travel there one day. I think mom should name the new baby Niagara. That would be so cute!

January 15, 1929 Dear Diary,

Sorry I haven’t written in awhile. I have been busy helping around the house. Poor Mom is so sick with this pregnancy. Not much has changed. I already do most everything with the little boys. I don’t mind helping Mom. I know she really needs my help. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about people and why people with different skin colors are treated so differently. I know if they new baby was black I would love it just the same. It’s so sad that people can be treated so poorly based on something as insignificant as the color of their skin. I pray one day a strong individual will help break these barriers…

February 14, 1929 Dear Diary,

IT’S VALENTINE’S DAY! How romantic!! I can’t wait to get married and have a loving husband who buys me flowers!

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">February 15, 1929 <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dear Diary,

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Yesterday was not as romantic as it would normally seem. I read in the newspaper that a massacre occurred between two gangs in Chicago. That is so scary that people hate each other so much they go around killing each other. The newspaper kept mentioning a man named Al Capone who is a “mobster”…he sounds more like a monster to me. I love reading the newspaper but it seems so depressing right now. I did see a new comic strip a few weeks ago called “Popeye”. It seems pretty funny and he reminds me of my grandpa who is also a sailor. My grandpa doesn’t eat spinach out of a can though…

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">April 30 1929, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dear Diary,

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I’m sorry I haven’t written in so long. Life has been terrible for our family. Mom has been so sick with her pregnancy and she developed an infection. A new antibiotic called Penicillin was created and our Doctor was hoping to get some for Mom. Sadly, the medication she was taking didn’t work and she lost the baby. Everyone was so sad about this, but it hurt Mom the most and she ended up passing due to complications from the surgery she had to remove the baby. Dad is so upset. I don’t really have time to be upset because I have to take care of the little boys. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Some exciting things have been happening in this wonderful country. I still try to read the newspaper as much as I can. Charles Lindbergh set out on a 3500-mile flight from Detroit to Cape Horn! That is so exciting!! I hope I can fly in an airplane some time, I bet it is wonderful to see this beautiful country from so high up in the sky. I also learned that the San Francisco Bridge opened in California. I have seen a picture and it is truly an amazing sight. I also read that it is the longest bridge in the world! America continues to amaze me. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We have a new President..Herbert Hoover!

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">June 1, 1929 <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dear Diary,

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Not much has been going on. Dad is avoiding us and I am struggling to take care of the little boys. I know he is just sad, and today he gave me some money for a special treat. We bought a new drink called 7 Up. I thought it was disgusting but the boys seemed to love it.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">November 1929 <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dear Diary, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">At the beginning of the year I made a New Years resolution to write you everyday. I’m sorry this hasn’t happened. I certainly haven’t been lazy and often thought about writing. Life has been so busy and I find myself raising four little boys when I am still a child myself. Poor Dad is so sad but he seems to be getting better. I don’t think he ever thought he would be left to raise a family alone. He seems to avoid us a lot of the time but I know he appreciates all of my help. I’m still enjoying the newspaper whenever I can. I think Dad is worried about the Stock Market. I read last week that it crashed, and everyone calls this day Black Tuesday. I’m not sure what this all means but everyone is very worried. President Hoover is telling us not to worry…

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A new art museum opened up in NYC. It is a massive building that looks like its own piece of art….

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">December 31, 1929 <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dear Diary,

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Well here we are at the end of the year. It was not nearly as glamorous as I originally thought it would be. It started out new and exciting, but it took a sharp downward spiral. I am holding out hope that next year will be fabulous. There are still many things I don’t understand about the stock market crash but the newspaper keeps saying something about an economic depression. Whatever that is I hope it doesn’t last too long…