Lost Generation
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The Lost Generation was the demographic cohort that preceded the Greatest Generation. This generation is generally defined as people born from 1883 to 1900, those who came of age in the 1900s and 1910
Family in Queensland pictured at home (c. 1900)
The Child's Bath by Mary Cassatt from 1893 of a woman giving a child a wash. The link between hygiene and good health was becoming better understood in Western society by the end of the 19th century and frequent bathing had become common.
Class photo taken at a school in Sweden (1900)
Children playing with toys (c. 1890s)
Greatest Generation
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The Greatest Generation, also known as the G.I. Generation and the World War II Generation, is the demographic cohort following the Lost Generation and preceding the Silent Generation. This generation
Lost Generation
…The Lost Generation was the demographic cohort that preceded the Greatest Generation. This generation is generally defined as people born from 1883 to 1900, those who came of age in the 1900s and 1910s and fought in World War I. The…
Buckler family, 1914
Portrait of Australian girls, c. between 1910 and 1920
American G.I.s land on Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944.
A woman working in a military aircraft factory in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1942. Millions of American women found work in the defense industry during the war.