Minnesota's Greatest Generation

Marie and James Cavanagh and children, St. Paul, 1944.

Marie Cavanagh braved single motherhood when her husband was drafted into the Navy in the spring of 1944. This family photo was taken in 1944. The Cavanaghs' two children, Jim and Pat, were just 4½ and 1½ years old at the time.

Publisher: Marie Cavanagh, used with permission.
Date: 1944

Marie and James Cavanagh and children, St. Paul, 1944.