Minnesota's Greatest Generation

Child peering up fireplace with a flashlight, 1940

Parents struggled to give their children happy holidays during the Great Depression. As the economy recovered in the late 1930s, American consumers regained confidence and hope for the future. The boy in this 1940 photograph is keeping a sharp lookout for Santa Claus.

Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
Date: 1940
Identifer: location GT4.82 p37

Child peering up fireplace with a flashlight, 1940