The life of Roberta Becker Farrar

Roberta Becker Farrar, Part 1: Introduction and childhood

Our Granny could wiggle her ears, each one independently. This astonished me when I was a small boy. She did...

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Roberta Becker Farrar, Part 2: Roberta in School

As a child, Roberta went to a school known as “Knapp Mansion” at 554 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, quite close to...

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Roberta Becker Farrar, Part 3: Courtship, Marriage, Family, and Old Age

Colored by the times and the power of the literature, you might be forgiven if, looking at the pictures and...

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My Grandparents, 100 Years Ago this Year – Did their Twenties Roar?

In June 1923, Prohibition was the law in the United States. Movies were still silent. Jazz was brand new and...

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