3. AROUND THE BLOCK
It is now either 1931 or '32. Here comes Gustave's sister-in-law Eleanor
and her husband, Matthew Shreiner, looking fairly well-off by Depression
standards. Both Gustave and Matthew were secure in their jobs so that
their families avoided the worst of the Depression. (My mother's family
- the Hunts of West Virginia - had a rougher time)
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Technically, College Point was in Queens, a borough
of New York City, but you'd never know it from looking at this small-town
setting. Up until the introduction of the Zip Code, residents often addressed
their mail as coming from"College Point, LI", the "LI"
standing for Long Island, instead of "College Point, NY." Rarely
did they think of themselves as NYC residents.
