1940: Centennial bridge opens between Davenport, Iowa and Rock Island, Illinois. 1941: Japan bombs Pearl Harbor. 90,000 Enlisted from the Quad Cities. Regular T. V. broadcasts begin. Joe Dimaggio hits in 56 straight games. 1944: D Day Invasion. Nazi concentration camps revealed. 1945: First atomic bomb test in New Mexico. Germany Surrenders. United States drops atomic bombs on Japan. 1946: ENUAC is world's first computer. 1947: Jackie Robinson breaks baseball's color line. 1948: Israel Achieves Statehood. 1949: Mao Tse-tung assumes power in China. WOC TV becomes first TV Station in Davenport, Iowa the Quad-Cities. In this decade Debbie was born first then Barry. For three months Debbie is a year older than Barry. The Henry Frahm House at 321 West Sixth Street Davenport, Iowa. Debbie lived in this house when she was born. Her father Bill Clough made it into many apts. It is now a Gold Coast Home and a single family dwelling once again. Debbie as a baby. Debbie with her sister, Donna. And Debbie with her father Bill Clough. He died in 1950. Barry Phillip Gerischer. Wasn't he just sooooo cute? BACK TO THE HOME PAGE
1940: Centennial bridge opens between Davenport, Iowa and Rock Island, Illinois.
1941: Japan bombs Pearl Harbor.
1944: D Day Invasion.
1945: First atomic bomb test in New Mexico.
1946: ENUAC is world's first computer.
1947: Jackie Robinson breaks baseball's color line.
1948: Israel Achieves Statehood.
1949: Mao Tse-tung assumes power in China.
In this decade Debbie was born first then Barry. For three months Debbie is a year older than Barry.
The Henry Frahm House at
321 West Sixth Street
Davenport, Iowa.
Debbie lived in this house when she was born. Her father Bill Clough made it into many apts. It is now a Gold Coast Home and a single family dwelling once again.
Debbie as a baby. Debbie with her sister, Donna. And Debbie with her father Bill Clough. He died in 1950.
Barry Phillip Gerischer. Wasn't he just sooooo cute?
