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This blog is dedicated to my parents, brothers, sister, and cousins who are descendants of Johannes (John) Gutke and Johanna Mork Gutke (pictured above). I am in the process of posting everything I have, so that I can back up documents/photos and also access the info from any location. There are likely to be mistakes, so check back often and feel free to comment if you have corrections!

Sincerely,

Deniane Gutke Kartchner

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Clyde and Gladys in front of WPA building


I would love to spend some time researching the WPA in Salt Lake City. I'm assuming that this is where the building in this photo was/is located, and that Grandpa worked at some time on a project sponsored by the WPA (otherwise they probably would not have posed in front of the building).

Without going into a lot of detail at this point, WPA stood for Work Projects Aministration and was a work-based (not just handout) government program to give people jobs during the Great Depression.

This is such a great photo. It shows the hope that people had at that time, including our grandparents!

Note: Grandma explains in an interview I had with her in 1989 a little about the circumstances in the world when they were dating and the first years of their marriage. "Well, in those days we just didn't have too much money. [Clyde] was working and making pretty good money for Rio Grande—oh about thirty-five dollars which was wonderful in those days." So, somewhere around 1930-34 Grandpa worked for the railroad, and then he went to McGill, Nevada in the smelter there in 1939.

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