Celebrities in the 1930 Census Articles

CELEBRITIES IN THE 1930 CENSUS Q&A: Part I What does the 1930 census tell us about those people? Specifically, it's a snapshot of each celebrity's life on one specific day — April 1, 1930. As I put this book together, I had to decide which information I would include from the census. I realized that listing the answers to all 32 questions would not be [...]

As it says on the cover, Allan R. Ellenberger's Celebrities in the 1930 Census (McFarland, 2008, US$49.95) is a compilation of household data — as collected by 1930 census takers — of more than 2,000 "U.S. actors, musicians, scientists, athletes, writers, politicians and other public figures." (The woman in the photo is aviatrix Amelia Earhart.) The book, of course, doesn't offer any saucy insights into [...]