Did you or a family member live in the Bay Area in the 1940s?

The US Census Bureau released information this week from its 1940 survey, piquing interest in Bay Area life during that era. If you or someone close to you lived in the Bay Area during that time KQED would like to hear from you. What was life like at that time? How has the Bay Area changed?

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When did you or your acquaintance live in the Bay Area and in what location?

What was life like in the Bay Area during the 1940s? How were its sights and sounds different than now? What about daily life? What stories have you been told? What were some of your favorite experiences from that era?

Do you have any plans to look into the recently released Census data? If so, what are you going to look up?

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In what year were you born?

What political party, if any, do you identify with most closely?

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