{"id":49,"date":"2008-04-21T21:00:30","date_gmt":"2008-04-22T05:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.anndvorak.com\/cms\/?p=49"},"modified":"2008-07-16T17:25:45","modified_gmt":"2008-07-17T01:25:45","slug":"ann-dvorak-birth-date-confirmed-as-august-2-1911","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anndvorak.com\/cms\/ann-dvorak-birth-date-confirmed-as-august-2-1911\/","title":{"rendered":"Ann Dvorak Birth Date Confirmed as August 2, 1911"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Dvorak<\/a><\/p>\n

In the ten years that I have been researching the life of Ann Dvorak, most sources give her birth date as 1912, including her application for a Social Security number. Ann’s death certificate gives 1911 as the year, but I just figured the informant gave an incorrect date.<\/p>\n

This past weekend, I accompanied my husband, Josh,<\/a> to New York City for Comic-Con and stopped by the library to take a quick look at the birth index which is on microfiche and not yet available online. Imagine my surprise when I found Anna McKim listed on the 1911 index, instead of 1912. One year is not a big deal, but it’s nice to be accurate.<\/p>\n

While I was at it, I looked up Ann’s mom, Anna Lehr<\/a> who tended to shave off a few years here and there. She is listed as Anna Lajer,\u00c2\u00a0 born November 18, 1890.<\/p>\n

During my short stay in the Big Apple I bought five new Ann photos at one of my favorite poster shops and actually found a gorgeous still from Dr. Socrates<\/strong><\/a> at Comic Con. Overall, a very successful weekend.<\/p>\n

On a personal note, one of Josh’s college buddies is a member of the Players Club<\/a>, which was the former home of Edwin Booth, the renowned actor and brother of Lincoln’s assassin. We had a wonderful time touring the club and sipping wine on the balcony overlooking Gramercy Park. I heart NY.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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