McClelland Barclay Painting His Wife. Image: Getty Images.Baby Boomers and those on the cusp of Gen X had the good fortune of being raised by parents from the Greatest Generation—individuals who weathered the Great Depression and survived the challenges of World War II. I am one of those babies. And I must say, jewelry stories connected to the era when my folks came of age always pique my curiosity. In fact, many of the companies producing jewelry during the late 1930s and early ‘40s