Images of the Depression

America: America: A Snapshot A Snapshot 1929 to 19331929 to 1933

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For The Home and Family – 1930s•Average Income : $1,970•New Home: $7,145 •Rent: $18.00 month•New car: $640•Auto Radio: $24.95•Gallon of Gas 10¢•Auto Tire: $3.69•Eye Glasses: $3.85•Bedroom Suit: $79.85•Radio $64.64•Toaster $9.95 •Iron: $1.45

a•Box Cereal : 10¢ •Steak per pound: 20¢•Dozen eggs: 18¢•Bananas 4 lbs: 14¢•Bread loaf: 5¢•Toothpaste: 27¢•Bacon lb: 38¢•Potatoes 10 lb: 18¢•Sugar 10 lb:49¢•Quart of Milk: 14¢ •Pork & beans per can: 5¢•Wash Machine: $59.95

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Comparing 1933s to 2011

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Go to the CPI website http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl and calculate the following. Use 1933 as a baseline. The current cost will be an approximate.

Item 1933 2012 EquivalentAnnual Income: $1,970.00 ______________New home: $7,145.00 ______________New Car: $640.00 ______________Gallon of Gas: $0.10 ______________Pound of Steak: $0.20 ______________Sugar 10 lbs: $0.49 ______________Bread: $0.05 ______________

Stock Market Rise and Collapse: 1920-1929

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Describe the stock market under Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover

Wednesday September 25, 1929

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Thursday October 24, 1929

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Friday October 25, 1929

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Friday October 25, 1929

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Friday October 25, 1929

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Friday October 25, 1929

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Monday October 28, 1929

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Tuesday October 29, 1929

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Tuesday October 29, 1929

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Tuesday October 29, 1929

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Wednesday October 30, 1929 Headline

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Wednesday October 30, 1929

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Review the last several slides over the headlines of the Stock market Crash. What might your reaction be to this news if you did NOT own stocks? If you Did own stocks?

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New York Stock Market Trading Floor on Black Tuesday

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Outside the NY Stock Exchange on Black Tuesday 04/19/23 20

Outside the NY Stock Exchange on Black Tuesday Outside the NY Stock Exchange on Black Tuesday

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October 17, 1930What Does the Sign Suggest ?

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'It Seems There Wasn't Any Depression at All!'

What message is the cartoonist conveying in this political cartoon?

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• What has happened to Uncle Sam and Why?

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February 7, 1930

What is the artists trying to convey to the reader in this cartoon?

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• What is Hoover overlooking as he tries to find a good portrait?

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Banking Slowly Collapses

• Approximately how many banks collapsed in 1933?

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Labor Statistics 1929 - 1941

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• At what percentage was Unemployment at in the United States in the summer of 1932?

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• What current event is the artists referring to in this cartoon?

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• Go back and look at the previous slides that illustrate the conditions in the large urban areas. What are some of the common factors found amongst all the pictures?

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Hooverville

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Hooverville in Central Park, NY

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Hooverville Shack

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HooverismsHooverville: A collection of shacks Hoover Houses: Cardboard Box Hoover Blanket: A newspaper Hoover Heaters: Campfire Hoover Car : A car pulled by a horse Hoover Flags: Empty pockets turned inside outHoover Hogs: Wild Rabbits Hoover Shoes: Shoes with Holes in them Hoover Soup: Ketchup and Water

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Veteran’s March On Washington

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Veteran’s March On Washington

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Veteran’s March On Washington

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Douglas McArthur Ordered to Remove Veterans From Their Camps

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McArthur’s Troops Act

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McArthur’s Troops Overreact

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McArthur’s Troops Overreact

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When Hoover ordered the Army to disperse the Bonus Marchers, it helped elect Franklin Roosevelt. Explain why

Life as a Hobo

Between 1929 and 1941, 4,000,000 Americans desperate for food and lodging roamed the land. Of this number, 250,000 were teenagers who rode the rails and grew up fast in speeding boxcars, living in hobo jungles, begging on the streets and running from the police and club-wielding railroad guards.04/19/23 61

Hobos Riding the Rails

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Hobo Riding The Rods

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Hobos Riding The Rails

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Hobos Riding On Top

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expect in the area of the symbol.Beginning in the 1880’s up until World War Two, hoboes placed markings on fences, posts, sidewalks, buildings, trestles, bridge abutments, and railroad line side equipment to aid them and others of their kind in finding help or steering them clear of trouble. Usually, these signs would be written in chalk or coal letting others know what they could expect in the area of the symbol.

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The mark on the fence was one of many signs hobos traditionally used to alert each other to houses where they could get a handout, what approach might work best, and what houses were best avoided.

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Hobo Camp

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Hobo Encampment Urban Area

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Explain how you might feel if you were one of the wondering hobos of the 1930s. What challenges did

you face?

Migrant Heading West

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Keep Moving

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Drought Strikes the Plains

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• What regions or states were experiencing the severest drought in July 1934?

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• What regions or states were experiencing the severest drought in July 1934?

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Dust Storm Region

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The Soil Turns to Dust

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Farmers Sell Out

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What Did People Eat

• Milk toast• Chipped beef on toast• Cucumber and mustard sandwiches• Mayonnaise sandwiches• Ketchup sandwiches• Hot milk and rice• Turtle• Gopher04/19/23 86

What Did People Eat

• Potato soup – water base, not milk• Dandelion salad• Lard sandwiches• Bacon grease sandwiches• Sugar sandwiches• Hot dogs and baked beans• One eyed Sam – piece of bread with an easy

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What Did People Eat

• Oatmeal mixed with lard• Fried potatoes and hot dogs• Onion sandwich – slices of onion between bread• Tomato gravy and biscuits• Deep fried chicken skin• Cornbread in milk• Gravy and bread – as a main dish• Toast with mashed potatoes on top with gravy04/19/23 88

What Did People Eat

• Creamed corn on toast• Corn mush with milk for breakfast, fried corn mush

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What Did People Eat • Hamburger mixed with oatmeal• American cheese sandwich• Tomato gravy on rice• Toast with milk gravy• Water fried pancakes• Chicken feet in broth• Fried bologna• Warm canned tomatoes with bread• Butter and sugar sandwiches• Fried potato and bread cubes• Bean soup• Runny eggs with grits• Butter and grits with sugar and milk• Baked apples• Sliced boiled pork liver on buttered toast (slice liver with potato peeler)• Corn meal mush• Spaghetti with tomato juice and navy beans• Whatever fish or game you could catch/hunt• Tomato sandwiches• Hard boiled eggs in white sauce over rice• Spam and noodles with cream of mushroom soup• Rag soup: spinach, broth and lots of macaroni• Garbanzo beans fried in chicken fat or lard, salted, and eaten cold• Popcorn with milk and sugar – ate it like cereal

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What Did People Eat • Fried bologna• Warm canned tomatoes with bread• Butter and sugar sandwiches• Fried potato and bread cubes• Bean soup• Runny eggs with grits• Butter and grits with sugar and milk• Baked apples• Sliced boiled pork liver on buttered toast (slice liver with potato peeler)• Corn meal mush• Spaghetti with tomato juice and navy beans• Whatever fish or game you could catch/hunt• Tomato sandwiches• Hard boiled eggs in white sauce over rice• Spam and noodles with cream of mushroom soup• Rag soup: spinach, broth and lots of macaroni• Garbanzo beans fried in chicken fat or lard, salted, and eaten cold• Popcorn with milk and sugar – ate it like cereal

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What Did People Eat

• Corn meal mush• Spaghetti with tomato juice and navy beans• Whatever fish or game you could catch/hunt• Tomato sandwiches• Hard boiled eggs in white sauce over rice• Rag soup: spinach, broth and lots of macaroni• Garbanzo beans fried in chicken fat or lard, salted,

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What to Eat

• Look back over the list of what people found or created to eat during the Depression years.

• What items would you find the hardest to eat? Why?

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Contagious Diseases Are Quarantined

• A quarantine sign posted on a residence meant that no one could come into the home, and no one could leave. Why did health officials take these drastic actions?

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Campaign Banner 1932 Election

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What is the sign sarcastically suggesting?

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American Ends It’s Experiment

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What experiment is America bringing to an end and why?

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Is It The Beginning?

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