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 Depression Era Quilts: Our Sewing & Quilting Heritage
Quilts of the depression era were not always made for private use.
The depression era was enlivened by women designing and constructing quilts.
We find that quilts were a natural part of the need to go back to basics during the depression era.
www.womenfolk.com /quilting_history/depressionera.htm

  
 Collecting depression era glassware
Depression glass was made in many colors -- pink, red, yellow, green, blue, lavender and amber.
Recently I met Joyce Nichols at a Depression glass show and she told me a story about an old box of oatmeal she used to use as a display at the shows.
Visit these links for more on Depression Glass.
www.homeplan-it.com /vintage/depression.html

  
 Picture This: Depression Era
Oakland's community of Pullman car porters generally remained employed during the Great Depression: Wealthy whites still traveled in the high-class Pullman cars, and the relatively well-paid porter positions were traditionally filled by black men.
Students analyze the different explanations for the Great Depression and how the New Deal fundamentally changed the role of the federal government.
The shrinking number of positions during the Great Depression hit all workers hard, and the progress of unemployment caused white labor unions to accuse other races of holding jobs that should be reserved for white workers to support white families and communities.
www.museumca.org /picturethis/3_7.html

  
 Depression Era Memories
Depression glass was produced in America from 1925 to 1940.
Depression glass was colorful and inexpensive to own, and to produce.
However, 1929 brought on the Depression and money was then used for necessities such as food and clothing.
www.justglass-online.com /rh100.html

  
 Depression Era Nursery Rhyme Tumbler Jack & Jill
This is a depression era tumbler with salmon pink graphics depicting the nursery rhyme "Jack and Jill." It is a little over 4 1/2 inches and 2 5/8 inches at the mouth, 2 inches at the base.
One side depicts a boy and girl, (by their clothing you can tell this is from the depression era,) carrying a bucket of water.
Jack fell down and broke his crown And Jill came tumbling after." The graphics are clear and intact, perfect, as is the glass.
www.justglassmall.com /stores/ballerinalady/items/394240/item394240justglass.html

  
 Depression era glass collecting
These pieces of Depression glassware that had been a cheap source for decorating a table or using in the kitchen were no longer desired by most, and many people simply threw them away; they were a reminder of a very difficult time.
Depression glass, which comes in many colors such as pink, amber, green, blue and yellow, could also be collected from buying certain brands of laundry soap.
When the Depression had ended, in the late nineteen thirties, once again families were able to purchase items that had been off-limits while the country was trying to get its bearings.
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 Depression Era -- Study Guide
After viewing Depression Era photos from the Pueblo area, and engaging in discussion on the Great Depression and its causes and effects, students will understand that work programs such as the WPA, CCC, etc. were problem-solving efforts sponsored by the United States Government.
Depression Era photos will be shared with students, and this may be accomplished in different ways.
This lesson provides a basic background of what the Depression Era was and how it affected the Pueblo area.
www.pueblolibrary.org /pld_search/DepEraStudyGuide.asp

  
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 African-American History
The Great Depression started with the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 and began the worst economic crisis in the history of the United States.
The depression did not slow her down and neither did it impede her success.
Although construction of these projects was proposed long before the depression, the actual construction took place during the depression and helped provide jobs to many Americans.
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 Depression Era Potato Pancakes 2799
My depression era   potato pancakes are: leftover mashed potatoes,flour, egg,you mix that all together and   make them into patties, and fry in bacon grease,lard,oil or crisco.I prefer the bacon
www.recipeusa.org /Potatoes/Depression%20Era%20Potato%20Pancakes%20%202799.htm

  
 Depression Glass - Pink Green Blue Yellow Amber Amethyst Cobalt Red
The Depression Glass Network specializes in the collecting, selling, preservation and study of depression glass, elegant glass, kitchen glass, bedroom and bathroom glass and children's glass of the depression era.
You will find information on depression glass patterns and manufacturers as well as hundreds of pieces of glass for your buying pleasure.
As active dealers, we are interested in buying unique pieces of depression glass and entire collections.
www.depressionglass.net

  
 Books on Depression Era Glassware
Elegant Glassware of the Depression Era covers patterns of the handmade and acid-etched glassware that was sold in the department stores and jewelry stores from the time of the Depression Era through the 1950s.
This book deals primarily with the glass made from the 1920s through the end of the 1930s, this complete reference to the collectible patterns of Depression glass includes updated values and a special section on reissues and fakes.
This all-new 6th edition of Kovels' Depression Glass and Dinnerware Price List covers more than 165 glass patterns and today's most sought-after dinnerware patterns from the 1920s to the 1980s.
www.jcwiese.com /books/depression.html

  
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 USA UNEMPLOYMENT STATISTICS
On the eve of the Depression in 1929, with unemployment at a healthy 3%, optimism was at an all time high.
The group of workers impacted on mostly in the United States in the Depression was the unskilled.
The social costs of the Great Depression were very high.
www.greatdepression.bravepages.com

  
 GALLERY SIX:The Great Depression
Agriculture, mired in depression for much of the 1920's, was deprived of cash it needed to take part in the consumer revolution.
Economists are still divided about what caused the Great Depression, and what turned a relatively mild downturn into a decade long nightmare.
This gallery puts the Great Depression in historical context and details Hoover's early response to the crisis.
hoover.archives.gov /exhibits/Hooverstory/gallery06/gallery06.html

  
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 Depression Glass Green Pink Blue Amethyst Red Amber Cobalt
For those of you unfamiliar with or unsure of the term Depression Glass, it simply refers to any glass, except Pattern Glass which is pressed glass and generally much heavier, which was made during the depression era.
Technically the depression began with the Stock Market crash in 1929 and ended with the entry of the U.S. in WWII.
Most collectors understand mold flaws and realize that unless the flaw is major they don't affect the value or beauty of the glass and still consider the glass to be perfect.
www.firstclassglass.com /aboutdepressionglass.html

  
 Depression-era Regionalism
As the Great Depression was a time of isolationist and protectionist policy and rhetoric, particularly Wood's brand of regionalism fit right in, providing, on the surface, a sanitized and hopeful view of America's heartland.
Curry tended towards representations of families surviving natural disaster, certainly a prevailing theme of the Depression years as the dustbowl and farm foreclosure drove the Midwest into an economic tailspin.
Grant Wood's most famous statement on his conversion, as it were, from European bohemianism to American regionalism spoke to a country in the midst of the Depression, hungering for reassurance and looking for validation of its own worth and staying power:
xroads.virginia.edu /~MA98/haven/wood/depreg.html

  
 A Photo Essay on the Great Depression
In the summer of 1932, in the midst of the Great Depression, World War I veterans seeking early payment of a bonus scheduled for 1945 assembled in Washington to pressure Congress and the White House.
The drought that helped cripple agriculture in the Great Depression was the worst in the climatological history of the country.
Perhaps 2.5 million people abandoned their homes in the South and the Great Plains during the Great Depression and went on the road.
www.english.uiuc.edu /maps/depression/photoessay.htm

  
 Depression Era in War - Barber, Rush Justice
Rush Justice giving Clarence Billips a haircut as he recounts life during the Depression Era in War, WV "you don't have the guts to shoot my Dad"....
Rush Justice, Barber at War, West Virginia, eats cornbread and water gravy for breakfast in a coal mining camp during the Depression Era.
It was rough during the Depression and the things I can remember most was the sacrifices we made.
www.appalachianpower.com /Depression%20Era%20in%20War%20-%20Rush%20Justice,%20barber.htm

  
 Depression Glass - Pink Green Blue Yellow Amethyst Amber Cobalt Red
Depression Glass Message Board - a place to communicate with others who collect depression-era glass.
Depression Glass Books - where you can browse and buy reference books and price guides for depression glass collecting.
Antique depression glass patterns are among the most colorful and interesting creations that you can find.
depression-glass-antiques.com

  
 EDSITEment - Lesson Plan
Finally, any study of the Depression era can be enhanced by exploring the Federal Writers Project interviews available in the " American Life Histories " collection at the American Memory website.
Throughout the Great Depression, the federal government employed photographers to document the need for New Deal programs and the extent of these programs' successes.
To gain insight into New Deal programs and the experience of Depression-era Americans; to recognize the distinction between observation and inference when drawing information from documentary photographs; to recognize some ways the photographer can influence interpretation of documentary photographs; to gain experience in critical thinking about media.
edsitement.neh.gov /view_lesson_plan.asp?id=304

  
 Post Depression Era
From the postwar era to the 1970s, while the various neoclassical tonal movements threw the domestic organ building world into upheaval, the Odells labored in relative obscurity.
After a steady and successful run of almost seventy years, the firm was almost completely wiped out by the financial ravages of the Great Depression.
Operating out of a two floor shop on Morningside Avenue in Yonkers, the firm concentrated largely on maintenance, with nearly 300 service agreements in the New York metropolitan area.
www.odellorgans.com /About/postdepressioner.html

  
 Rapid Change Self-Help Programs
Before receiving the TRN programs, I used to suffer from depression and anxiety for at least 8 years, where it seemed every day it was a struggle to get out of bed and just do the simplest of tasks.
My husband is listening to "Freedom from Depression" and in less than 30 days, he's no longer immobilized for the entire day.
What resulted were crude but effective audio-tapes that radically transformed me. I went from a lifetime of failure, anxiety, depression and alcoholism to an internationally known business success in less than two years.
ThinkRightNow.com

  
 Picture This: Depression Era
11.6: Student analyze the different explanations for the Great Depression and how the New Deal fundamentally changed the role of the federal government.
As the Great Depression took a toll on California's economy during the 1930s, however, Mexicans and Mexican Americans became targets for discrimination and removal.
In this photograph, a family gathers outside their "home" in California, a typical shack in a camp of Mexican and Mexican American migrant farm workers during the 1930s' Great Depression.
www.museumca.org /picturethis/3_2.html

  
 Butler House dates to Depression era
The Butler House was built in the late 1920s, just before the onset of the Great Depression, and survived to become one of the city's registered historical homes on Broadway.
It was built in a time of prosperity, and the owner, Milton C. Butler, was an architect and designed the house himself.
The neighborhood where the home is located was designated as Lubbock's first residential subdivision in 1909.
www.lubbockonline.com /news/120797/018-2423.html

  
 Annals of Cleveland: A Depression-Era Project of the WPA
During the New Deal Era, Annals of Cleveland staff summarized and indexed material from early Cleveland newspapers, beginning with the inaugural issue of the city's first paper, the July 31, 1818 Cleaveland Gazette and Commercial Register.
The project provided jobs for unemployed white-collar workers during the Depression of the 1930s and created an important record of early life and thought in the city of Cleveland.
This online finding aid makes Annals material accessible in a digital format to researchers and the general public in Cleveland and around the world, and offers a window into the social context in which the Annals were created.
www.clevelandmemory.org /wpa

  
 Depression Glass at A Shop 4 Antiques
Showcased are candleholders with exquisite engravings from the Brilliant Cut era, rich colors and detailed silver and gold overlays from the Roaring '20s, elaborate etchings from the Depression era, and modern styles from the United States and Europe.
Depression Glass was generally produced as quickly and inexpensively as was possible.
The glass is similar in style to fire-king glass, but was made by MacBeth Evans during the Depression era.
www.shop4antiques.com /glass/dglass.htm

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