During the 1930s, the Great Depression cast a long shadow across America. But life didn’t stop: People worked, danced, built, invented, rebelled, and dreamed of a brighter future. From steelworkers ...
Amherst Historical Society will host the Experiencing 1930s “Hooverville” event from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 7 at Sandstone Village, 736 Milan Ave. in Amherst. Focused on life in the 1930s, the ...
The year 1932 was caught between hardship and hope. On one hand, the Great Depression still gripped much of the world; on the other, you had bright-eyed folks looking to the future as they rebuilt ...
The 1930s were a tumultuous time in the United States. The decade, bookended by the stock market crash in 1929 and the start of World War II in 1939, saw the Great Depression, Dust Bowl and the New ...
HOLDREGE — People and places from the Great Depression-Dust Bowl years remain timeless in 80,000 black-and-white photographs taken by some of America’s best photographers of the 1930s. The federal ...
I am an artist, Matt Loughrey, based in Ireland, working behind the ‘My Colorful Past’ project. For the first time, I brought back to life in color the mugshots of various criminals which date back to ...
The 1930s were a period of great turmoil. The Great Depression led to massive unemployment, poverty, and general hardship. Adolf Hitler rose to power in Germany and prepared for WWII. The Hindenburg ...
John Delmer McCafferty was born in 1935 in Chickasha, Oklahoma, to Edna and Gene McCafferty. As farm workers, life in the 1930s was difficult. The young McCafferty couple set their sights on ...