The Great Depression
LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 02: (EDITORS NOTE: THE MOUNT HOLDING THE COIN CONTAINS DUST AND DIRT) A 'Double Eagle' gold twenty dollar coin is displayed above a catalogue picture showing the reverse side of the coin at Goldsmith's Hall on March 2, 2012 in London, England. Nearly half a million of these coins were originally minted in the midst of the Great Depression in the US. Only 13 are known today after the rest were melted down before they ever left the US Mint, sacrificed as part of a strategy to stabalise the American economy. In 2002 a Double Eagle sold at auction for $7.6 million.
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They are amending laws that were established after the Great Depression. We’re talking about the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. So it’s a huge change.
When he sings a bluesy Jimmie Rodgers yodel, one feels the sting of the Great Depression and the solace Rodgers provided. When he sings a Carter Family song, one can see their Clinch Mountain home in Virginia.
If you go back to the Great Depression where the American Dream originated as a concept, strikingly enough, there was still hope and optimism about the futureMore quotes »
Newsday's coverage
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Poll shows Americans' pessimism on economy growing
of the issue.The economy is the No. 1 issue in the presidential race, thanks to the deepest economic downturn since the Great Depression and one of the shallowest-ever recoveries.While the recession officially ended in summer 2009, unemployment remains stubbornly Read more »
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Rock City near Chattanooga celebrates 80 years
14-acre family-owned attraction atop Lookout Mountain, Ga., six miles from downtown Chattanooga, has survived the Great Depression , World War II , area pollution and the recent Great Recession ."We combine natural beauty with incomparable gardens, views and Read more »
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McFeatters: Argentina's energy grab
1880 to 1930, Argentina was one of the world's 10 wealthiest nations. Then the Great Depression intervened. Argentina, it seems, even more than most countries, does not deal well with economic setbacks.Instead of taking its place among the inner circle of Read more »
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'Steinbeck in Vietnam: Dispatches From the War'
University of Virginia Press, 224 pp., $29.95. John Steinbeck is best remembered for his "Dust Bowl" trilogy of the Great Depression ("In Dubious Battle," "Of Mice and Men" and "The Grapes of Wrath"), and several later works, including "East of Eden" and "Travels Read more »
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Preserving your own family's memories
its memories of the Great Depression , World War II stories or even anecdotes from the 60s, everyone has memories to pass along to the next generation. To keep those stories from being lost in the dustbin of family history, tell them to a relative who can Read more »
Around the web
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Gaus, Bernard Carl
small town in western Pennsylvania. His father owned a tavern in Geistown, one of the few thriving businesses during the Great Depression, and B.C. often helped his dad by serving customers at the store. After completing high school, he was drafted into the 1:27 AM from Austin American-Statesman Read more »
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FDR. Obama and the Supreme Court
Shlaes should be awarded the Nobel Prize for literature for her epic history of the Great Depression: The Forgotten Man. But, she won't. She won't because she portrays an historical and economically sound assessment of the facts of the Great Depression rather 6/1/12 from Smart Girl Politics Read more »
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Beverly Hills Hotel 100 Years Of History With Hotel Ambassador Svend Peterson
New York buys the hotel from Margaret Anderson. Image courtesy of Facebook. 1933 1933: With the economy devastated by the Great Depression, the hotel closes in April. (Drawing circa 1911) 1934 1934: Bank of America reopens the hotel under trusteeship in February. 6/1/12 from The Huffington Post Read more »
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Jobs report weakens Obama's election argument
Barack Obama with a sobering reminder that his stewardship of a gradual recovery from the deepest recession since the Great Depression presents a tenuous argument for his re-election. However anemic job growth and an uptick in joblessness to 8.2 percent give 6/1/12 from San Diego Union-Tribune Read more »
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National Doughnnut Day: A Chicago Tradition Since 1938
Salvation Army held the first Doughnut Day in 1938 as a way to both help the needy during the Great Depression and honor the "Donut Lassies:" who served doughnuts to soldiers during the First World War. The Salvation Army went on a fact-finding mission to 6/1/12 from Chicagoist Read more »
