To the Strong and Resourceful People of the Great Depression -- We Thank You!
A window onto a time that, for most of us, is hard to imagine.
The stock market crashed at the end of 1929, the price of wheat fell to below the cost of seed and the Great Depression smothered the North American Prairies with poverty. Those who tried to stay on their farms faced an environmental nightmare. Dust storms plus an infestation of grasshoppers and a weed called Russian thistle. The grasshoppers were so thick that they often clogged the radiators of cars and made the roads slippery.
In 1931 the rains stopped and the "black blizzards" began. Powerful dust storms carrying millions of tons of stinging, blinding black dirt swept across the Southern Plains...........
And there is more -- learn about the Great Depression Era on this lens........
America in the 20th Century - The Great Depression Art Print
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I never really knew we were poor.
Stories and Recipes of the Great Depression of the 1930's and More From Your Kitchen Today, Vol. 1 (Stories & Recipes of the Great Depression)
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A collection of nostalgic, heartwarming stories contributed by survivors of the Great Depression, along with the comforting recipes that kept body and soul of their families together. Includes a bonus section of updated quick, easy, economical, nutritious recipes and tips for today.
Stories Of The Great Depression Era
Historic Dust Bowl Films Series: Three (3) DVD Complete Box Set: Picture Films Images & Stories Of The Great Depression Era Dust Bowl Farming, Poverty & Migration
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(1) The Plow That Broke The Plains (1936)
(2) ) Rain For The Earth (Incomplete ~ No Ending) (1937)
(3) Farmers War Against Dust; Fight To Save Wheat Crops (1937)
............and much more
The Great Depression: How We Coped, Worked and Played - true life experiences
The Great Depression: How We Coped, Worked and Played : Life-Experience Stories from the Carolinas' Piedmont
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Family, friends and faith were the ties that bound people together and gave them hope in those desperate times
One From The Least and Disappearing Generation- A Memoir of a Depression Era Kid
One From The Least and Disappearing Generation- A Memoir of a Depression Era Kid
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The Great Depression of the 1930s was a challenging time for most families- especially those in the "Dust Bowl" states such as Oklahoma. This is a true story of a young boy born just three months before the "Crash of 1929", told with reflections on his growing up in Ada, Oklahoma, during the 1930s and 1940s as his and other neighborhood families struggled for survival and then recovered as the nation began to experience the "Happy Days are Here Again!" promised by a new president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
This property (in Canada) was the original family homestead in the wilderness as it looked during the depression era.
note from Grama Barb: "I remember visiting my grandparents cabin often! It was always homey and welcoming. I loved going there - often my grandmother was taking homemade bread from the oven when we arrived."
My Uncle tells the story of the handcrafted ski's lined up against the cabin. Having a pair of ski's was very important "transportation" during the winter months. So everyone in the family had to have a pair. But during the 1930's no one could afford to buy new pair of skis'
My Uncle writes: "I cut an eight foot log out of a big birch tree and hewed it flat on two sides down to eight inches thick. Then I lined both sides - 1 1/4 inch space - this made a marking for 7 planks. Then John and I lashed it upright on end to a post and built staging so we could stand up on it and cut it into planks with a crosscut saw following the lines. This is how I got the 7 planks eight inches wide and ripped in half lengthwise they each made a pair of ski's 4 inches wide.
Each piece was shaped with a plane. Then about 18 inches of the tip was soaked in water for about 2 weeks. I shaped a round piece of would about 12 inches in diameter and made a jig for holding the tips to bed them. The jig was big enough that I could bend a pair of ski's at a time. Preparing them for bending after they were soaked - we held them in a fire until they were about ready to burn. This steamed the wood so they stayed permanently bent. This has been a brief explanation all the work that went into the clutter of skis seen leaning against the walls of our cabin." Tom
The Great Depression - A time when people HAD to bake their own bread!
Prairie Home Breads: 150 Splendid Recipes from America's Breadbasket
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A reader wrote:
It takes me to this imaginary place of great grandmothers, grandmothers, farms, and recipes over a century old. Even before I tried my first recipe from this book, it brought about certain nostalgic emotions inside of me
American Experience: Surviving the Dust Bow - DVD
American Experience: Surviving the Dust Bowl
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In 1931 the rains stopped and the "black blizzards" began. Powerful dust storms carrying millions of tons of stinging, blinding black dirt swept across the Southern Plains--the panhandles of Texas and Oklahoma, western Kansas, and the eastern portions of Colorado and New Mexico. Topsoil that had taken a thousand years per inch to build suddenly blew away in only minutes. One journalist traveling through the devastated region dubbed it the "Dust Bowl."
Stories and Recipes of the Great Depression of the 1930's
Stories and Recipes of the Great Depression of the 1930's, Volume V
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The 5th in a series of 5 "cookbook-journals" depicting candid personal experiences of those who survived the most challenging years in the history of our Nation, along with the foods that sustained them.
Dust Storms of the 1930's on the Canadian Prairies - a true family story.
From Gramabarb's family:
Edna wrote:
"In 1930*, the wind and dust storms came. Dad worked for two years as maintenance on the highway, driving grader to keep the highway clear of the banks of dust and tumbleweed. I will always remember seeing those black clouds coming in January 1931 and all it was - was dust! I would see mother cleaning the table to put dishes on it and by the time she got the dishes there the table was dusty again. The dust would sift through the windows. Mother removed all the curtains from the windows; it wasn't any use putting them up." That is all Edna wrote about the dust storms and how they changed their lives as they had to leave their once prosperous farm ....it was hard for her to think about those "Dark" times.
A mother tells her story of Farming in Saskatchewan- - a heart wrenching story
- Prairie farmers suffer nature's wrath and economic crisis during the 1930s
- In 1929, an unprecedented decade of drought set in. The once-lush fields dried up and the crops burned in the sun.
The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
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The horrific Dust Bowl of the 1930's as related in "Worst Hard Times" was all of this and more. Yet in the hands of author Timothy Egan the story is compelling and an absolute must read for anyone interested in the Thirties, the Depression or, of course, the Dust Bowl.
Dust Storms Canadian History
- Drought of the 1930's
- The stock market crashed at the end of 1929, the price of wheat fell to below the cost of seed and the Great Depression smothered the Prairies with poverty and unemployment. On top of that, 1930 was the start of a 10-year period of drought and dust storms. The land turned to dust, sweeping away the rich prairie soil and, with it, the hopes and dreams of many farmers.
It focuses on the effects of the Great Depression
By a grade 9 school teacher
View of a Dust Storm
How did the U.S. Dust Bowl of 1930's Happen?
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- ajgodinho ajgodinho Aug 2, 2009 @ 12:32 pm
- Hello Grandma Barb, great lens - well documented and presented. It was nice reading through this lens, especially with the current state of affairs. Thanks for sharing those personal stories. Hope all is well with you! God bless, Aj :)
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- loniver loniver May 28, 2009 @ 9:25 am
- This is a very interesting Lens! I hope that if something similar happens that we can learn from the ones who lived during the Great Depression. What they did to survive? Which businesses withstand the Great Depression? 5*
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- mukunda22 mukunda22 May 26, 2009 @ 7:29 pm
- How does this economic downturn compare to the GD, in your opinion?
Great lens!!
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- The Great Depression (Kindle Edition) by Benjamin Roth (Author)
- Compelling reading, because they force readers to reflect on both the similarities and the differences between then and now%u2026. We're all a little like Benjamin Roth, asking questions we don't know the answer to, and wonder, as he did 70 years ago, whether the crisis is, indeed, over
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Project Twenty: Life in the Thirties - DVD
Project Twenty: Life in the Thirties
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This is an excellent production and shows the real facts about the depression of the 1930's. Like all the Project XX Specials it shows situations as they were.
Depression Table of Contents
- I never really knew we were poor.
- Stories Of The Great Depression Era
- The Great Depression: How We Coped, Worked and Played - true life experiences
- One From The Least and Disappearing Generation- A Memoir of a Depression Era Kid
- This property (in Canada) was the original family homestead in the wilderness as it looked during the depression era.
- The Great Depression - A time when people HAD to bake their own bread!
- American Experience: Surviving the Dust Bow - DVD
- Stories and Recipes of the Great Depression of the 1930's
- Dust Storms of the 1930's on the Canadian Prairies - a true family story.
- A mother tells her story of Farming in Saskatchewan- - a heart wrenching story
- The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
- Dust Storms Canadian History
- It focuses on the effects of the Great Depression
- View of a Dust Storm
- Depression-era Monument
- How did the U.S. Dust Bowl of 1930's Happen?
- Please leave a message
- Start your Kindle Library
- Kindle Wireless Reading Device (6" Display, Global Wireless, Latest Generation)
- Project Twenty: Life in the Thirties - DVD
- Search Depression Era
- Remember riding in the Rumble Seat? I do!
- Shirley Temple a Child Star of the Thirties
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Remember riding in the Rumble Seat? I do!
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Shirley Temple a Child Star of the Thirties
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