1919-1933

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1919-1933

The Great Depression

America in the 1930s
1993
Photographs and text tell the story of a decade of challenge and change, discussing the economic crash of 1929 and the resulting social and political reforms, from federal programs such as Social Security to local grass-roots movements.

Kids during the Great Depression

1999
Discusses the social and economic climate of the Great Depression as it related to the life and daily activities of children.

Mirror, mirror on the wall

the diary of Bess Brennan
2002
In 1932, a twelve-year-old girl who lost her sight in an accident keeps a diary, recorded by her twin sister, in which she describes life at Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts.

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