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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Remembering The Great Depression's Sunny Side (NPR)

From NPR News:

by Sam Sanders
October 23, 2009

This year marks the 80th anniversary of "Black Tuesday," Oct. 29, 1929, which is considered the climax of the stock market crash that preceded the Depression, and a day that changed America's economic history.

Here's an NPR rundown of a few of the winners, music and food of the 1930s, evidence that for some, "Life Was Just A Bowl of Cherries" during that economic downturn.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113844245

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