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Friday, January 03, 2014 / Published in Forgotten People, Uncategorized

HARD TIMES…STRANGE MEASURES

The Great Depression was in full swing in 1934.  Looking back at people’s wildly varying reactions to such adversity elicits a mixed bag of emotions. Great sadness for the suffering.  Amazement at the triumph of human spirit.  Bafflement at seemingly futile (but perhaps poetic) gestures of hope. Take, for example, this poor family passing through Pack Square on a
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