What Caused the Stock Market Crash of 1929—And What We Still Get Wrong About It

By the end of Thursday, Oct. 24, 1929, the New York Stock Exchange had rebounded from the 10% dip that the market had taken ...

Wilmington woman publishes memoir about growing up one of 20 children during the Great Depression

Marie Kilkinney, 96, said she is the 15th of 20 children and grew up during the Great Depression. Her book draws on her memories growing up in a large family that she said, "was poor in cash but ...
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20 gritty photos of Toronto struggling during the Great Depression

The Great Depression brought a period of immense challenges to Toronto almost 100 years ago, and things looked pretty rough around the edges during ...
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98-year-old Mankato woman pens book about growing up in Great Depression

MANKATO — Some might have considered them luxury items, what with it being the Great Depression. As 98-year-old Evelyn Ellingboe Horwath remembers it, her family’s Maytag washing machine, Singer ...