@johnokeefe.bsky.socialThe reference: while Mexican Repatriation is often thought of as a Southwestern phenomenon, other regions of the country engaged in this often coercive "voluntary" repatriation as well. Ohio also participated as well. NYT 20 March 1934. #ohiohistory #mexicanrepatriation #skystorians #greatdepression
@lronlacy.bsky.socialIn #SEPTEMBER 1933
‘These young men are getting a reprieve from poverty and unemployment, in the #CCC [Civilian Conservation Corps] at #StJoeNationalForest, #Idaho.’
National Archives photo, September 1933
@livingnewdeal.bsky.social
#GreatDepression #blackandwhitephotography #TheNewDeal
@sentinelcolorado.comICYMI - PERRY: My mom taught me that when life really sucks, it's time to order more straws
‘If all of those hundreds of pens quit writing, why didn’t you throw them away?’
@editordaveperry.bsky.socialICYMI - PERRY: My mom taught me that when life really sucks, it's time to order more straws
‘If all of those hundreds of pens quit writing, why didn’t you throw them away?’
@annasellheim.bsky.socialSales tax coin from #colorado . People used to pay sales tax with this coin during the #greatdepression. It’s made out of plastic, not metal. #ushistory #salestaxcoin #coin #coincollecting #coincollection #history #unitedstates #usa
@sentinelcolorado.comPERRY: My mom taught me that when life really sucks, it's time to order more straws
‘If all of those hundreds of pens quit writing, why didn’t you throw them away?’
@editordaveperry.bsky.socialPERRY: My mom taught me that when life really sucks, it's time to order more straws
‘If all of those hundreds of pens quit writing, why didn’t you throw them away?’