the great depression

Photo credit: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, Wikimedia – A Thanksgiving dinner in the Great Depression was anything but depressing.

Culture, Nostalgia

8 Depression-era Thanksgiving meal ideas that still hold up today

Heather Wake

4/12/2026
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Culture, Generations

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Photo credit: Lewis Wickes Hine/Library of Congress, Dorothea Lange/Wikipedia – Recipes from the Great Depression to make today.

Culture, Generations

17 Great Depression recipes people still cook today during hard times

Emily Shiffer

4/5/2026
Photo credit: Image via Wikipedia – People share the frugal habits that people adopted during The Great Depression.

Culture, Joy, Popular

People share the frugal habits they learned from relatives who lived through the Great Depression

Emily Shiffer

1/17/2026
Education, History (Education), Popular

Woman featured in iconic Great Depression photo didn’t know she was famous until 40 years later

Jacalyn Wetzel

1/5/2026
Photo credit: Photo by Dorothea Lange via Library of Congress – The woman from the famous Great Depression photo didn't know about her fame for 40 years.

Culture, Education, Generations, History (Education), Popular

Woman known from Great Depression photo had no idea she was famous until 40 years later

Jacalyn Wetzel

9/25/2025