1930s USA - Real Photos of the Great Depression - Colorized - Part 2
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Date: 2023-12-20
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-jerlewis4291
My dad was a student at Fordham University when the depression hit. He was able to finish his first year. After that he joined the CCC and was working in the woods. He said it was sad because you'd see these guys, some were wearing Broos Brothers suits and Florsheim shoes. Signs that they had fallen really far. This was because they sent all the money except for a few bucks to the family. He heard of an opening on the Federal Writers Project and applied. They were looking for a photographer to go into the slums and document the living conditions. Then come back and develop and print the film. Also to keep a journal. So he was hired and the next morning the manager gave him $5. 00 from petty cash, a camera and told him to head to The Lower East Side. That was painful, because that is where he grew up, 109 Delancy St. Now old neighbors were asking him why he was back. He found that many of them refused, and many told him to come back so they could clean the apartment. He would, but he would take photos of the people sleeping on the stairs, or the garbage piles out back. As he migrated he would give people a quarter to let them photograph him. He had the camera stolen 3 times and would walk around and check every pawn shop and there would be the camera. He had vivid memories and the one thing he told me was that only about 25% of people were out of work but that is enough to collapse the economy of a country.
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My dad was a student at Fordham University when the depression hit. He was able to finish his first year. After that he joined the CCC and was working in the woods. He said it was sad because you'd see these guys, some were wearing Broos Brothers suits and Florsheim shoes. Signs that they had fallen really far. This was because they sent all the money except for a few bucks to the family. He heard of an opening on the Federal Writers Project and applied. They were looking for a photographer to go into the slums and document the living conditions. Then come back and develop and print the film. Also to keep a journal. So he was hired and the next morning the manager gave him $5. 00 from petty cash, a camera and told him to head to The Lower East Side. That was painful, because that is where he grew up, 109 Delancy St. Now old neighbors were asking him why he was back. He found that many of them refused, and many told him to come back so they could clean the apartment. He would, but he would take photos of the people sleeping on the stairs, or the garbage piles out back. As he migrated he would give people a quarter to let them photograph him. He had the camera stolen 3 times and would walk around and check every pawn shop and there would be the camera. He had vivid memories and the one thing he told me was that only about 25% of people were out of work but that is enough to collapse the economy of a country.
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-208cindygirl
In the mid 30's, my grandparents lived on their farm about 8 miles north of McAlester, Oklahoma, and raised 7 children. My mother was born in1936, number 2 of the 7, andthefirst girl. There were 5 girls and 2 boys. My mother, being the oldest girl, pretty much raised the younger kids while my grandpa worked his farm, and grandma had an outside job. I It was hard times, but they had food they grew in their home garden and canned what they ate throughout the year. Butchered hogs when it got cold in the early winter. My momma was born in the McAlester Hospital 1936, and I was born in that same Hospital in 1958. I was thrilled at your photo of the family walking down a dirt road to Krebs! I am a proud daughter of Oklahoma, however most of the family left Oklahoma Most moved to Texas. Momma moved to an aunt's home in Albuquerque, New Mexico, met an Army man, had 4 kids, and ended up in Dallas, Texas. My parents ended up divorced, and my father got out of the U. S. Army, and he moved back to his home in Denver, Colorado. I guess it is the Army brat in me, because I went to college, became a nurse, and travelled around the western USA. I am retired, yet, I am planning on getting a small trailer to live in, and travel around the US. Grandparents are gone, the farm divvied up to the 7 -kids- and their children, and there's nothing left of the original farm anymore.
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In the mid 30's, my grandparents lived on their farm about 8 miles north of McAlester, Oklahoma, and raised 7 children. My mother was born in1936, number 2 of the 7, andthefirst girl. There were 5 girls and 2 boys. My mother, being the oldest girl, pretty much raised the younger kids while my grandpa worked his farm, and grandma had an outside job. I It was hard times, but they had food they grew in their home garden and canned what they ate throughout the year. Butchered hogs when it got cold in the early winter. My momma was born in the McAlester Hospital 1936, and I was born in that same Hospital in 1958. I was thrilled at your photo of the family walking down a dirt road to Krebs! I am a proud daughter of Oklahoma, however most of the family left Oklahoma Most moved to Texas. Momma moved to an aunt's home in Albuquerque, New Mexico, met an Army man, had 4 kids, and ended up in Dallas, Texas. My parents ended up divorced, and my father got out of the U. S. Army, and he moved back to his home in Denver, Colorado. I guess it is the Army brat in me, because I went to college, became a nurse, and travelled around the western USA. I am retired, yet, I am planning on getting a small trailer to live in, and travel around the US. Grandparents are gone, the farm divvied up to the 7 -kids- and their children, and there's nothing left of the original farm anymore.
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-ronliebermann
The government was entirely responsible for the financial -collapse- which preceded the great depression. It was all planned in advance. Just like Pearl Harbor.
The fake depression and WW2 allowed Washington to dramatically increase its control over the U. S. economy. The whole thing was a money grab. That -New Deal- was a communist trick.
Yes, I know.
-That-s not possible-.
Most people aren-t aware of the incredible malice and dishonesty in Washington.
Washington D. C. is a religious center which bases its actions on Egyptian Mythology. God is Power. That-s all.
I don-t even want to say what needs to be done.
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The government was entirely responsible for the financial -collapse- which preceded the great depression. It was all planned in advance. Just like Pearl Harbor.
The fake depression and WW2 allowed Washington to dramatically increase its control over the U. S. economy. The whole thing was a money grab. That -New Deal- was a communist trick.
Yes, I know.
-That-s not possible-.
Most people aren-t aware of the incredible malice and dishonesty in Washington.
Washington D. C. is a religious center which bases its actions on Egyptian Mythology. God is Power. That-s all.
I don-t even want to say what needs to be done.
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-estelleadamski308
The highway in CA shown here is HWY 99 which goes through the center of CA. Beautiful colored pics. My family was from the Midwest, KS & OK. My dad told me about Black Sunday when the wind blew black dust and most ppl. thought the world had ended. Why are checks written as cheque? That is not spelled that was in the USA. The US gov't has been suppressing the truth forever, why try to destroy these pics Trying to rewrite history? Faith & family keep these ppl together back then. We have just as much homelessness now as back then, even more so w/all the illegals that are flooding our country. Rough times ahead for the USA!
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The highway in CA shown here is HWY 99 which goes through the center of CA. Beautiful colored pics. My family was from the Midwest, KS & OK. My dad told me about Black Sunday when the wind blew black dust and most ppl. thought the world had ended. Why are checks written as cheque? That is not spelled that was in the USA. The US gov't has been suppressing the truth forever, why try to destroy these pics Trying to rewrite history? Faith & family keep these ppl together back then. We have just as much homelessness now as back then, even more so w/all the illegals that are flooding our country. Rough times ahead for the USA!
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vintage
I really enjoyed the pictures and dialogue. My mother grew up in the depression and she said that many days all they had to eat was biscuits and gravy. She has never like gravy since. My step-father is Mexican. He stated that during the depression his family really didn't know much difference from the way they had always lived. Dirt poor with tortilla's and pinto beans on a daily basis. I would love to see a program on trailer parks from the 1930's through the 1960's! Tks P. S. my step-father is 96-years-old and physically is doing quite well. I guess pinto beans and tortilla's didn't hurt him to badly! HA! HA!
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I really enjoyed the pictures and dialogue. My mother grew up in the depression and she said that many days all they had to eat was biscuits and gravy. She has never like gravy since. My step-father is Mexican. He stated that during the depression his family really didn't know much difference from the way they had always lived. Dirt poor with tortilla's and pinto beans on a daily basis. I would love to see a program on trailer parks from the 1930's through the 1960's! Tks P. S. my step-father is 96-years-old and physically is doing quite well. I guess pinto beans and tortilla's didn't hurt him to badly! HA! HA!
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-Natalia-pc7fm
It-s sad to see hardship, but even sadder to know that Rosevelt-s plan and every other President thereafter was a war economy that we are still suffering today, with countless American invasions, bombings and arms deals with unscrupulous leaders everywhere. The end of the great depression in the States meant endless strife for the rest of the world, with an infinite number of images of meaningless pain and injustice. No offense to these decent people who fell on hard times by no fault of their own.
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It-s sad to see hardship, but even sadder to know that Rosevelt-s plan and every other President thereafter was a war economy that we are still suffering today, with countless American invasions, bombings and arms deals with unscrupulous leaders everywhere. The end of the great depression in the States meant endless strife for the rest of the world, with an infinite number of images of meaningless pain and injustice. No offense to these decent people who fell on hard times by no fault of their own.
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-mr. sharktooth
These are not only photos of the past, they are also photos of a possible near future. This is what the Global Elites have in mind for most of the world. Automation, robotics and AI will make all of their perverted fantasies come true. The -average- person is going to get the shaft. As that slogan stated on the World Economic Forum's website before they smartly removed it, -You will own nothing and you will be happy. - LOL, that's what they have in mind for us.
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These are not only photos of the past, they are also photos of a possible near future. This is what the Global Elites have in mind for most of the world. Automation, robotics and AI will make all of their perverted fantasies come true. The -average- person is going to get the shaft. As that slogan stated on the World Economic Forum's website before they smartly removed it, -You will own nothing and you will be happy. - LOL, that's what they have in mind for us.
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-stevecurtiss46
I'm 72 yo and my parents were born in the 1920s. I grew up with the stories and pictures of the depression. None of them graduated high school but did very well by hard work like nothing people today can understand. I continue to utilize many of those skills and relish the work ethic and the cars of those years. Thanks for your efforts to show a bit of that era.
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I'm 72 yo and my parents were born in the 1920s. I grew up with the stories and pictures of the depression. None of them graduated high school but did very well by hard work like nothing people today can understand. I continue to utilize many of those skills and relish the work ethic and the cars of those years. Thanks for your efforts to show a bit of that era.
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-Faronthefiddler
My Mom and Dad came through the depression, then my Dad went to the war. He was lucky to get back home, as many of his fellow sailors did not. To this day, I use both sides of the paper when I write a letter. I don-t waste anything and I never, ever throw food away. Habits from my parents and the military. All good habits to acquire and hold onto.
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My Mom and Dad came through the depression, then my Dad went to the war. He was lucky to get back home, as many of his fellow sailors did not. To this day, I use both sides of the paper when I write a letter. I don-t waste anything and I never, ever throw food away. Habits from my parents and the military. All good habits to acquire and hold onto.
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-bec9696
In Australia, I remember many years ago as a child helping elderly neighbours clear their home to move into a retirement village. They had cupboards of boxes of tea leaves, sugar, etc. She explained how they couldn't get in during the depression and was never going to risk living that way again. Even stale tea was better than no tea!
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In Australia, I remember many years ago as a child helping elderly neighbours clear their home to move into a retirement village. They had cupboards of boxes of tea leaves, sugar, etc. She explained how they couldn't get in during the depression and was never going to risk living that way again. Even stale tea was better than no tea!
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-argus1393
Many of the young men in these photos would be off to war in a few short years. Many did not return. We would not win that war today. BTW Mr Roosevelt did not revive the economy. The depression dragged on for 10 years. It ended at 7: 55am local time on Sunday 7 December, 1941 courtesy of one Mr Horihoto.
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Many of the young men in these photos would be off to war in a few short years. Many did not return. We would not win that war today. BTW Mr Roosevelt did not revive the economy. The depression dragged on for 10 years. It ended at 7: 55am local time on Sunday 7 December, 1941 courtesy of one Mr Horihoto.
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-johncarlson3061
It seems like the color is good, until you see mistakes that should be easy to notice: such as blue CocaCola sign and few other things. I have a sledge hammer that I got from my grandfather. He stole it when he was a young man, before his WW2 service. It's branded with WPA on the handle.
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It seems like the color is good, until you see mistakes that should be easy to notice: such as blue CocaCola sign and few other things. I have a sledge hammer that I got from my grandfather. He stole it when he was a young man, before his WW2 service. It's branded with WPA on the handle.
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-wr-co2fn
My dad was the oldest in a family with 5 kids and during the depression he quit school when he was 14 to work in a gas station (north Jersey) to contribute to the family. My father has passed away since but he was a wonderful man. Strong, smart, and a great sense of humor.
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My dad was the oldest in a family with 5 kids and during the depression he quit school when he was 14 to work in a gas station (north Jersey) to contribute to the family. My father has passed away since but he was a wonderful man. Strong, smart, and a great sense of humor.
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-RockinRedbyrd
The color is amazing! Seems like the pictures where recently taken and the people are from recent times. Gives me a better feeling of how those times may have felt to the people then. Also I love the music especially the one that started around 10 minutes. Thank you.
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The color is amazing! Seems like the pictures where recently taken and the people are from recent times. Gives me a better feeling of how those times may have felt to the people then. Also I love the music especially the one that started around 10 minutes. Thank you.
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-AKayfabe
how did they decide what photos were going to bother people or shouldn-t be shown, the ones with black holes in them are no more or less disturbing than ones without them. That-s a really strange early form of censorship that I didn-t know about before.
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how did they decide what photos were going to bother people or shouldn-t be shown, the ones with black holes in them are no more or less disturbing than ones without them. That-s a really strange early form of censorship that I didn-t know about before.
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-dengelking2121
People were so poor back then and so hard working. My dad was born in the 1930's and his first job was shining shoes as a young boy he is now 92 yrs and had worked hard all his life didn't retire till he was 67 after my mom died.
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People were so poor back then and so hard working. My dad was born in the 1930's and his first job was shining shoes as a young boy he is now 92 yrs and had worked hard all his life didn't retire till he was 67 after my mom died.
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-Eitner100
When I watched the series Carnivale, I finally understood the seriousness of that period. In Europe in several schools just a few words were taught about the misery that hit the USA, but never as the true disaster is was for people.
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When I watched the series Carnivale, I finally understood the seriousness of that period. In Europe in several schools just a few words were taught about the misery that hit the USA, but never as the true disaster is was for people.
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-michaelterry1000
If you are going to use AI to colorize these photos then you might as well have AI fill in the black holes.
In many cases what is missing in the black hole can easily be determined with just common sense.
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If you are going to use AI to colorize these photos then you might as well have AI fill in the black holes.
In many cases what is missing in the black hole can easily be determined with just common sense.
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-karlhirnbein9065
I enjoy your Videos so much. Thank you for that. your bringing history alive!
What i would like to know, how can you be sure about colors of clothes, cars, or even hair and so on? How does it work?
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I enjoy your Videos so much. Thank you for that. your bringing history alive!
What i would like to know, how can you be sure about colors of clothes, cars, or even hair and so on? How does it work?
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-ralfschaper6731
I've also noticed in many of the pictures, regardless how difficult the times were, they still had a pack of cigarettes in Thier shirt pocket. How did they still have enough money to enjoy cigarettes?
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I've also noticed in many of the pictures, regardless how difficult the times were, they still had a pack of cigarettes in Thier shirt pocket. How did they still have enough money to enjoy cigarettes?
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-CFinch360
Thanks for bringing these depression years back to life. My parents-who lived through it-taught me it's a privelidge to have a job and I still feel that, and am still grateful to be working at age 65.
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Thanks for bringing these depression years back to life. My parents-who lived through it-taught me it's a privelidge to have a job and I still feel that, and am still grateful to be working at age 65.
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vintage
Surprised to see they actually write out in the signage at the fishmonger that they weights are 'honest' (11: 28. Hand carrying furniture and housefixtures across a creek (19: 03) seems a little extreem.
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Surprised to see they actually write out in the signage at the fishmonger that they weights are 'honest' (11: 28. Hand carrying furniture and housefixtures across a creek (19: 03) seems a little extreem.
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-ralfschaper6731
Thanks for the pictures of the past. From what I see, these pictures look better than what I see around me today. It's like were in a depression today and don't even know it.
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Thanks for the pictures of the past. From what I see, these pictures look better than what I see around me today. It's like were in a depression today and don't even know it.
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-user-wc1ft6jv8r
I dont understand oh people wrant smartest back then i thankthat was good living grow ur on food hunt fish can food wood stove wow! What did cowboys an Indians do back then
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I dont understand oh people wrant smartest back then i thankthat was good living grow ur on food hunt fish can food wood stove wow! What did cowboys an Indians do back then
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-Dadsezso
Such a harsh and terrible time, only to be followed up by a world war. The folks (my parents included) that lived in this time were amazing. I salute these great Americans.
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Such a harsh and terrible time, only to be followed up by a world war. The folks (my parents included) that lived in this time were amazing. I salute these great Americans.
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-SusanCox-pl9qp
If people today had to experience the Great Depression of the 1930's they wouldn't survive. People nowadays are wimps and feel so entitled that they wouldn't survive.
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If people today had to experience the Great Depression of the 1930's they wouldn't survive. People nowadays are wimps and feel so entitled that they wouldn't survive.
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-cuteopiax1259
Compare these pictures to the pictures and videos of Skid Row and similar places today. I'd rather have lived in those times. The inequality is far greater today.
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Compare these pictures to the pictures and videos of Skid Row and similar places today. I'd rather have lived in those times. The inequality is far greater today.
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-Pietro70848
I saw Satan falling from the sky like lightning to destroy the agrarian family and against them grow and be fruitful, multiply, before the eyes of AMERICANS.
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I saw Satan falling from the sky like lightning to destroy the agrarian family and against them grow and be fruitful, multiply, before the eyes of AMERICANS.
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-gregwilliams386
Yes, and everyone's grandparents lived through it. From what I learned from my depression era grandparents, was never show your money. Be fugal.
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Yes, and everyone's grandparents lived through it. From what I learned from my depression era grandparents, was never show your money. Be fugal.
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-user-os8ok3wv7v
I can-t imagine the hardship suffered in the depression, your photos are beautiful in color. Please keep your videos coming, CANT WAIT FOR MORE!
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I can-t imagine the hardship suffered in the depression, your photos are beautiful in color. Please keep your videos coming, CANT WAIT FOR MORE!
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-CTCDetroit
Exceptional selection of pictures. My parents grew up during the depression. I don't recommend watching this if you are subject to depression.
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Exceptional selection of pictures. My parents grew up during the depression. I don't recommend watching this if you are subject to depression.
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-HapticSynaptic
Government subsidized documentarians? Today they would be DE platformed/demonetized and eventually arrested/suicided/disappeared----
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Government subsidized documentarians? Today they would be DE platformed/demonetized and eventually arrested/suicided/disappeared----
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vintage
All these people that didn't have any money still have clean clothes and kept their places clean. There's no way that happens these days.
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All these people that didn't have any money still have clean clothes and kept their places clean. There's no way that happens these days.
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-johnwalsh7806
These people were very resilient and didn-t succumb to communism or fascism for an easy fix. They saw it through.
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These people were very resilient and didn-t succumb to communism or fascism for an easy fix. They saw it through.
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-stevehartman1730
Take a good look as we're going into another Greater Depressiom God forbit n hope im wrong bu dont think i am
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Take a good look as we're going into another Greater Depressiom God forbit n hope im wrong bu dont think i am
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