Great Depression

A job-seeker adopts the same strategy in New York during the Great Depression

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Vintage Sport Stars

Sports in the 1920's grew in popularity in America. The most popular were Baseball, Football, and Boxing. Some other sports that were played then were tennis, polo, and golf. Here is a list of some Sport Stars from the 1920's:

• Babe Ruth
• Ty Cobb
• Lou Gehrig
• Red Grange
• Helen Wills
• Bill Tilden
• Bobby Jones
• Walter Hagen
• Jack Dempsey
• Benny Leonard
• Tommy Hitchcook
• Jim Thorpe

These players were looked upon as gods to the American populous.

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Mars Bluff

The Only Atomic Bomb Ever Dropped on America, On March 11, 1958, Air Force Captain Bruce Kulka was the navigator and was summoned to the bomb bay area after the captain of the plane had encountered a fault light in the cockpit indicating that the bomb harness locking pin for the transatlantic flight did not engage. As Kulka was reaching around the bomb to pull himself up, he mistakenly grabbed the emergency release pin. The Mark 6 bomb dropped to the floor of the B-47 and the weight forced the bomb bay doors open sending the bomb 15,000 feet (4,572 m) down to the ground below. The resulting explosion created a mushroom cloud and crater estimated to be 75 feet (23 m) wide and 25–35 feet (7.6–10.7 m) deep. It destroyed a local home, the residence of Walter Gregg, and leveled nearby trees. Nobody was directly killed from the blast but several people in Gregg's family were injured from the explosion.. The family went on to sue the Air Force and were given $54,000.

 Source: tokenofthemonth | wikipedia

Vintage Photo

Boys sitting on truck parked at the FSA labor camp, Robston, Texas (January 1942)

Source: businessinsider | Library of Congress

Red Skelton

 Richard Bernard "Red" Skelton (July 18, 1913 – September 17, 1997) was an American entertainer best known for being a national radio and television comedian between 1937 and 1971.

 Source: whenmoviesweremovies | wikipedia

Vintage Photo

The 1920's in America brought in a whole new lifestyle. For the first time ever, the majority of Americans live in urban areas, not the country. - vintage era

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