badbobby Loc: Humble Texas

any of you guys recognize these pictures?
I do
I lived through it

flyguy Loc: Lake Onalaska, Sunfish Capitol of the World!

I can't say that I do, bb, and damn glad of it.

Robert J Samples Loc: Round Rock, Texas

Yes, I do, I recognize them, and looked closely to see if I might find myself among the kids. It was a tough time and only tough survived. Just Sayin..RJS

FourchonLa. Loc: Fourchon Louisiana, South Louisiana

I can only remember what our grandparents related to us about it. It usually came up when we were at their homes talking about all the things they had saved and why they kept things like drawers full of string, nails, screws, coffee cans, jars, periodicals and on. They would always say, you never know when you’re going to need it. One thing for sure is it made them tough, self sufficient and determined. How fortunate we are.

Robert J Samples Loc: Round Rock, Texas

Well, even in these times, being self sufficient, confident, and independent are still quite helpful and necessary. We may not need them as often to survive, but one never knows when they may be needed. Just Sayin...RJS

Catfish hunter Loc: Riggins idaho (Paradise)

It ain’t lookin good. That’s for sure.

Graywulff Loc: Cortez,Co.

" Use it up, wear it out, make it do, do without!" My mom. I've learned to live by it.

ghaynes1 Loc: Strawberry Plains, TN

My grandfather lived thru the Depression. A friend of his knocked on the door and asked for a nickel to buy a loaf of bread. My grandfather didn't have it to give to him. That sat on the front porch and cried.

bahmer Loc: Northern Illinois Rockford

It ended before my time as it ended in 1939 and I didn't come along until 1943 but I didn't miss it by much.

Smokypig Loc: Cheyenne, wyoming

Once I built a railroad, made it run,
Made it run on time;
Once I built a railroad, now it's done,
Brother can you spare a dime...

Kerry Hansen Loc: Bremerton, WA

My Mother who passed away last year just short of 103, because of living thru it, said her greatest fear in life was being in debt.

DozerDave Loc: Port Orchard Wa.

Mom and Dad born in ‘28 & ‘29 thankfully still with us today, lived through the depression raised on the farm life. Their families were totally self sufficient and didn’t require much money to survive. Unfortunately I didn’t get to spend much time with either of my grandparents growing up but have heard a lot of the stories concerning the depression from my folks. 🐟on

Barnacles Loc: Northern California

My paternal grandparents divorced. My granddad left my grandmother and nine (!) kids in the middle of winter, in the middle of Kansas, in the middle of the depression. They made it through some hard times, and mostly didn't like to talk about it much. My uncles all referred to it as "The dirty thirties".

Three Cs Loc: Allen Texas

I was born in March 1932 and yes I remember some of those times. My parents were living in a tent on my Great Grandmother place until a week before I was born. Dad was working for a rail road building a bridge across the Canadian Rive in Texas. He was making thirty five cents a day ($.35) pushing a wheelbarrow loaded with cement. Walk when loaded, trot when empty. He said if you didn't there was a group of men standing by that would be willing to do it. My family went through some rough times until early part of 1942 after the war with Japan. Just prior to the war he was making less than thirty dollars ($35.00) a month working on ranches seven days a week for can see to can't see. He was too old for the draft so his wages increased greatly after the war started but it still was not the life of Riley. Take note of all the lush grass in the yard. Yes I grew up astraddle a horse until I went into the military in 1951. Have so good memories or the time but there were a lot of hard times also. As RJS would say " Just Saying"