Remembering The Great Depression's Sunny Side
NPR's Robert Smith explores the comedy of the Economic Crash Of 1929
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America's Great Depression was a ripple effect of the Great Stock Market Crash of 1929. This year marks the 80th anniversary of "Black Tuesday," which bankrupted much of America.
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It's impossible to think about our current "Great Recession" without flashing back to America's Great Depression of the 1930s. We might only remember images of people waiting in bread lines and being served in soup kitchens. But some folks — and businesses — managed to find themselves "On The Sunny Side Of The Street" during the Depression.
This year marks the 80th anniversary of "Black Tuesday," Oct. 29, 1929, which is considered the climax of the stock market crash that preceded the Depression, and a day that changed America's economic history.
Here's a rundown of a few of the winners, music and food of the 1930s, evidence that for some, "Life Was Just A Bowl of Cherries" during that economic downturn.
