The Great Depression & The American Hobo
The Great Depression & The American Hobo
The Great Depression & The Hobo
FUN's theme for the January, 2013 Convention is “Buffalo and Hobos A Centennial Celebration.” 2013 marks the 100th Anniversary of the first striking of the very popular Buffalo Nickel. Soon after this initial striking, homeless artisans referred to as “hobos,” began carving intricate designs on the Buffalo Nickels. These unique artistic coins were used as payment for food, water or lodging. These items became known to collectors as “Hobo Nickels.”
During the great depression teenage Hobos roamed across America in search of work. Most Hobos left their homes searching for a better life. Many felt they were a burden to their families, ashamed of their unfortunate circumstances. By the 1930’s the Hobo became a part of America, male and female "hobos" could be seen on the streets & throughout the countryside. Hobos were kind people roaming America in search of work or adventure.
The video series below depicts The Great Depression. Several episodes touch on the American Hobo, riding the rails in search of work during the financial crisis
The Great Depression- Job at Ford's
The Great Depression- Job at Ford's
Click to viewSeason 1, Episode 1: A Job at Ford's
Just before the advent of the Great Depression, Henry Ford controlled the most important company in the most important industry in the booming American economy. His offer of high wages in exchange for hard work attracted workers to Detroit, but it began to come apart when Ford hired a private police force to speed up production and spy on employees. After the depression hit in 1929, these workers faced a new, grim reality as unemployment skyrocketed.
The Great Depression- The Road To Rock Bottom
The Great Depression- The Road To Rock Bottom
Season 1, Episode 2: The Road to Rock Bottom
As the Great Depression progressed economic collapse took its toll on rural America. Crops went unsold, farm mortgages were called in by banks, hungry farmers protested, and robberies increased dramatically. The U.S. Army was called in to defend the nation's capital from veterans. They were demanding that President Hoover and Congress pay a bonus for their services in World War I. The film ends with Franklin Roosevelt's landslide election to the presidency. As economic collapse takes its toll on America, farmers protest; mortgages are called in by banks; robberies increase dramatically; and in the summer of 1932, the U.S. Army is called in to quell the Veterans' Bonus March on Washington DC.
The Great Depression- New Deal/New York
The Great Depression- New Deal/New York
Season 1, Episode 3: New Deal/New York
In his first one hundred days in office, in a effort to stem the effects of the Great Depression, President Roosevelt created many new federal agencies. They gave jobs and relief to people and transformed the American landscape with public works projects. Nowhere was this transformation more apparent than in Mayor Fiorello La Guardia's New York City. Together Roosevelt and La Guardia expanded and redefined the role of government in the lives of the American people.
Season 1, Episode 4:
The Great Depression- Mean Things Happening
The Great Depression- Mean Things Happening
Season 1, Episode 5: Mean Things Happening
In the American democracy of the 1930s two visions of liberty collided. Working men and women battled landowners and factory managers for the right to join a union. On the tenant farms and in the steel factories working people asserted their citizenship in the midst of great economic turmoil and a tide of government reform.
The Great Depression- To Be Somebody
The Great Depression- To Be Somebody
Season 1, Episode 6: To Be Somebody
Amid the economic hardships of the great depression, racial hatred & xenophobia festers. Although hate crimes like lynching increase, Joe Louis and Marian Anderson provide inspiration to the black community, and organizations like the NAACP make progress toward equality in the courts.
The Great Depression- Arsenal of Democracy
The Great Depression- Arsenal of Democracy
Season 1, Episode 7: Arsenal of Democracy
By 1939 Americans were still struggling to end the Great Depression. Their dreams of peace and prosperity were celebrated at World's Fairs in New York and San Francisco. However, prosperity did not come in peacetime. Millions fled the "dust bowl" states to finally find work in new defense industries. While the New Deal changed America forever, it was war that ended the Great Depression. When world famous socialist author Upton Sinclair runs for governor of California, his platform provides an alternative to capitalism and tests the limits of the New Deal. Ironically, one year after Sinclair's defeat, President Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act, a move that signals the beginnings of a modern welfare state.
In Related News
The 1930s Sure Sound Familiar By JOE NOCERA
Many of the lessons of the Great Depression seem more relevant than ever today.
In Lost Opportunity of 1932, Are There Lessons for Today? By BRUCE BARTLETT The view that fiscal austerity, not monetary policy, was the answer to the Great Depression only delayed meaningful action.
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