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1929: Great Depression
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October 29, 1929, was a dark day in history. "Black Tuesday" is the day that the stock market crashed, officially setting off the Great Depression. Unemployment skyrocketed--a quarter of the workforce was without jobs by 1933 and many people became homeless. President Herbert Hoover attempted to handle the crisis but he was unable to improve the situation. In 1932, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected president and he promised a "New Deal" for the American people. Congress created The Works Progress Administration (WPA) which offered work relief for thousands of people.
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[W]ith technical capabilities increasing, but financial resources dwindling, 1929 was a pivotal year in US auto manufacturing. GM actually made money every year durring the depression, and the Chrysler Corporation grew. Interestingly, Ford was almost mortally wounded financialy, though nobody knew given that Ford was not a public company and it's bookkeeping methods were bizarrely primitive. Ford survived largely on the basis of it's relatively inexpensive Model A, and the evaporation of so many of the other small players who might have been able to compete with the Model A, had they survived.
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In 1929, NOMA issued this box art for the first time, exclusively used to promote their new outside light strings. The printing quality for this particular box design was not very good, and it is most often found with rather severely faded and/or misaligned printing. For some reason, perhaps cheaper Depression era inks, the box seems to be more susceptible to fading than most, resulting in weak colors. This is a book style box, and the string contained within uses the then new C-9 outdoor swirl lamps, with General Electric's newly patented high quality inside coloring process, insuring that the paint could not scratch off.
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The stock market crash of 1929 began a huge shake up in the automotive industry. By the late 20's most familys owned a car, but with job losses and the looming Great Depression, people still needed to eat, buy clothes, and pay for shelter. A purchase of a new car could be put off.
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This 1929 "Greater Hudson" Super Six, Model 'L' 5 passenger "Sport Sedan" with coachwork by Biddle & Smart is one of thirteen known to exist. It was located in a field in Washington in 1960. Bruised, battered, and worn but mostly complete it was brought to a caring home with good intentions in California. There it was mostly disassembled, and some restoration work was started.
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The Department of Orthodontics at the University of Illinois at Chicago was founded in 1929 with the goal of offering graduate study in orthodontics. Since its inception it has been engaged in research, teaching and patient care making the department one of the leading orthodontic programs in the country and internationally. UIC graduates have contributed greatly to the development of dentistry's oldest specialty.
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