Give specific examples of Americans helping one another survive the depression.?

Answer 1

My mother told me of people stopping by their farm in Texas and her grandmother feeding them.

People shared clothes, and put other up in the barn.

My grandfather told me about the time him and a bunch of his friends made a raid on the local company store and stole enough food to give everyone in town a meal (for some it was the first they had in days).

Of course that was before Americans wouldn't work for a living (just being sarcastic; aimed at the pro illegal criminal invaders).

Answer 2

My mom and dad lived through the depression and they often told stories of getting by. My dad lived in out in the country where hunting wild game would have been easy enough and he often spoke of traading wild game for other essentials such as flour and sugar, coffee. My mom would tell of doing odd jobs in exchange for this or that and of course, everyone who could, had a garden growing.

I found this at the following web site. gardenofpraise.com/rsurviv.htm - 10k I hope it helps.

"Mama was very resourceful and was always doing something for extra money. She always raised turkeys. I have her little bell that she put on her old gobbler so she could locate them.

Back during the depression everyone did what extra things they could for grocery money. We milked cows and sold cream. Paul was taking the cream to Plymouth one day in his little stripped down car. He again took a corner a little fast and instead of Wilma, this time it was the can of cream. What was it with Paul and corners?

He wasn’t the only one that had a catastrophe with the cream. We had a little neighbor girl who would come down and visit Mama. One day after she went home, we missed our little kitten. Found her in a cream can struggling to stay afloat. Now don’t ask me what happened after that. Fortunately I have a lapse of memory.

Besides selling cream for extra money, Papa would butcher a calf or hog for fresh meat. With no freezer, we had to can our meat. What we couldn’t use or can, Papa would sell to the neighbors.

Mama always baked bread, made cheese, canned and raised turkeys and chickens. People were more resourceful back then."