2007-02-21 09:31:58 · 3 answers · asked by yo yo yo home dawg 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
It wasn't unusual to work day labor for food. Work could be pretty hard, from sunup to sundown, to take home a little $ to feed the hungry at home. There were bread lines and soup kitchens in cities. Mothers, grandmothers, and daughters old enough ironed, took in laundry, worked in people's houses for whatever they could. Egg and butter money was important. Grown sons and many men, unable to feed their families, felt like another mouth at the table and left home. Some went to CCC camps and could sent $ home. Fishing could put food on the table, home baked bread and garden produce could be bartered for other foods. There was just no money to be had, for a great many.
Ask your grandparents.
2007-02-21 09:52:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
MY mom worked for 25 cents and hour but that was in the forties.
2007-02-21 09:36:43 · answer #2 · answered by upallnight 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
3 cents, and cheeseburgers were -5 cents. They paid us to eat them.
2007-02-21 09:33:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋