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The Great Depression In Hampton Roads: Queen Esther Taylor
A mother’s 15-cent fish meals, homemade stew, and childhood crabbing memories.
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A mother’s 15-cent fish meals, homemade stew, and childhood crabbing memories.
Life by the railroad: steam engines, furloughs, and coal in the Depression era.
Norfolk’s military ties made the Depression especially hard at home.
Hard times, warm hearts—community and compassion in the Depression.
Grand movie palaces and Scarface kept audiences coming during the Depression.