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Bennett Buggy (University of Saskatchewan) A Bennett buggy was a term used in Canada during the Great Depression to describe a car which had its engine, windows and sometimes frame work taken out and was pulled by a horse. In the United States, such vehicles were known as Hoover carts or Hoover wagons, named after then-President Herbert Hoover ...
Federal relief camps were brought in under Prime Minister R. B. Bennett's government as a result of the Great Depression. The Great Depression crippled the Canadian economy and left one in nine citizens on relief. [1] The relief, however, did not come free; the Bennett government ordered the Department of National Defence to organize work camps ...
Spinning wheel and Bennett buggy: how Prairie farmers are coping in Great Depression [13] Poor woman asks Prime Minister Bennett to send underwear for her husband (and request is fulfilled) [14] Memorial plaque unveiled at University of Saskatchewan for 46th Battalion [15]
Image credits: Old-time Photos To learn more about the fascinating world of photography from the past, we got in touch with Ed Padmore, founder of Vintage Photo Lab.Ed was kind enough to have a ...
The Great Depression was the worst economic crisis in US history. More than 15 million Americans were left jobless and unemployment reached 25%. 25 vintage photos show how desperate and desolate ...
The Library of Congress recently released over 1,600 color photos of the Great Depression. The pictures, which were taken during the final years of the Depression, offer a fresh perspective on one ...
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Photos of America during the Great Depression, much like the mood of the country, are often bleak, available only in black and white -- until now.