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  2. Soup kitchen - Wikipedia

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    By the late 19th century soup kitchens were to be found in several US cities. [8] [13] The concept of soup kitchens hit the mainstream of United States consciousness during the Great Depression. One soup kitchen in Chicago was sponsored by American mobster Al Capone in an apparent effort to clean up his image. [14]

  3. Hooverville - Wikipedia

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    There were hundreds of Hoovervilles across the country during the 1930s. [2] Homelessness was present before the Great Depression, and was a common sight before 1929. Most large cities built municipal lodging houses for the homeless, but the Depression exponentially [3] increased demand. The homeless clustered in shanty towns close to free soup ...

  4. Great Depression - Wikipedia

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    Unemployed people lined up outside a soup kitchen opened in Chicago by Al Capone during the Great Depression in February 1931. The Great Depression was a severe global economic downturn from 1929 to 1939.

  5. Old-School Slang Words That Really Deserve a Comeback

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    Back in the 1930s, ordering a dog soup would get you a tall glass of good ol' water. Considering that the slang originated during the Great Depression, it makes perfect sense.

  6. Chicago in the 1930s - Wikipedia

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    Unemployed men queued outside a depression soup kitchen opened in Chicago by Al Capone, 1931. During the early days of the Great Depression, musicians from the southern region migrated to the north to Chicago and the Chicago blues absorbed them into their fold, allowing their ensembles to become very popular. The originality of each musician ...

  7. 20 of the world’s best soups - AOL

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    By 1930, Nguyen explained, the soup was served with slices of raw beef cooked gently in the broth. ... the soup is a culinary star from upscale cafes to rural kitchens, the definition of down-home ...

  8. American urban history - Wikipedia

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    However, tax revenues were plunging, and the cities as well as private relief agencies were totally overwhelmed; by 1931 men were unable to provide significant additional relief. They fell back on the cheapest possible relief, soup kitchens which provided free meals for anyone who showed up. [120]

  9. South Bronx restaurant turns into soup kitchen to help poor - AOL

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    The special dish at La Morada, a small Mexican restaurant in the Bronx, varies from day to day: Perhaps it’s enfrijoladas, handmade tortillas covered with black bean sauce and pico de gallo.