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30 Eye-Opening Facts About Average Life During The Great Depression

Migrant Mother - Dorothea Lange

Men eating bread and soup in a breadline. Bettmann/CORBIS/History.

28. You Ate Hoover Stew

In addition to living in a Hooverville, you might have eaten Hoover stew, a name given to the soup that was distributed at the food kitchens that popped up across the country. Besides eating Hoover stew or a Hoover hog, a jack rabbit might have been a tasty meal. Nevertheless, you probably used a Hoover blanket, a newspaper that would not keep you warm.

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