Department of History, Arts and Libraries

Michigan.gov home      HAL Home                         20th Century | First People-1900 | Special Exhibits |  MI Historical Museum | MI Historical Center

The Depression News

Michigan Historical Museum

Labor unions rise!
Milestone!

Flint sit-down strike opens labor-management conflict
Broken Windows at Auto Plant

Relief in sight!

  • Roosevelt creates new programs

  • CCC gives work to youth

  • Monastery opens soup kitchen

Soup kettle in Great Depression Gallery

What's hot today? Bungalows
Affordable and Popular!
Lving room in bungalow
What's on the radio in the bungalow?

  • The Lone Ranger

  • Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling

  • An F.D.R. Fireside Chat

  • Father Charles Coughlin

  • Louis Armstrong's W.P.A.

  • Ruth Etting sings A Cottage for Sale

  • Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy

Lighthouses automated
By 1925, electricity—furnished by portable generators—provided light for about one-quarter of all Great Lakes lighthouses. By 1940 nearly all had electricity.

What's new in the arts? Michigan's Natural Resources Mural
"Michigan's Natural Resources"
Mural
by Paul Honoré
at the 1933-34 Chicago World's Fair

 Click on the newspaper to return to this page.Newspaper - Return to Great Depression Introduction

Go to Teachers' Stuff and Kids' Stuff for the Great Depression Gallery.

Michigan Historical Center, Department of History, Arts and Libraries
Use and Reproduction Information
Contact us with your question or comment about this page.

Michigan.gov home  |  HAL Home   |  20th Century  |  First People-1900  |  Special Exhibits |  MI Historical Museum  |  MI Historical Center
          Accessibility Policy  |   Privacy Policy  |   Link Policy  |   Security Policy
          Copyright © 2003 State of Michigan