Tag: Federal Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program
1930s Depression: Surviving on pins and needles: Parable for weathering our modern-day crisis
It’s a simple pincushion, standing 10 inches high, made of cardboard and covered with fabric. But, it was a lifesaver for Joan Allemand and her family in 1930 during the Great Depression. Her mother would sell each one for a whopping 50 cents — and when she sold 12, that was “a whole week’s wages!” […]
