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1930s Depression: Surviving on pins and needles: Parable for weathering our modern-day crisis

Suzan Filipek · June 3, 2020

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!” […]

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