1918-1945

Discusses the fashions, fads, politics, advances in medicine and technology, people, and world issues that made the 1940s a unique time in American and world history.

Describes the major American events and people of the 1930s.

A chronicle of the 1920s, including the fads, triumphs, tragedies, and fashions of that decade.

Collection of photographs that document the 1930s in the United States including pictures by Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans, Carl Mydans, Marion Post Wolcott, Ben Shahn, George Alexander Grant, Arthur Rostein, John Vachon, and other photographers.

Chronicles popular culture and historical events during the 1920s, showing how Americans of various social and economic strata lived.

An account of the stock market crash of 1929.

Discusses the causes, conditions, and events of the Great Depression and highlights the programs initiated to revitalize the national economy.

Presents memorabilia from those left behind during World War II discussing home front activities like the U.S.O. dances, victory gardens, and war bond rallies.

Using period photographs, allows the reader to "travel" back to the 1920s, experience life as a typical young person of that time and witness some of that decade's important events.

A collection of 120 black-and-white photographs that depict conditions around the U.S. during the Depression, taken by photographer Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration.