Bruce Ramsey's new book “Seattle in the Great Depression” takes readers into the grit and grind of living through the ...
Amherst Historical Society will host the Experiencing 1930s “Hooverville” event from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 7 at Sandstone Village, 736 Milan Ave. in Amherst. Focused on life in the 1930s, the ...
The Amherst Historical Society announced the return of the Experience 1930s Hooverville event from 10 a.m. to 5 p. m. Sept. 6 at the historical Sandstone Village, 763 Milan Ave. The annual event ...
During the Great Depression, shanty towns, also known as "Hoovervilles," began to sprout up across the US. Named after President Herbert Hoover, they were made up of scraps of wood, tin, tar, and ...
The production designer of "Perry Mason" tells IndieWire how the economic diversity of '30s L.A. found its fullest expression in the Hooverville set. In the headings for his lookbook, Cunningham found ...
Seattle’s long struggle with homelessness was brought to the forefront in the 1930s, when eight settlements called “Hoovervilles” sprang up as far north as Interbay and as far south as present-day ...
In Seattle in the 1930s, hundreds of shacks stood from Harbor Island to First Avenue South. The men who built those scrap lumber, cast-off tin, and flattened oil drum shacks were casualties of the ...
Slog tips are pouring in this morning that Hooverville—the bar on First Avenue S with free peanuts, hilarious bathroom graffiti, and an awesome staff—is on fire. One tipper writes: "Just drove past ...
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