re: I wonder what it was like during the Great Depression

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My grandmother told me they really didn't know it was a depression because they didn't have much to begin with. They lived in rural Arkansas, and she basically said they established a barter system to get by. My grandmother was really good at canning vegetables and making pies, so she would trade for things like getting clothes hemmed or hand-me-down shoes and stuff.

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My PawPaw said it was always hard but the depression was much worse bc the oldest son in many families were sent away to work in the ccc camps.

He was only in the 6th or 7th grade went he was sent to TX. The few dollars he earned was sent back home to his family. He worked for food and board.