To Kill aMockingbird

Texas State Bird: Mockingbird

Stock Market Crash of 1929

Franklin D. RooseveltFirst Inaugural AddressSaturday, March 4, 1933

• I AM certain that my fellow Americans expect that on my induction into the Presidency I will address them with a candor and a decision which the present situation of our Nation impels. This is preeminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly. Nor need we shrink from honestly facing conditions in our country today. This great Nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. No nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance…I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days.

Then and Now: PricesWOMEN'S CLOTHES THEN  NOW Winter Coat $28.00Leather or Suede Bag $2.25Bathrobe $1.00Sweater $1.00MEN'S CLOTHES THEN NOWBroadcloth Shirt $1.00Wool Sweater $1.00Bathrobe $4.90Overcoat $18.50GAMES AND TOYS THEN NOWSled that Steers $3.95 - $8.95Ping Pong Table $23.50 to $37.50Mechanical Toys 3 for$.59Doll $1.95ITEMS FOR THE HOME  THEN  NOWTable Lamp $1.00Portable Electric Sewing Machine $23.95Electric Washing Machine $33.50Gas Stove $19.95 

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