Depression-era photography has become strongly associated with a documentary style, but “Reality Makes Them Dream” shows other facets of life at the time, as in Marion Post Wolcott’s “Center of town, ...

Apr. 21—We tend to think of the 1930s in terms of the Great Depression and not much else. But a lot happened here in that decade. There were 22,765 of us in Owensboro and 43,779 in Daviess County as ...

Thoughts of the Great Depression most often conjure up images of gloom and despair, soup kitchens, or transients looking for any kind of work. Perhaps it was too early yet to feel the worst of its ...

The Great Depression reshaped everyday life and forced people to rethink how they earned a living. With so few traditional jobs available, many turned to unusual work that blended creativity, ...

Compared to the roaring ’20s, where glamour and excess ruled all, the early 1930s were marked by hardship and uncertainty. Reeling from the Great Depression, people all across the country — rich and ...