The Great Depression

Overview

It began with a stock market drop in the fall and ran on for another nine years. What were Morris County life and times like between 1929 and 1938? What did things cost?

Our timeline offers a selection from the county paper, the Daily Record, 1930 US Census, and various state publications.

To begin, read this introduction to the Depression in Morris County(PDF, 31KB).

Narratives

Newspaper Clippings and Articles

Public Welfare Costs in County 24c per Capita

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Notice from NJ Bell Telephone Company

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77 Put To Work Out of 475 Who have Asked Aid

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46 Unemployed Men Registered Mendham Boro

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Report Many Kinds of Aid

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Emergency Relief Measures Urged

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Hazards of Increased Government Expenditures in Depression Cited

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July 14, 1931: Industrial Outcasts

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July 25, 1931: Plans to Beat Unemployment

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August 13, 1931: Page Uncle sam!

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August 15, 1931: Gave Local Painters Job

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September 16, 1931: Helping the Helpless

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September 18, 1931: 1000 Makes of Hosiery Refuse to Take Wage Cut

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September 23, 1931: More than Leadership

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Daily Record, September 26, 1931: Seek 8 Million to Aid

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September 28, 1931: About Tax Relief

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July 24, 1931: Are the Jobless to Blame?

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Cartoon:

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January 16, 1932: Argue Over Unemployed

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Bankrupt - Stocks of Capital Men's Shop, 48 Speedwell Avenue, Morristown

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Form to be sent to the local Emergency Employment Bureau,

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January 5, 1932: Our New Viewpoint

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March 14, 1932: Total of 20,337 Hours of Work Were Obtained

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March 30, 1932: may Apply for Old Age Pensions Here After April 1

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March 31, 1932: All Union Trades Take $2 Cut But Electricians

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United Action for Employment.

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A Change in Tax Principles

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No Starvation?

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Teachers Suffer Too

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February 18, 1933: Alderman Adopted New Scale Salaries

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February 8, 1933: Poor Together?

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March 2, 1933: Morris County Emergency Relief Administration

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March 20, 1933: President is Not a Dictator

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March 4, 1933: Bank Holiday - Power to Meet Emergency

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March 6, 1933: Must Keep Sane

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March 8, 1933 Political Cartoon,

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February 7, 1931: 706 People of 43 Places On File for Work

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March 27, 1931: Looking Ahead

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June 3, 1930: 14 Sales by Sheriff; Largest Ever in Day

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May 15, 1930: Chamber of Commerce Asks Help to Aid Unemployed

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May 16, 1930: Jobs for College Men

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June 17, 1931: Power of Conservatism

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September 11, 1930: County Has Reached Its Limit In Helping End Unemployment

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No Surprise - The teriffic crash of the stock market need not have come as a surprise to anyone.

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May 31, 1930: What the Depression Means

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December 22, 1930: The Cause of Disaster

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November 11, 1930: All of Dover's Unemployed to Get Work

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March 21, 1931 political cartoon:

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May 20, 1930: Helping Unemployment

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July 10, 1930: Business is Business

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May 21, 1931: GOP To Offer Own Solution Unemployment

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April 22, 1930 population census of Morris Township

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March 24, 1931: Makeshift Job Relief

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January 27, 1931: Market Street Mission Active in Giving Aid

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January 28, 1931: An Omen for Industry

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October 9, 1930: Painful But Necessary

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January 10, 1930: Town's Ratables Up Half Million

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Real Estate Transactions Falling Off Due to General Depression Following Stock Market Crash

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March 7, 1930:

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April 12, 1930: A Revolution?

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June 25, 1930: Business Better Declares Chamber

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October 25, 1930: The Stars Say--

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Panic on Wall St. Averted

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November 1, 1930: Why Stock Prices Fall

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October 27, 1930: Not Self-Sufficient

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June 9, 1931: Offer Land to Needs to Raise Their Vegetables

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April 22, 1931: Wage Reductions

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