#the great depression
The Collapse of The American Dream. Explained by animation. Everyone needs to see this.
Their skills were beyond normal human capacity; transcendent in the least, gods amongst a mediocre race. Created with the unique ability to harness negative and positive energy through the use of objects and elements, twins Caster and Pollux are scouted as “Drafters” to stop a huge energy dome that is steadily increasing in size over their city. Only, when they pass through it, they not only find themselves in a different era, but as imprisoned within its diabolical walls. Once you enter, you are slave to it forever. Now they must risk everything to stop the force that holds them all captive.
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DarkGreyClouds and I are excited to announce our webcomic DraftPunk will be entered into Shonen Jump’s Manga Competition this fall! Unfortunately that means we won’t be releasing it until probably January. The good news is if we do make the finals you guys can vote for us! So stay tuned, Grey and I will keep you updated! If you have any questions feel free to message me! I would appreciate anyone that reblogs this, and will follow you if I don’t already!
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Commercial sheet music from the film score of “Palmy Days” (1931)
Previously unseen home movie footage of FDR’s adapted walk
Franklin D. Roosevelt was paralyzed by polio at the age of 39. He devised a method of “walking” where he used a cane and the arm of a companion for balance. During his Presidency, the press was told not to film his disability. The FDR Presidential Library recently received footage of the 1935 White House Easter Egg Roll from a family in Nevada. Historian Geoffrey C. Ward believes it’s “the most vivid glimpse we’ve yet had” of FDR’s adapted walk. Find out the story behind the rare film.
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ThePare Lorentz Film Center at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museumhaslaunched a new animated video on Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Dust Bowl created by Roosevelt great-granddaughter and visual storyteller Perrin Ireland and narrated by CBS News correspondent Bill Whitaker. The project was funded by a grant from the New York Community Trust.
“FDR and the Dust Bowl” combines powerful animated visuals with stirring narrative to stimulate viewer engagement with important aspects of the Roosevelt story. This is the second video released as part of the Pare Lorentz Film Center’s “Animate the Roosevelts” project. The first video – focusing on Japanese American Interment – was released in 2017.
Read more about “FDR and the Dust Bowl” in FDR Library Director Paul Sparrow’s blog: https://fdr.blogs.archives.gov/2018/06/20/fdr-and-the-dust-bowl/
Happy Birthday to AS IT IS’ ‘The Great Depression’!
This morning I woke up to so many tweets celebrating this magnificent record and talking about the ways it has impacted people’s lives in so many different ways. Not gonna lie, got me a bit teary-eyed. Definitely inspired me to wanna express my appreciation.
It has been exactly one year since the third studio album by British pop-punk band AS IT IS was released, and I’m ashamed to admit it took me about that long to be able to recognize how incredible it is, but hey, better late than never! now I love everything about it.
As with all great concept albums, ‘The Great Depression’ comes with an intricate narrative to accompany the music. Performed from the perspective of ‘The Poet’, the record tells the story of their experiences with mental health issues, as well as analyzing society, modern-day problems, and comprehending the way in which they all influence each other.
I thank AS IT IS for forcing me to pay more attention to the lyrics, something I’m admittedly not that used to, but that I will definitely continue to do because as you’ve seen, powerful stuff can be found in them.
Lastly, I just wanna say how grateful I am for bands like these one, for the amazing music they create, for the inspiration, for the community, for bringing people together.
Thank you, AS IT IS, and happy birthday to ‘The Great Depression’♥
PS: If you’ve never listened to it before, it’s time to start ;)
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the end. by as it is x
Dust Bowl Kids 1936
Children of Oklahoma drought, refugees in migratory camp in California.“ November 1936. Photograph by Dorothea Lange. Library of Congress.
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This is a payment book for what I can only assume was an engagement or wedding ring my Grandpa George gave my Grandma Alice. It wasn’t until after I found this little booklet that I realized that I don’t know when they were married. So, this is only a guess.
This piece of jewelry was technically bought by my Great Grandma, probably because her credit was better. An item of interest is that this was done in the midst of The Great Depression. So, while it may seem like taking over a year to pay down $89 is a bit extreme, you would have to consider that this was a good chunk of change. As a matter of fact, if you use an inflation calculator that $89 would today be equivalent to $1,369.64. With that in mind, along with the Depression being in full swing, that loan term doesn’t sound so silly after all.
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