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The 1920s and 30s

The 1920s and 30s. The Roarin’ 20s, the Stock Market Crash, and the Great Depression. Interesting Facts. In the 1920s, you would pay $250.00 for a Chrysler A Ford (or a “Tin Lizzie”) cost $445.00 You could have a ride in the “newfangled” airplanes for $5 to $10

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The 1920s and 30s

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  1. The 1920s and 30s The Roarin’ 20s, the Stock Market Crash, and the Great Depression

  2. Interesting Facts • In the 1920s, you would pay $250.00 for a Chrysler • A Ford (or a “Tin Lizzie”) cost $445.00 • You could have a ride in the “newfangled” airplanes for $5 to $10 • In peace-time, flying was called “barn-storming”

  3. In 1925, you could drive in P.E.I. without a license • Telephones were shared and the telephone operator knew all the gossip • Frederick Banting discovered the cure for diabetes with INSULIN • In 1925, a teacher had a salary of $75.00

  4. A female teacher was not allowed to: • Get married • Smoke • Drink beer • Sundays were filled with: • Church service • Social visits • Physical exertion • Bathing in a public place, selling a foreign newspaper, or holding a public meeting resulted in a fine of $1.00 to $500.00

  5. By 1928, 1 out of every 2 Canadian families owned a car. • A female employee of the McCormick cookie factory earned $3.80 in one week. • Nellie McClung and her supporters fought for the right to be appointed to the Canadian senate in the 1920s. • May 24, 1918, women won the right to vote.

  6. As a young man, an outfit for your first job would cost you $33.75 in the 1920s • Children as young as 9 years old worked in the B.C. mines. • Mary Pickford, a Canadian actress, starred in Hollywood’s silent films.

  7. Illustrations of Life in the 20s • Songs of the 1920s • “Yes We Have No Bananas” 1923 • “In a Little Spanish Town” 1926 • “Black Bottom Stomp” 1926 • “Bye Bye Black Bird” 1926 • Handouts: • Teacher’s Contract • Family’s Budget • Advertising

  8. “Yes, We have no Bananas” • “Oh Yes, we have no bananasWe have no bananas todayWe've got string beans, and onionsAnd big juicy melons And all sorts of fruit and sayWe’ve got an old fashioned tomatoA Long Island potato • But yes, we have no bananasWe have no bananas today

  9. The Stock Market Crash Black Tuesday, October 29, 1929

  10. In the 1920s, credit was introduced. • People bought everything by credit, agreeing to pay later with interest. • People went overboard with the credit, and employers began demanding money back. • Families, not having all the money, began returning items. • Employers need the money to pay for all these items they had in their stores.

  11. Black Tuesday was a day of chaos. Forced to liquidate their stocks, overextended investors flooded the exchange with sell orders. • The glamour stocks of the age saw their values plummet. • Radio Corporation plunged from $40.25 to $26 in the first two hours of trading (down $75 from its historic peak). • The Goldman Sachs Trading Corporation opened at 60 and closed at 35. • The First National Bank of New York declined from $5200 to $1600. • Across the two days, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 23%.

  12. The Depressing 30s

  13. They used to tell meI was building a dream.And so I followed the mobWhen there was earth to plowOr guns to bearI was always thereRight on the job.They used to tell meI was building a dreamWith peace and glory ahead.Why should I be standing in line Just waiting for bread?Once I built a railroadI made it runMade it race against time.Once I built a railroadNow it's doneBrother, can you spare a dime?Once I built a tower up to the sunBrick and rivet and lime.Once I built a tower,Now it's done. Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?

  14. Brother, can you spare a dime?Once in khaki suitsGee we looked swellFull of that yankee doodle dee dum.Half a million boots went sloggin' through hellAnd I was the kid with the drum Say don't you remember?They called me Al.It was Al all the time.Why don't you remember?I'm your pal.Say buddy, can you spare a dime? Once in khaki suits,Ah, gee we looked swellFull of that yankee doodle dee dum!Half a million boots went sloggin' through hellAnd I was the kid with the drum!Oh, say don't you remember?They called me Al.It was Al all the time.Say, don't you remember?I'm your pal.Buddy, can you spare a dime? Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?

  15. 25% to 30% out of work • Shanty-towns built • Food-lines everywhere • Germany was hit extremely hard because of the Treaty of Versailles.

  16. I'm up in the world,but I'd give the world to be where I used to be,A heavenly nest,where I rest the best,means more than the world to me.It's only a shantyin old Shanty Townthe roof is so slanty it touches the ground. But my tumbled down shack by an old railroad track,like a millionaire's mansion is calling me back. I'd give up a palace if I were a king.It's more than a palace, it's my everything.There's a queen waiting there with a silvery crownin a shanty in old Shanty Town. “In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town”

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