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Lecture 1: The End of Prosperity Images


Side view of a Ford roadster. c1923.
Side view of a Ford roadster. c1923.Copyright by Sales Equipment Company, Detroit.Library of Congress Reproduction Number:LC-USZ62-90279 DLC  http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b36638

Man loading luggage into the trunk of a Ford coupe; insert of a woman seated behind steering wheel. c1923.
Man loading luggage into the trunk of a Ford coupe; insert of a woman seated behind steering wheel. c1923.Copyright by Sales Equipment Company, Detroit.Library of Congress Reproduction Number:LC-USZ62-69454 DLC  http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b36894

Map of the Presidential Election of 1928.
Map of the Presidential Election of 1928.Credit: Department of Interior http://teachpol.tcnj.edu/amer_pol_hist/thumbnail340.html

President Herbert Hoover, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and Harvey Firestone at Edison's 82nd birthday. Ft. Myers, Florida, February 11, 1929.
President Herbert Hoover, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and Harvey Firestone at Edison's 82nd birthday. Ft. Myers, Florida, February 11, 1929.Credit: Herbert Hoover Library  http://teachpol.tcnj.edu/amer_pol_hist/thumbnail341.html

Hoover Cartoon
Hoover CartoonCartoon of Herbert Hoover playing a passive role in addressing the depressionCredit: Library of Congress  http://teachpol.tcnj.edu/amer_pol_hist/thumbnail342.html
 

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