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jtuck004

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9. So we were watching the second part tonight, and they showed the

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Tue Nov 20, 2012, 04:42 AM

Nov 2012

segment about the kids dresses being made from the flour and feed sacks.

Grandma remembered that in the late 40's, after the war, she was working for Texaco in their accounting department. She remembered that her mom had made clothes like that for them in the Depression, so she bought some flour sacks and made a dress for work. Her co-workers thought it was really pretty, she said.

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So long its been good to know you, Woodie Guthrie [View all] elleng Nov 2012 OP

thank you! rurallib Nov 2012 #1

oh man drthais Nov 2012 #2

Depressing, yes, but I learned Ineeda Nov 2012 #4

My parents lived in Oklahoma during that time yet like yours, classof56 Nov 2012 #5

re: So long its been good to know you, Woodie Guthrie allan01 Nov 2012 #3

Watching the special and being from Oklahoma it's interesting to see what wasn't jtuck004 Nov 2012 #6

Interesting for all of us, whether in the area or not, to see what wasn't presented in school. elleng Nov 2012 #7

I wonder how much easier it would be if 311 million people had been through schools jtuck004 Nov 2012 #8

So we were watching the second part tonight, and they showed the jtuck004 Nov 2012 #9

I hope they continue to show Burn's Dust Bowl. Every American ought to see it. Apparently not Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2012 #10