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How the Wall Street Crash affected local communities
An American mill town devastated by the Depression had three out of seven people unemployed, which had a devastating effect on the local economy. Mary O'Keefe, a local shop owner in the town, describes the effects of the Wall Street Crash and how she provided credit for her customers.
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