Images of the Great Depression haunt the pages of history ... Sometimes, means of production were purchased with a stroke of luck -- and a wise investment -- by someone who had only recently ...

Before the Christmas break, we ran a short series on how the Great Depression unfolded in Friday's Money Mornings (you can check out the most recent one here, and see the whole history page here).

Several factors led to the Great Depression, one of the most severe economic crises in U.S. history. NPR interviewed ...

The racetrack was one of the few places to gamble in the 1930s, Archive Photos By the time the Great Depression descended ... who had a matching hard-luck story. That race, and a glorious win ...

The longest recession in American history took place between 1929 and 1939. Known as the Great Depression, this economic crisis was noteworthy in terms of both its length and its severity.