Responses to the Great Depression 1929-1939
Popular Culture
Superman & Popeye
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- traditional values, desire for order and security, sense of community, belonging, purpose; emphasis on family, neighbors, church; achieve sense of success rather than failure
- Tarzan 1929 used camera perspective, not flat style, by Harold Foster, brought order and stability to jungle
- Buck Rodgers in the 25th Century 1929
- Dick Tracy 1931 by Chester Gould
- Joe Palooka 1931
- Superman 1933 by 2 teenagers Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster who were inspired by the film star Douglas Fairbanks - as comic book 1938, as radio show 1939
- Terry and the Pirates 1934
- Lil Abner 1935 by Al Capp (until 1977)
- Prince Valiant 1936
- Popeye
- Lone Ranger 1938
- social games - contract bridge adopted by middle class - Scrabble by Alfred Butts
- Monopoly by Charles Darrow 1933, an unemployed radiator repairman in Germantown, Pa. - sold sets to Wanamakers, then 10,000 to Parker Bros for 1934 Christmas - 1935 patent - reflects basic values of success, competition, acquisition, achievement - used resort town of Atlantic City for property names - N-S streets after states, E-W streets after oceans, Park Place and Boardwalk, grand hotels such as the Wiltshire and Claridge
Revised 4/1/02 by Schoenherr