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The LaGuardia and Wagner Archives podcast explores the social and political history of New York City based on oral histories and audio recordings from the La Guardia and Wagner Archives' collections.
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Wednesday Dec 09, 2015
Wednesday Dec 09, 2015
In the 1920s, the United States enjoyed unprecedented prosperity, and many people assumed that poverty would be eliminated entirely. However, Mayor Fiorello La Guardia noticed that as the stock market boomed so did unemployment. After the 1929 stock market crash, La Guardia called for federal aid and made public assistance a reality in New York City.
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