Concluding (for now) our exploration of pamphlets sold on the street during the first Great Depression, by unemployed WW I veterans. Some of these booklets carried prices, while others, such as the example below, stated simply, “Price — Pay What You Please.” Similar in concept to the more recent Street News, sold by homeless people in New York City, selling these pamphlets gave the veterans a more dignified method of asking for money, than outright begging.

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Doug Wheeler

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