Depression

The Smith­son­ian units the scene for this Christ­mas card despatched in 1933, a couple of years into the Nice Depres­sion. They write: Regardless of the glum eco­nom­ic sit­u­a­tion, the Pinero fam­i­ly used a brown paper bag to fash­ion an inex­pen­sive hol­i­day greet­ing card. They penned a intelligent rhyme and added some appeal­ing line draw­ings of…