A 1976 New York Times’ piece on Depression glass talks about how a 20-piece dinner set was sold for as little as $1.99, at time when 12.8 million Americans were out of jobs.

glass Dimensions H x W x D: 9 1/4 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (23.5 × 7 × 7 cm) Place used Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America See more items in National Museum of African ...