Images of the Great Depression haunt the pages of history, as well as our collective unconscious. Men selling apples on street corners or making runs on banks, women and children in bread lines ...

The longest recession in American history took place between 1929 and 1939. Known as the Great Depression, this economic crisis was noteworthy in terms of both its length and its severity.

Before the Christmas break, we ran a short series on how the Great Depression unfolded in Friday's Money Mornings (you can check out the most recent one here, and see the whole history page here).