Minnesota's Greatest Generation

Front page of The Evening Tribune, Albert Lea, May 22, 1939

What kinds of stories made the news during the Great Depression? A look at the front page of the newspaper from any Minnesota town of the time can be very revealing. This image shows the front page of The Albert Lea Evening Tribune, May 22, 1939 edition.

Creator: Albert Lea, MN: Hurley and Company
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
Date: 1939

Front page of The Evening Tribune, Albert Lea, May 22, 1939