The Purple Crackle was and still is a night club in Southern Illinois. (East Cape Girardeau). Right across the Mississippi river from Cape Girardeau, Mo. It has been there since the 30's or 40's and has been burned down several times over the years by rival club owners and vandals. in the 70's it was a dinner club and had a downstairs disco tech. After that burned in the late 70's they rebuilt and through the 80's it was a dance club with live rock bands performing on the weekends. Yes, the Purple Crackle was indeed a club in East Cape Girardeau, IL, which is about 30 miles north of Cairo, at the very far southern edge of the state. While I was growing up in Cape (the Missouri side) in the 80s and 90s, the Purple Crackle was still burning down every few years. Legend has it that in the 30s and 40s it was indeed a popular hangout for Chicago-based gangsters. The Crackle, which started life as "The Purple Grackle," is closed permanently as of December 31, 2005. Its Chicago connection is the Capone gang, who were behind, among other crimes, the serious gambling along this particular stretch of the Mississippi. Wonderful dance floor. Great for people watching, too; college boys from SEMO danced with the nuns from the convent/school across the river, etc.
The city of Chicago, IL was a violent and corrupt place in the 1930s. It was the midst of the Great Depression and organized crime bosses like Al Capone wielded much power.
Unemployment was much higher for the poor in 1930s Chicago. Those in white collar jobs lost many positions, but there was simply no work for the laborers to do.
Laborers servants and prostitutes.
route 66 :)
Hitler
The dirty thirties
Because of no jobs
Elliot Ness was an American Prohibition agent. He is famous for his efforts of enforcing prohibition in Chicago in the 1930s.
Al Capone was a notorious gangster in Chicago during the 1920s and 1930s. He was involved in various criminal activities, including bootlegging, gambling, and murder, and was eventually arrested and convicted on charges of tax evasion. He was one of the most infamous figures of the Prohibition era.
'Famous Funnies' in the 1930s .
Isolationism.
Yes. I believe it was called the Polaroid Corporation from its inception in the 1930s.