Got a Great Depression? Have Some Sugar!

 

 

The year was 1938, and America was still in the throes of depression. A sugar rush seemed just the ticket. Frugal housewives needed something elegant to do with those kiddie snacks. Enter these folks:

 

 

They used to make cookies, Captain.

Actually, they still do, but who am I to pass up a good line?

So, what's for dessert?

 

It's the Devil's Tower!

Lest you think Mom has finally lost her Depression Glass marbles, look overhead!

 

It's the alien cookie fleet, ready to beam Zwieback on unsuspecting babies!

 

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