Hoover blanket

English Etymology From en Hoover blanket Herbert Hoover, US president at the start of the Great Depression. Noun en US dated historical Old newspaper or cardboard, used by a homeless person to cover themselves for warmth, especially during the Great Depression. en 1993 Joseph Robert Conlin A survey of American history since 1865 9780155006157 The shantytowns where homeless thousands dwelled were called Hoovervilles; newspapers used as blankets by men who were forced to sleep on park benches were Hoover blankets; a pocket turned inside out was a Hoover flag en 2005 Rosemarie Ostler Dewdroppers, Waldos, and Slackers: A Decade-by-Decade Guide to the Vanishing Vocabulary of the Twentieth Century Oxford University Press 9780195182545 47 The newly unemployed stood in breadlines and slept on park benches under Hoover blankets made of newspaper. 2006, Barbara Bennett Peterson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Preserver of Spirit and Hope, Nova Science Pub Incorporated: Poverty became a way of life for 40 million Americans as laid off workers roamed the streets sleeping under Hoover 'blankets' - old newspapers. By 1933 the number of unemployed would mount to between 13 and 15 million en 2012 L.M. Sutter Arlie Latham: A Baseball Biography of the Freshest Man on Earth McFarland 9780786461387 231 Hoovervilles dotted the American landscape, men slept under newspapers or "Hoover blankets," and kept the money they did't have in turned-out pockets en 2012 Susan Dunn Roosevelt's Purge Harvard University Press 9780674058453 42 ... country—who were out of work, penniless, embarrassed, immobilized in sheer desperation, standing slumped, hollow-eyed, in long breadlines, begging or selling apples, sleeping under frayed overcoats or under Hoover blankets on streets ... en 2013 Susan Dunn 1940: FDR, Willkie, Lindbergh, Hitler—the Election amid the Storm Yale University Press 9780300195132 [Even witnessing people] hollow-eyed, in breadlines that stretched block after block, covering themselves at night with newspapers they called “Hoover blankets,” the president was stunningly unwilling to reach out to desperate Americans. en 2013 Walter F. LaFeber; Richard Polenberg; Nancy Woloch The American Century M.E. Sharpe 9780765629012 150 People who spent the night on park benches covered by newspapers said they were sleeping under “Hoover blankets.” en 2018 Ed Ifkovic Mood Indigo Sourcebooks, Inc. 9781464209444 "Or living under a Hoover blanket in Central Park. A whole lot of folks there at night. Cold. Scary." "A Hoover blanket?" I was confused. He laughed. "Cardboard." Related terms en Hoover flag Hoover hog Hooverville Hoover wagon Hoover shoe Hoover bag en eponyms en Herbert Hoover