1932 Tidewater Review Newspaper West Point VA Hoover vs Roosevelt Straw Vote
Description
Original 1932 issue of The Tidewater Review (West Point, Virginia), dated Thursday, September 29, 1932 (Vol. 45, No. 38). This is a great slice of Tidewater-area life during the Depression-era election season—packed with local politics, community happenings, ads, classifieds, and period comics/illustrations.
What’s in this September 29, 1932 issue? (quick synopsis)
This issue is a classic small-town weekly mix of local news + civic life + everyday commerce. The front page highlights 1932 election energy with a “Hoover or Roosevelt… Which?” feature tied to a straw vote, plus regional political coverage including campaign speaking and local civic announcements. There’s also community reporting that I find particularly amusing. And of coursre, some great vintage ads. Inside pages add a serialized story (“Man Made the Town” by Ruby M. Ayres), a human-interest feature with a photo, period cartoons/comic strips, event notices (including fair/tournament announcements), and plenty of period advertising (everything from groceries to medicines) and classifieds—a really solid “time capsule” read.
The Tidewater Review is a long-running Virginia newspaper based in West Point, VA, serving surrounding Tidewater communities. According to the Library of Congress, the title began in 1928 and was published as a weekly out of West Point.
Measures approx. 14 1/4" x 21 1/2"
