'Runner' context by Hannah Thomas https://padlet.com/hannahthomas49/ocptlomvo4kc What was Richmond like in 1919? Consider housing conditions, wealth, social conditions, food, economic factors, world issues, local matters. en-us 2016-06-21 02:58:17 UTC 2025-10-26 15:15:50 UTC hello@padlet.com An artist's drawing of Richmond  https://padlet.com/hannahthomas49/ocptlomvo4kc/wish/116247946 2016-07-12 04:46:58 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahthomas49/ocptlomvo4kc/wish/116247946 Terrace housing https://padlet.com/hannahthomas49/ocptlomvo4kc/wish/116248050 People in the Richmond slums lived in small, cheap and cramped together houses known as terrace houses. Some of these houses had only 3 rooms. The floorboards of the houses were often torn up by families and used as firewood. Shown here is a more modern day area of terrace housing: the housing at the time would have been far less elegant.]]> 2016-07-12 04:48:42 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahthomas49/ocptlomvo4kc/wish/116248050 https://padlet.com/hannahthomas49/ocptlomvo4kc/wish/116248857 There was a big gap between those who were well off and those who were poor.]]> 2016-07-12 05:03:50 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahthomas49/ocptlomvo4kc/wish/116248857 Richmond was a very dangerous place in 1919. There was a high risk of death due to poor, cold weather, crime/gangsters and diesease https://padlet.com/hannahthomas49/ocptlomvo4kc/wish/116249420 2016-07-12 05:12:52 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahthomas49/ocptlomvo4kc/wish/116249420 https://padlet.com/hannahthomas49/ocptlomvo4kc/wish/116249453 The living conditions were very bad, and most of the people there were very poor. Richmond was known as 'Struggletown' and for good reason. People would destroy parts of their houses to burn for warmth, and many starved.]]> 2016-07-12 05:13:39 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahthomas49/ocptlomvo4kc/wish/116249453 https://padlet.com/hannahthomas49/ocptlomvo4kc/wish/116249563 The 1919s saw the lead up to the Great Depression in 1929. This depression was a time of great unemployment and lowering in living conditions.]]> 2016-07-12 05:15:47 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahthomas49/ocptlomvo4kc/wish/116249563 https://padlet.com/hannahthomas49/ocptlomvo4kc/wish/116249574 During this time the Spanish flu outbreak occurred ]]> 2016-07-12 05:16:01 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahthomas49/ocptlomvo4kc/wish/116249574 https://padlet.com/hannahthomas49/ocptlomvo4kc/wish/116249594 WWI just ended]]> 2016-07-12 05:16:28 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahthomas49/ocptlomvo4kc/wish/116249594 https://padlet.com/hannahthomas49/ocptlomvo4kc/wish/116249610 Richmond was a very poor area]]> 2016-07-12 05:16:44 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahthomas49/ocptlomvo4kc/wish/116249610 https://padlet.com/hannahthomas49/ocptlomvo4kc/wish/116249685 The flu epidemic ]]> 2016-07-12 05:18:06 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahthomas49/ocptlomvo4kc/wish/116249685