Facts About The Great Depression That Aren’t As Dark And Gloomy As You’re Expecting

The Fantasy Of Buying A House

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It was 1934 when an unemployed Pennsylvanian, Charles B. Darrow, took a game that he called MONOPOLY to executives at Parker Brothers. They promptly rejected it because they said it had too many design flaws. Darrow decided that he’d produce it himself by hand-making versions and hand-writing the directions for each.

Demand started to outstrip his supply, so he got a manufacturer to keep up. He ended up selling 500 hand-made sets of the game to a Philadelphia department store who sold out very quickly. It would go on to eventually become the highest selling board game of all time.

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