A Greenbelt Museum Website Exhibit
Erin Kelman
MONOPOLY
Greenbelt Entertainment in the 1930s and
40s
"'It was a godsend. It rescued the business(Parker Brothers), which had
come within an inch of disaster...The Monopoly game was definitely a part
of the depression era. It let people fantasize that they could win in the
real estate market'"(Costello 62).
................ - Robert Barton,
......................................... George Parker's
son-in-law
Virtual Greenbelt
Identification
Evaluation
Cultural Analysis
Interpretation
Works Cited
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