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anon user #3"A penny auction at a foreclosed Michigan farm (1936) During the Great Depression, rural communities held “penny auctions” to stop farm foreclosures. Locals hung nooses to scare off outside bidders, bought the farm back for pennies, and returned it to the original family."
https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoricalCaps … igan_farm/
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