They Never Threw Anything Away, Memories of the Great Depression by Americans Who Lived ItThey Never Threw Anything Away Memories of the Great Depression by Americans Who Lived It The parallels to the present are ominous: an international pandemic killing nearly 700,000 Americans, followed by a booming stock markets and political turmoil. then years of unimaginable misery for so many an era so difficult and challenging that it became known as The Great Depression. SOUND FAMILIAR? CAN HISTORY REPEAT? They Never Threw Anything Away provides