During America's darkest economic period, Depression Glass, with its hundreds of patterns and wide variety of colors, became part of the marketing machine for everything from consumer goods to bank accounts. Its popularity helped stimulate consumer demand for household goods and boosted the nation's emergence from the Great Depression. This handy and innovative price guide is packed with 500 brilliant color photos and authoritative identification and pricing, plus its compact size allows collectors to take it to auctions, antique shops, shows and conventions.