Even the notorious mob boss Al Capone operated a soup kitchen in Chicago during the Great Depression to feed hungry Americans ...

For the majority of Americans since the 1920s, grilled cheese and tomato soup has been one such pairing ... it was the stock market crash of 1929 --which kickstarted the decade-long Great Depression ...

Men eating bread and soup at a breadline during The Great Depression in the USA in 1929. Breadlines were places for people in extreme poverty, who did not have the money to buy food for themselves ...