Rare Color Photos Depict Life in the US During the Great Depression, 1939-1941
This post was originally published on this siteThe Great Depression, a somber epoch in American history, is often characterized by the stark imagery of hardship. […]
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Heartbreaking Dust Bowl’s photographs taken by Dorothea Lange during the 1930s
This post was originally published on this siteThe term Dust Bowl was coined in 1935 when an AP reporter, Robert Geiger, used it to describe […]
A Saturday afternoon in Hagerstown (Maryland) during the Great Depression, 1937
This post was originally published on this siteIn October 1937, Farm Security Administration photographer Arthur Rothstein visited the small city of Hagerstown in Maryland. He […]
These sad photos show destitute Great Depression families waiting for aid, 1937-1939
This post was originally published on this siteAs the consequences of the Great Depression, unemployment, poverty, and the effects of the Dust Bowl ravaged the […]
These photographs capture the American struggle during The Great Depression, 1929-1940
This post was originally published on this siteNobody could tell exactly when it began and nobody could predict when it would end. At the outset, […]
Inside the Hoovervilles of the Great Depression, 1931-1940
This post was originally published on this siteA Hooverville was the popular name attributed to shanty towns that sprung up throughout the United States during […]