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Scenes from the Depression

Scenes from the Depression. Going into the election of 1932 many Americans blamed Hoover for the Depression . Bank failures characterized the Depression. Bank run. Hoovervilles. Hoover blankets. Depression era family. “Home” in Arkansas. Chamber of Commerce’s message to Hobos.

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Scenes from the Depression

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  1. Scenes from the Depression

  2. Going into the election of 1932 many Americans blamed Hoover for the Depression.

  3. Bank failures characterized the Depression

  4. Bank run

  5. Hoovervilles

  6. Hoover blankets

  7. Depression era family

  8. “Home” in Arkansas

  9. Chamber of Commerce’s message to Hobos

  10. Unemployment had wide ranging effects Rarig was a wealthy engineering company

  11. Depression era family

  12. Jobless men in a dinner line

  13. Depression era family

  14. Depression era farm family photographed by Dorothea Lange

  15. Another Dorothea Lange picture of a farm family

  16. Soup/Bread line

  17. Irony?

  18. Creative way to seek out work

  19. Homeless man

  20. Squatters (note the Christmas tree)

  21. Okies

  22. Mexican Americans Mexican migrant workers faced competition from the Okies who moved west

  23. Native Americans “Division of tribal land had been much more than just a white land grab; it was a blow, meant to be fatal, at Indian tribal existence.” John Collier

  24. Pressured by negative public opinion, Hoover initiated a massive public works program – the Boulder (Hoover) Dam.

  25. Modern view of Hoover Dam

  26. Modern view of Hoover Dam

  27. Modern view of Hoover Dam

  28. Bonus Army

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