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THE GREAT DEPRESSION IN PICTURES

Explore the visual narrative of The Great Depression through powerful images capturing family struggles, migrant camps, food lines, and the impact on communities across America.

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THE GREAT DEPRESSION IN PICTURES

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  1. THE GREAT DEPRESSION IN PICTURES

  2. A family suffers

  3. Migrant mother

  4. St. John’s, Newfoundland Eastern Canada was especially hard hit by the depression

  5. Upstairs bedroom of family on relief.

  6. Men waiting in line for food

  7. Men wait in line for “Free coffee and donuts for the unemployed”

  8. Political pressure was strong as people suffered

  9. People slept wherever they could once they lost their homes

  10. Thousands of people abandoned their homes and went on the road in search of work

  11. Transients were not welcome in some towns.

  12. Migrant camp

  13. A squatter’s camp –often people lived in conditions like this when they were evicted

  14. Apple selling to avoid the embarassment of panhandling. In New York City there were over 5000 apple sellers on the streets.

  15. Dust storm

  16. A wall of dust approaching a Kansas town.

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