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Great Depression Collection

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Prairie Ghost Town in Black and White

Prairie Ghost Town in Black and White
A ghost town on the plains. Dramatic landscape image in black and white. This image taken in the great plains in an abandoned town. Saskatchewan, Canada. Western faAzade on the old store

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Bread Line During Depression

Bread Line During Depression
(Original Caption) Unemployed men on bread line during the Depression. B/W photograph, undated

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Girl Holding New Deal Sign

Girl Holding New Deal Sign
Brooklyn resident Millie Wong holds a National Recovery Administration sign

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Family Packed In Car, On Way To The West

Family Packed In Car, On Way To The West
(Original Caption) The automobile was often the only hope for the future to many families fleeing from the Dust Bowl in the Southwest during the depression years of the 1930's

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Seller Of Apples In New York

Seller Of Apples In New York
(Original Caption) New York, NY: Symbol of the Depression. New York apple seller in the 1930's

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: National Recovery Administration Sticker

National Recovery Administration Sticker
A sticker for the New Deal National Recovery Administration shows the Blue Eagle symbol and the slogan, "We do our part."

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Unemployed in Line for Rations

Unemployed in Line for Rations
During the Great Depression, unemployed, hungry people wait in line at Times Square for rations

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Crowd in Department Store

Crowd in Department Store
Shoppers crowd into a department store during "dollar days, " a promotion put on by the National Recovery Administration

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Man Buying an Apple from Man

Man Buying an Apple from Man
Original caption: New York, NY: An apple seller on a New York City Streetcorner during depression

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Soup Line in New York During Depression

Soup Line in New York During Depression
(Original Caption) New York, NY: Feeding New York hungry from a doorstep on East 62nd Street. Photograph. Depression era

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Men Eating Soup During Great Depression

Men Eating Soup During Great Depression
(Original Caption) The Great Depression in the U.S.: Men eating bread and soup in a breadline. Undated photograph.BPA2# 1048

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Employment Agency During the Depression

Employment Agency During the Depression
(Original Caption) Depression in the United States: An employment agency crowded with men seeking work. Photograph

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Depositors Waiting for Bank to Open

Depositors Waiting for Bank to Open
(Original Caption) Depositors gather as N.Y. bank closes as bankrupt...Clarke Brothers, private bankers at 154 Nassau St

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Truck W/Tax Petitions Passes White House

Truck W/Tax Petitions Passes White House
(Original Caption) 12/7/1929-Washington, D.C.-: Truck loaded with petitions on way to capitol passing the White House during the tax cut parade

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: National Tax Reduction Parade

National Tax Reduction Parade
(Original Caption) 12/7/1929-Washington, D.C.- View of the National Tax Reduction parade, sponsored by the Hearst Newspapers throughout the country

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Prominent Writers at Authors Legion Banquet

Prominent Writers at Authors Legion Banquet
A group of prominent writers join together at a banquet to form the Authors Legion, a branch of the National Recovery Administration

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Employment Office Durring Depression

Employment Office Durring Depression
(Original Caption) Employment office during depression days. Men studying announcement of jobs. Photograph Ca. 1930's

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Unemployed Men in Bread Line

Unemployed Men in Bread Line
Unemployed men wait in long lines for bread and handouts during the Great Depression

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Breadline in New York During Depression

Breadline in New York During Depression
(Original Caption) New York, NY: Depression Breadline: Women of unemployed workers receiving food from priests of the New Hope Mission in New York, 1930's. (Original Caption)

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Man Selling Apples on 8th Avenue

Man Selling Apples on 8th Avenue
(Original Caption) 1930-New York: One of the many finding another means of support after losing his job. Selling apples on 8th Avenue in New York City

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: WPA Housing Project

WPA Housing Project
A housing construction project in New York is funded by the Work Projects Administration

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: WPA Road Construction Project

WPA Road Construction Project
A road construction project in Manhattan is funded by the Work Projects Administration

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: WPA Road Construction Workers Widening Streets

WPA Road Construction Workers Widening Streets
(Original Caption) WPA Work Program: Curb stones removed and street widened by making sidewalks narrower. Photograph, ca. 1935

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Unemployed Men Receive Soup and Bread

Unemployed Men Receive Soup and Bread
Relief workers serve soup and bread to Cleveland's unemployed during the Great Depression

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Run on Bowery Savings Bank

Run on Bowery Savings Bank
(Original Caption) 1930-New York, NY- Run on Bowery Savings Bank. Photo shows depositors lining up to withdraw thier money

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Men Waiting on Soup Line in Detroit

Men Waiting on Soup Line in Detroit
1930-Detroit, MI-ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Handing out bread and soup to the hungry in Detroit. Photograph, 1930

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Picking Cotton on the Mississippi Delta

Picking Cotton on the Mississippi Delta
(Original Caption) Picture shows people picking cotton on the Mississippi Delta

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: African Americans Cotton Pickers on Plantation

African Americans Cotton Pickers on Plantation
African American cotton pickers picking cotton near a little cabin which houses some of the workers

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Depression Homeless Stand in Line

Depression Homeless Stand in Line
The homeless and unemployed of the Great Depression wait in line seeking shelter in New York

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Job Seekers Crowd Employment Office

Job Seekers Crowd Employment Office
(Original Caption) 8/15/1930-New York, New York- Job seekers, to a total of 2, 500, stormed the new, city-operated employment bureau on Lafayette Street, and 250 got jobs

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Men Distributing Bread and Coffee to the Needy

Men Distributing Bread and Coffee to the Needy
(Original Caption) William I. Sirovich and Heywood Brown, shown above with the Reverend Raymond Norman, are dealing out bread and coffee to hungry and jobless at St

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Apple Salesman In Depression

Apple Salesman In Depression
(Original Caption) 10/30/1930- New York, NY: Anthony Santelli, one armed World War I veteran who is one of the new apple merchants set up by Joseph Sicker

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Joseph Sicker with Apple Sellers on Street

Joseph Sicker with Apple Sellers on Street
National chairman of the International Apple Association Joseph Sicker helps the unemployed by providing them with apples to sell on the street

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Men Waiting Outside Al Capone Soup Kitchen

Men Waiting Outside Al Capone Soup Kitchen
Notorious gangster Al Capone attempts to help unemployed men with his soup kitchen "Big Al's Kitchen for the Needy." The kitchen provides three meals a day consisting of soup with meat

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Veterans Volunteer During Depression

Veterans Volunteer During Depression
(Original Caption) 11/18/1930-War Veterans, members of the old 307th. ionfantry. Photo shows Sergt. Ray McMahon, being aided by the veterans who volunteered their services

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Run on a Bank

Run on a Bank
(Original Caption) December 10, 1930 - The Bronx, N.Y.- Three million dollars in cash was rushed to the branch of the Bank of the United States at Freeman Street and Southern Boulevard in the Bronx

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Congressman Fred Hartley Buying Apple from Unemployed Man

Congressman Fred Hartley Buying Apple from Unemployed Man
(Original Caption) Congressman Fred Hartley, left, of New Jersey, buys a apple from unemployed man in front of Capital Building

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Depositors Congregate Outside Closed Bank

Depositors Congregate Outside Closed Bank
(Original Caption) Depositors congregate outside the state ordered closed doors of the Union Bank of New York City. Photograph, 1931. BPA2# 1047

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Police Handing Food Out

Police Handing Food Out
(Original Caption) New York: Police assist in distributing food from trucks to the needy men and women of New York

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Hooverville in Croton Reservoir

Hooverville in Croton Reservoir
(Original Caption) New York City: Depression shacks "Hoover Village" in the old Central Park reservoir. Undated photograph

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: David Hutton with Line Of Hungry Men

David Hutton with Line Of Hungry Men
(Original Caption) 12/03/1931-Los Angeles, California: Aimee Semple McPherson-Hutton the noted evangelist of Los Angeles recently opened a soup kitchen, where the hungry of Los Angeles are fed

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: International Reparations Bank Council

International Reparations Bank Council
(Original Caption) 12/23/1931-Basel, Switzerland- Representing their respective countries, delegates to the International Bank for Reparations Payments

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Winding Breadline in Manhattan on Christmas

Winding Breadline in Manhattan on Christmas
Hundreds of people line up for the Christmas dinner at the New York Municipal Lodging House. | Location: Manahttan, New York City, New York, USA

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Unemployment Demonstration

Unemployment Demonstration
(Original Caption) 1932-New York: Unemployment demonstration in Union Square

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Police with Tommy Guns

Police with Tommy Guns
(Original Caption) 1932- Cumberland, Maryland: Members of the local police force are shown armed with rifles and machine guns covering the hunger marchers on their last lap to washington

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Hunger Marchers at Capitol Building

Hunger Marchers at Capitol Building
(Original Caption) 1/6/1932-Washington, D.C.- Quietly and curiously, without any sign of disorder, over 12, 000 hunger marchers, brought from Pittsburgh, PA, Washington, D.C. by Father James R

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Hunger Marchers at Capitol Building

Hunger Marchers at Capitol Building
(Original Caption) 1/6/1932-Washington, D.C.- Quietly and curiously, without any sign of disorder, over 12, 000 hunger marchers, brought from Pittsburgh, PA, Washington, D.C. by Father James R

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Hunger Marchers in Front of Capitol Building

Hunger Marchers in Front of Capitol Building
(Original Caption) 1/6/1932-Washington, D.C.- Quietly and curiously, without any sign of disorder, over 12, 000 hunger marchers, brought from Pittsburgh, PA, Washington, D.C. by Father James R

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Hunger Strike March on Capitol

Hunger Strike March on Capitol
(Original Caption) 1/7/1932-Washington, D.C.- Father James Cox from Pittsburgh, leader of 10, 000 umemployed marched to the capitol from Pittsburgh

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Crowd of Hunger Strikers at Capitol

Crowd of Hunger Strikers at Capitol
(Original Caption) 1/7/1932-Washington, D.C.- Father James R

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Instructor Teaching Caddying to Group

Instructor Teaching Caddying to Group
(Original Caption) 4/29/1932-White Plains, NY- Last year over 5, 000 men of White Plains received employment acting as caddies on the numerous golf courses in the section

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Bonus Marchers Outside Their Shack In Dc

Bonus Marchers Outside Their Shack In Dc
(Original Caption) 6/23/1932-Washington

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Bonus Men In Front Of Dug-Out In D.C

Bonus Men In Front Of Dug-Out In D.C
(Original Caption) 6/23/1932-Washington, D.C.: The capitol in the background overlooks this dugout at Camp Marks, Washington D.C

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Men Reading at Bowery Rooming House

Men Reading at Bowery Rooming House
(Original Caption) 1932-New York, NY- Bowery flophouse. Photograph depicts group of men seated reading

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Unemployed Men Registering to Get Jobs

Unemployed Men Registering to Get Jobs
(Original Caption) 09/29/32-Los Angeles, California- All unemployed resdents who are heads of families, living within four corners boundaries ma, by registering

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Franklin Roosevelt Campaigning with Farmers

Franklin Roosevelt Campaigning with Farmers
(Original Caption) 10/24/1932 -Atlanta, GA- Governor Franklin D

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Roosevelt Campaigning in Indianapolis

Roosevelt Campaigning in Indianapolis
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt (lower right, in travelling car) is greeted by a large crowd while campaigning in Indianapolis

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Children Forming New Deal Emblem

Children Forming New Deal Emblem
Several thousand San Francisco schoolchildren mass together to form the patriotic "Blue Eagle" of the National Recovery Administration

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Workers Receiving Emergency Payroll

Workers Receiving Emergency Payroll
Unpaid workers line up in a Detroit bank to receive their payroll following a shipment of $30, 000, 000 to be distributed by city banks to depositors. Governor William A

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Crowds Gathering at Home Relief Bureau

Crowds Gathering at Home Relief Bureau
(Original Caption) Thousands of Unemployed Get City Jobs. The huge crowd of unemployed that gathered in front of the Home Relief Bureau at 23rd St

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Men at CCC Reforestation Camp

Men at CCC Reforestation Camp
(Original Caption) 4/10/1933-Wind River, Washington-Vanguard of the army of 250

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Iowa National Guardsmen at Chattel Sale

Iowa National Guardsmen at Chattel Sale
(Original Caption) 5/2/33-Des Moines, Iowa: Armed with rifles, Iowa national guardsmen stand ready to put down any disturbance as Sheriff Hugo J. Willy cries a chattel sale in Crawford County

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Bonus Army Encampment Near Washington

Bonus Army Encampment Near Washington
Members of the Bonus Expeditionary Force, also called Bonus Army eat their lunches beside their tents at Fort Hunt, Virginia

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Eleanor Roosevelt Visiting Bonus Army Camp

Eleanor Roosevelt Visiting Bonus Army Camp
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt is a popular visitor to the new Bonus Army camp at Fort Hunt, Virginia. Mrs

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Women Applying for Work Camp

Women Applying for Work Camp
Several women attend a work camp at Bear Mountain unemployed, homeless, and single women during the Great Depression

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Women Playing Cards at Work Camp

Women Playing Cards at Work Camp
(Original Caption) 6/10/1933-New York, NY- Diane White and Violet Tanner enjoy a game of cards in their cabin at Camp Tera near Bear Mountain, New York. This camp is the first to be started by Mrs

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: President Roosevelt Signing Home Owners Loan Act

President Roosevelt Signing Home Owners Loan Act
(Original Caption) 6/13/1933-Washington, DC- President Roosevelt today signed the "Home Owners Loan Act of 1933

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: World Economic Conference Meeting

World Economic Conference Meeting
(Original Caption) 6/20/1933-London

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: US Postal Workers Cheering for the NRA

US Postal Workers Cheering for the NRA
Postal workers at the New York Post Office cheer the unfurling of the National Recovery Administration banner by Postmaster General James Farley and NRA Administrator Grover A. Whalen in 1933

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Roosevelt visits Civilian Conservation Corps Camps

Roosevelt visits Civilian Conservation Corps Camps
President Roosevelt sure was hungry when he arrived at Camp Big Meadows after his motor trip thru the historic Shenandoah Valley, VA

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Pres F Roosevelt @ Long Table W/Crowd

Pres F Roosevelt @ Long Table W/Crowd
(Original Caption) 8/12/33-Camp Fechner, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia- President Roosevelt motored through the historic Shenandoah Valley, Va

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Crowd Of Men Greet Pres F Roosevelt Car

Crowd Of Men Greet Pres F Roosevelt Car
(Original Caption) 8/12/33-Camp Big Meadows, Shenandoah Valley

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Pres F Roosevelt Confers Outside W/Crowd

Pres F Roosevelt Confers Outside W/Crowd
(Original Caption) 8/12/33-Camp Fechner, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia- President Roosevelt motored through the historic Shenandoah Valley, Va

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Chinese Women Posting NRA Signs

Chinese Women Posting NRA Signs
(Original Caption) 8/14/33-San Francisco, California: Constance King and Mae Chinn, of the Chinese Y.M.C.A. San Francisco, shown with the N.R.A

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Parade in St. Louis, Missouri

Parade in St. Louis, Missouri
A National Recovery Administration parade held in St. Louis, Missouri, drums up support for the New Deal program

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Dancers Holding New Deal Banner

Dancers Holding New Deal Banner
A group of dancers from Earl Carroll's Broadway show Murder at the Vanities hold up a banner in support of the National Recovery Administration

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: 'Living Blue Eagle' Formed by School Children

"Living Blue Eagle" Formed by School Children
A living "Blue Eagle" formed by several thousand school children of San Francisco

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: National Recovery Administration Parade

National Recovery Administration Parade
Over 250, 000 participants march in a parade down Fifth Avenue to show support for President Roosevelt's new National Recovery Administration

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Woman Shopping at Shops Cooperating with NRA Codes

Woman Shopping at Shops Cooperating with NRA Codes
Los Angeles shoppers take part in William Randolph Hearst's Buy In September campaign which supports President Roosevelt's National Recovery Administration program which seeks to stimulate

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Civil Works Administration Protest

Civil Works Administration Protest
Workers in Manhattan gather to protest pay cuts and layoffs by the Civil Works Administration

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Headquarters of the National Recovery Administration

Headquarters of the National Recovery Administration
1934-New York, NY: NRA headquarters at 45 Broadway, New York

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Postal Workers March by Capitol with Signs

Postal Workers March by Capitol with Signs
(Original Caption) 1/24/1934-Washington, DC- Six hundred Post Office substitute employees from Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cleveland and New York marched through Washington, DC

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: FDR Signs Gold Bill

FDR Signs Gold Bill
01/30/1934-Washington D.C.: THE PRESIDENT SIGNS THE GOLD BILL."This is the nicest birthday present I ever had, "remarks Pres. Franklin D

Background imageGreat Depression Collection: Woman Holding New Deal Emblem

Woman Holding New Deal Emblem
Betty Hartmann holds a piece of paper depicting the new Tennessee Valley Authority emblem



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