Images from The Great Depression
Black TuesdayOctober 29, 1929
Millions lost their jobs
People packed up everything they owned and moved when they lost their homes.
On the Road
Destitute pea pickers in California
Lange, Dorothea
Drought turned the land into a Dust Bowl
Flood refugee encampment at Forrest City, ArkansasEvans, Walker
"We're living in a tent because we wouldn't pay anyone thirty or thirty-five dollars for a two-room bug trap." Mission Valley, San
Diego, California.Lee, Russell
Poverty was widespread
Family of tenant farmer at noonday meal near Muskogee, Oklahoma. His wife is shooing away
flies with branch. Lee, Russell
Square in midtown. San Diego, California.Lee, Russell
Looking for work
Shanty Towns
Soup Kitchens
The Bread Line
Strike
Segregation
White Supremacy
