All images and photographs from the Library of Congress and The Indiana Historical Society .
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All images and photographs from the Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsahtml/fahome.htmland
The Indiana Historical Societyhttp://opac.indianahistory.org
unless otherwise noted.
United States History – Eleventh Grade
A Photographic Essay of the Great Depression
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The Roaring 20’s roared away…..
Photos from
http://blog.miragestudio7.com/2007/04/the-automobile-home-of-the-great-depression
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No Work
Hundreds of businesses close, leaving many projects unfinished.
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http://sydney.indymedia.org.au/image/jobless-men-keep-going-we-can-t-take-care-our-own
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Walking
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Standing
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Riding the rails to nowhere
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Desperation
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No Food – Floods –Drought-Farms Fail
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Migrant farm workers with no work
Photographer Dorothea Lange took hundreds of Depression Era photos in many states.
This woman is a pea-picker. She has just sold her car tires to buy food for her children. She is 36 years old.
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No leadership
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Dust Storms Destroy Crops
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Still no leadership….
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Desperation in the cities – Washington, D.C.
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Life goes on – jazz in Chicago, street musicians in Harlem.
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Still life is hard for families
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Those who found work often lived in terrible conditions.
Jones Trailer Camp where army men and construction workers and their families live. They pay two dollars and fifty cents weekly for space only. One said "It's nothing but a mud hole, only running water, you can't find a decent place to live in Columbus, and nobody will allow children in their homes--it's a shame. We was all children once. Most folks got children."
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WPA worker with sons
Government programs begin with FDR
WPA workers in Chicago
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Housing Rehabilitation
This is where a family was living. It was to be “rehabilitated” through a government program.
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FDR’s Fireside Chats brought hope.“I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new
deal for the American people.”