THE GREAT
DEPRESSION
IN PICTURES
A family suffers
Migrant mother
St. John’s,
Newfoundland
Eastern Canada
was especially hard
hit by the
depression
Upstairs bedroom of family on relief.
Men waiting in line for food
Men wait in line for “Free coffee and donuts for the unemployed”
Political pressure was strong as people suffered
People slept wherever they could once they lost their homes
Thousands of people abandoned their homes and went on the road in search of work
Transients were not welcome in some towns.
Migrant camp
A squatter’s camp –often people lived in conditions like this when they were evicted
Apple selling to avoid the embarassment of panhandling. In New York City
there were over 5000 apple sellers on the streets.
Dust storm
A wall of dust approaching a Kansas town.