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
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.