The Most Disquieting Photos Of The Great Depression
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1. Two Children In A Camp Peek Through A Door In Kern County, CA, 1940
Photo: Dorothea Lange / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain2. A Bread Line Wraps Around The Block Outside The Brooklyn Bridge, New York, 1930s
Photo: Office of War Information / Library of Congress / Public Domain3. Families Living In Their Cars In Sacramento, CA, 1940
Photo: Dorothea Lange / WIkimedia Commons / Public Domain4. A Homeless Family Walks From Phoenix To San Diego, 1939
Photo: Dorothea Lange / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain5. A Family Of Five, Car Broken Down On The Side Of The Road In California, 1937
Photo: Dorothea Lange / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain6. An Alley Of The Unemployed In Manhattan, 1935
Photo: Berenice Abbott / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain7. Migrants In California, Refugees From A Texas Drought, 1936
Photo: Dorothea Lange / Library of Congress / Public Domain8. Abandoned Farmland Along The Texas Panhandle, 1938
Photo: Dorothea Lange / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain9. A Soup Kitchen In Montreal, 1931
Photo: Unknown / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain10. Migrants Make Their Way Across California, 1935
Photo: Dorothea Lange / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain11. Auto Camp Housing For Citrus Workers In Tulare County, CA, 1940
Photo: Dorothea Lange / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain12. Wisconsin Children Cross An Empty Street In An Empty Neighborhood, 1939
Photo: John Vachon / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain13. A Nurse Making Rounds At A Camp In Merrill, Klamath County, OR, 1939
Photo: Dorothea Lange / Library of Congress / Public Domain14. Parched Corn In A Field Between Dallas And Waco, TX, 1936
Photo: Dorothea Lange / Library of Congress / Public Domain15. Unemployed Tenant Farmer In Imperial Valley, CA, 1937
Photo: Dorothea Lange / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain16. Walking Toward Los Angeles, 1937
Photo: Dorothea Lange / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain17. Victims Of The Bank Failure Protest In The Rain, New York City, 1931
Photo: World Telegram Staff Photographer / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain18. A Migrant Camp In Farmersville, CA, 1939
Photo: Dorothea Lange / Library of Congress / Public Domain19. Itinerant Worker Waiting On A Stationary Train In Imperial Valley, CA, 1939
Photo: Dorothea Lange / Library of Congress / Public Domain20. Laundry Facilities At A Camp In The San Joaquin Valley, CA, 1939
Photo: Dorothea Lange / Library of Congress / Public Domain