THE GREAT THE GREAT DEPRESSION DEPRESSION IN PICTURESIN 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.