To help you visually understand the effects of the Great Depression upon the American people, take a look at our pictures.

Bread line.

Serving for a bread line.

Farming family.


Young daughter of a farmer.


Traveling away from the Dust Bowl.


Traveling from the Dust Bowl with belongings.

Man in Dust Bowl.

Classroom in Mid-West.

Mother and child in shantytown.

'Home' in a shantytown.

Being served in a soup kitchen.

Families traveling away from farms.

Run down home.

Bread line 2.

Man eating in soup kitchen.

New York City Stock Market.
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