Completion of fire station (WPA)
This photo was taken on October 9, 1939 on the completion of constructing a fire station in New Orleans, LA.
Pamphlets (FHA)
This photo displays various pamphlets issued by the Federal Housing Administration from 1934 to 1938.
slum-clearance (NHA of 1934)
This photo uncovers a rear-yard tenement in New York City in 1959. Today, the global South views rear-yard shacks as a principal of slums.
Mass unemployment (Women's disadvantage)
This photo shows a group of men unemployed during the 1930s.
The mass unemployment later convinced many Americans that women were getting a hold of jobs that should have belonged to men.
The mass unemployment later convinced many Americans that women were getting a hold of jobs that should have belonged to men.
on the road to california (migrant workers)
Migrant workers were accostumed to moving. Here is a man that carries his sleeping bag on his back in Imperial County, California.
House Cars (Migrant workers)
Migrant workers often set camp with the help of their cars or wagons. Migrant camps were a common scene in these desperate times.
G0vernment Subsidies (AAA)
This is a photo of a farmer receiving his subside for lowering crop production and getting rid of any surplus. These requirements were created by the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA).
National Recovery Administration (NRA)
This is a photo of the infamous NRA Blue Eagle poster. The NRA was an administration created to regulate the National Industrial Recovery Act.
