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Photos From the Depression: Part II

Here are more photos from the Great Depression. All these photographs are available from the Library of Congress.

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Migrant agricultural worker’s family. 1936. Photographer: Dorothea Lange


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A foreclosure tale in Iowa, with military police on hand to keep farmers from preventing the auction. Photographer: Unknown


Old Age - Dorothea Lange

Old Age. 1936. Photographer: Dorothea Lange


Hobo Great Depression

“On the road eight years, all over the country, every state in the union, back and forth, pick up a job here and there, travelling all the time.” 1939. Photographer: Dorothea Lange


Bread Line Great Depression

Bread line, New York. Photographer: Unknown


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  1. The first photo looks like the same woman from that really famous Great Depression image.

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