1930s America

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1930s America

• By Aaron EhrlichPeriod 3

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Chicago Street Newspaper Vendor
This photograph exemplifies the life of an
average city man trying to make a living in the
struggling economy of the era.
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Children in Dog-pulled Cart
This photograph shows three siblings whose family
can likely not afford a car.
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Building the Empire State
This photograph shows one of the workers upon the
frame of the Empire State building during its
construction in the early 1930s.
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Italian Working Women
This picture depicts Italian seamstresses in New
York who took up jobs to bring in some income
while their husbands were unemployed.
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Ravaging Dust Storms
This is a powerful dust storm in Oklahoma in
1935- a time of severe drought.
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Devastated Farms
One of many farms and homes obliterated by the
aforementioned dust storms of the time.
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The Homeless
After dust storms and drought, many families such
as this one had to travel migrantly without a
home.
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American Gothic
Art during the 1930s, such as the solemn farmers
of American Gothic, was dominated by the Great
Depression.
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Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbecks The Grapes of Wrath was written
in the 30s and is set in the infamous dust bowl
of the time.
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The 1939 Worlds Fair
The Worlds Fair of the 1930s, in Queens, gave a
sense of hope of the future to come to the
depressed society of the era. It featured a
television and prototype highway system.