The Great Depression: Research

 





Spent this afternoon reading up on 'The Great Depression' 1929. The saddest feature of the depression was the queue of unemployed workers. People who lived through the Depression have never forgotten the anguish of those times, the stark contrast between rich and poor, the absuridity of food being destroyed and the helplessness of man to order his own affairs.

I think these images really highlight this helplessness and desperation, in a simple, honest, understated way; they are just looking for a job.