America during the First Economic Crisis

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Color photographs of the Great Depression. Recently, the Library of Congress has released a selection of 1,700 previously unpublished photographs of the era of the end of the Great Depression - the late 30s and early 40s. Here are the most expressive pictures that allow you to see the first global economic crisis in color.

America during the First Economic Crisis
America during the First Economic Crisis

A house in Houston, Texas, May 1943. Photographer John Vachon (1914-1975)

America during the First Economic Crisis

Prayer before lunch at the fair, Pie Town, New Mexico, October 1940. Photographer Lee Russell (1903-1986)

America during the First Economic Crisis

The beginning of the holiday dinner, Pie Town, New Mexico, October 1940. Photographer Lee Russell (1903-1986)

America during the First Economic Crisis

3 photos taken at a fair in Rutland, Vermont, September 1940. Photographer Jack Delano

America during the First Economic Crisis
America during the First Economic Crisis
America during the First Economic Crisis

William London, railroad worker with 25 years of experience, Melrose Park, near Chicago, Illinois. The photo was taken in the early 1940s

America during the First Economic Crisis

A marshalling yard in Chicago, Illinois, 1942. Photographer Jack Delano

America during the First Economic Crisis

Unladylike work: Viola Sievers washes an H-series locomotive in Clinton, Iowa, April 1943

America during the First Economic Crisis

Joseph Klensken washes up after a working day at a marshalling yard in Chicago. Photographer Jack Delano

America during the First Economic Crisis

Freight Locomotive Depot in Chicago, Illinois, May 1943

America during the First Economic Crisis

Unloading of wagons at the Chicago depot, April 1943. Photographer Jack Delano

America during the First Economic Crisis

Dancing couples, McIntosh County, Oklahoma, 1939 or 1940. Photographer Lee Russell (1903-1986)

America during the First Economic Crisis

Farm Auction, Derby, Connecticut, September 1940

America during the First Economic Crisis

Children harvest potatoes in fields near Caribou, Maine. Schools did not open until the harvest was harvested. October 1940

America during the First Economic Crisis

A shop in Lincoln, Nebraska, 1942

America during the First Economic Crisis

Women railroad workers on their lunch break, Clinton, Iowa, April 1943

America during the First Economic Crisis

Surplus Sale, St. John's, Arizona, October 1940

America during the First Economic Crisis

On a plantation owned by the Department of Agriculture, Louisiana, 1940

America during the First Economic Crisis

Preparation of land for cotton planting, Greaney County, Georgia, June 1940

America during the First Economic Crisis

Construction of the Shasta Dam in California, June 1942

America during the First Economic Crisis

Cornfields along the river, northeast Tennessee, May 1940

America during the First Economic Crisis

Oat harvesting, southeast Georgia, circa 1940

America during the First Economic Crisis

Corn harvesting near Pie Town, New Mexico, October 1940

America during the First Economic Crisis

Children sitting on the car. The photo was taken next to the Department of Agriculture labor camp near Robston, Texas, January 1940

America during the First Economic Crisis

A garden laid out next to Jack Weenery's dugout, Pie Town, New Mexico, September 1940

America during the First Economic Crisis

Farmer Jim Norris, Pie Town, New Mexico, September 1940

America during the First Economic Crisis

A used plumbing store in Brockton, Massachusetts, December 1940

America during the First Economic Crisis

Sugar cane workers, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, December 1941

America during the First Economic Crisis

Main Street Grid, Colorado, December 1940

America during the First Economic Crisis

Fertilizer cart (circa 1940)

America during the First Economic Crisis

Rodeo in Pie Town, New Mexico, October 1940

America during the First Economic Crisis

A boy from Cincinnati, Ohio, 1942 or 1943

America during the First Economic Crisis

Farmer with children at a barbecue, Pie Town, New Mexico, October 1940. Photographer Lee Russell

America during the First Economic Crisis

Farmer Jack Weenery and his family, Pie Town, New Mexico, September 1940. Photographer Lee Russell

America during the First Economic Crisis

The Parris Island barrage balloon, May 1942. Photographer Alfred Palmer

America during the First Economic Crisis

Sylvia Sweets Tea Shop, Brockton, Massachusetts, December 1940 or January 1941. Photographer Jack Delano

America during the First Economic Crisis

Trucks of the starch factory in Caribou, Maine, October 1940. Photographer Jack Delano

America during the First Economic Crisis

Photo from Georgia (?), circa 1940

America during the First Economic Crisis

Scrap metal warehouse in Montana, October 1940

America during the First Economic Crisis

Children assemble a model airplane, Robstown, Texas, January 1942. Photographer Arthur Rothstein (1915-1985)

America during the First Economic Crisis

Farmer Jim Norris and his wife, Pie Town, New Mexico, October 1940

America during the First Economic Crisis

Tying a ribbon on a calf's tail before a rodeo in Pie Town, October 1940

America during the First Economic Crisis

Pre-sorting oranges before shipping, Redlands, California, March 1943

America during the First Economic Crisis

Virginia Young (right), head of the repair shop at the Naval base in Texas. Her husband became one of the first victims of the United States in World War II. August 1941, photographer Howard Hallem.

America during the First Economic Crisis

Lucille Mazurek, 29, a former housewife whose husband was drafted into the army, works at a factory in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, February 1943. Photographer Howard Hallem

     

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