America during the first economic crisis

Color photographs of the great depression. Recently, the Library of Congress has released a collection of 1700 previously unpublished photos of the era of the great depression of the late 30's and early 40's. Here are collected the most vivid pictures that allow you to see in color the first global economic crisis.

House in Houston, Texas, may 1943. Photographer John Vachon (1914-1975)

Prayer before dinner at the fair, pie town, new Mexico, October 1940. Photographer Russell Lee (1903-1986)

The start of the festive dinner, Pai town, new Mexico, October 1940. Photographer Russell Lee (1903-1986)

3 pictures taken at the fair in Rutland, Vermont, September 1940. Photographer Jack Delano

William London, a working railway with 25 years of experience, Melrose Park, near Chicago, Illinois. The photo was taken in the early 1940's

Marshalling yard in Chicago, Illinois, 1942. Photographer Jack Delano

Unfeminine work: viola Sievers washes locomotive series H in Clinton, Iowa, April 1943

Joseph Klesken washes after a busy day at the rail yard in Chicago. Photographer Jack Delano

Depot freight locomotives in Chicago, Illinois, may 1943

Unloading of cars in the Chicago depot, April 1943. Photographer Jack Delano

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

Auction at the farm, Derby, Connecticut, September 1940

The children harvested potatoes in the fields near Caribou, Maine. School did not open until until the the crop will not be harvested. October 1940

Shop in Lincoln, Nebraska, 1942

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

Sale of surplus, St Johns, Arizona, October 1940

On the plantation, owned by the Ministry of agriculture, Louisiana, 1940

Land preparation for planting cotton, Greene County, Georgia, June 1940

The construction of the Shasta dam in California, June 1942

Corn fields along the river, North-Eastern Tennessee, may 1940

Harvesting oats, southeastern Georgia, about 1940

Harvesting corn near pie Town, new Mexico, October 1940

Kids sitting on the car. The photo was taken near the labor camp of the Ministry of agriculture about Robston, Texas, January 1940

The garden next to the Jack Winery dugout, pie town, new Mexico, September 1940

Farmer Jim Norris, pie town, new Mexico, September 1940

Second-hand plumbing store in Brockton, Massachusetts, December 1940

Workers harvesting sugar cane, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, December 1941

The main street Grid, Colorado, December 1940

Loaded with fertilizers (circa 1940)

Rodeo at the pie town, new Mexico, October 1940

A boy from Cincinnati, Ohio, 1942 or 1943

Farmer with children on a barbecue, Pai town, new Mexico, October 1940. Photographer Lee Russell

Farmer Jack Winery with his family, pie town, new Mexico, September 1940. Photographer Lee Russell

Barrage balloon "Parris island", may 1942. Photographer Alfred Palmer

Sylvia Sweets tea room, Brockton, Massachusetts, December 1940 or January 1941. Photographer Jack Delano

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

Photo from Georgia (?), circa 1940

Scrap yard in Montana, October 1940

The children gather model airplane, Robstown, Texas, January 1942. Photographer Arthur Rothstein (1915-1985)

Farmer Jim Norris with his wife, pie town, new Mexico, October 1940

Tying ribbon on the tail of a calf in front of the Rodeo in Pai town, October 1940

Pre-sorting of oranges before sending, Redlands, California, March 1943

Virginia young (right), head of the repair shop at the naval base in Texas. Her husband was one of the first victims of the US during the Second world war. August 1941, photographer Howard Hall.

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