Never Before Seen Photos Of The Great Depression: How The Nation Found A Way To Survive & To Save The American History
The World’s worst economic crisis and recession lasted for ten long, trying years from 1929 to 1939. What was known as the Great Depression truly meant just that – as with the industrialized World’s troubles came changes in ordinary man’s woes and everyday struggles! President Franklin D. Roosevelt had known the importance of the time and wanting to save American history for posterity, he appointed photographers to capture over 180,000 images showing life as it was. Just recently digitalized, the catalog became available, and we bring you the most incredible and never before seen pictures of that troubled time. Can you spot similarities to today’s so called “Debt Crisis”?
Injured Lumberjack during Great Depression
Being a lumberjack was one of the hardest jobs during the Great Depression and certainly among the most dangerous ones. People doing this job were working under hazardous conditions that brought meager earnings in periods when strikes began. As a result of fights that were very common back then, this Lumberjack was badly injured in Minnesota in September 1937. Lumberjacks were the first people to organize a strike to clamor for better pay and working conditions, contributing to saving American history.
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