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48. The Great Depression

The crash, the years of sinking deeper, the Bonus March, Hoover's last stand, and what the decade did to ordinary life.

48. The Great Depression

Dorothea Lange was employed by the Farm Security Administration to document the Depression through the camera lens. Her bleak photos captured the desperation o…

48a. The Market Crashes

The Roaring '20s came to a screeching halt when the stock market took a historic nosedive at the end of the decade. Here, a nervous crowd gathers in front of t…

48b. Sinking Deeper and Deeper: 1929-33

This photo, taken by Dorothea Lange, is one of the Depression's most well-known images. The woman, Florence Thompson, is shown with her children in a migrant f…

48c. The Bonus March

World War I veterans block the steps of the Capitol during the Bonus March, July 5, 1932. Many in America wondered if the nation would survive. Although the Un…

48d. Hoover's Last Stand

The Great Depression did not spare the most vulnerable citizens. The Bonus Army's protest of 1932 made this point by including families with young children in…

48e. Social and Cultural Effects of the Depression

Sports provided a distraction from the Depression. Shown is a ticker tape parade held in honor of the Detroit Tigers after winning the 1935 World Series. No na…