The Great Depression occurred as a result of the stock market crash in New York City not long after World War I. The collapse of the stock market was appropriately titled Black Tuesday and left an entire country in disarray. The Great Depression began in 1930 and lasted over a decade. Nearly one out of every four Americans remained unemployed during these iron-hard times.
These photos sum up the shocking sights of this of this historic era.
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4 Mind-Blowing Facts About the English Language
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The Bone Wars - Historyโs Most Notorious Scientific Feud
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These Ancient Stories Were Lost to the Sands of Time
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Things Have Changed So Much in the Last 110 Years
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