The document summarizes life during the Great Depression era in the United States through a series of photographs and captions. People struggled with unemployment, poverty, homelessness, and racism. Many traveled across states in search of work, living in makeshift towns called "Hoovervilles" made of salvaged materials. The Dust Bowl caused severe dust storms that buried homes and lasted for days.

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2. Children were often left on their own to fend for themselves. Here are some homeless children sitting in their depression-ridden town.

3. In order to keep worker costs down, inmates were used for labor. Here are some inmates serving food to homeless men.

4. With no hope is sight, many people traveled to other places. Here is a picture of a man on his way to Oregon in hopes to escape what he left.

5. With such high winds during the dust bowl, sediment was forced to move. In this picture, the barn is covered high in sediment due to high winds.

6. Here is a typical dust storm in during the Dust Bowl. This storm could last about three days and was known to bury houses.

7. This picture shows how jobless men traveled from city to city and state to state in search of jobs. This billboard is one of many encouraging jobless men to keep on walking, because there were no available jobs there.

8. Rosie the Riveter was a famous icon. It demonstrated how World War II was the first major war were women played a big role.

9. Here is a sign advertising a hotel for “colored people” only. This shows how racism was a big issue during the time era.

10. Widows of those killed in war often found themselves working in the service to help contribue to the cause. They also felt obligated in memorium and revenge of their slain spouses.

12. During the Great Depression, many lost their jobs. Those who had them only were paid about 85 cents a day. Due to the lack of money, families lost their farms and were forced to live in rags.

13. Below is a picture of a man in “Hooverville”. Hooverville was a town where hundreds of homeless people moved to. These towns were built of anything that could be salvaged and fashiobned into houses.