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Depressions
2. This photo was taken in August 1938 by photographer
John Vachon. It shows the members of a picket line at
King Farm strike. In contrast to a frequently racist
society, several unions, including this one, were militantly
integrationist.
4. This is a press photo taken by Alexander of 177
Thompson Street in New York. This shows a Spanish
War demonstration in New York. It exemplifies how
Americans were not only being affected by the Great
Depression in the U.S., but al;so had to be worried
about the affect the War in Spain would have on
them.
6. This photo was taken by Sheldon Dick between January and
February 1936. It shows strikers guarding the window
entrance to Fisher body plant number three, a plant in Flint,
Michigan. The men guarding the entrance are displaying the
attitude, “If we can’t work, then nobody else can and or will”
8. This photograph shows the broken windows at General Motors’ Flint Fisher Body
Plant during the Flint sit-down strike of 1936-37. During the Great
Depression, unemployment was high and many employers tried to get as much
work as possible from their employees for the lowest possible wage. Workers
began unions and hearing rumors that G.M. was moving work to factories where
the union was not as strong, workers began a sit-down strike in Flint.
10. This photo depicts World War I veterans blocking the steps of the Capital
Building during the Bonus March, on July 5, 1932. During the Great
Depression, World War I veterans were seeking early payment of a bonus
scheduled for 1945. Hoover, however, resisted the demand for an early
bonus and in July, the Senate rejected the bonus 62 to 18, thus a riot
ensued, with two marchers having been killed.