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Roy Emerson Stryker (November 5, 1893 – September 27, 1975) was an American economist, government official, and photographer.He headed the Information Division of the Farm Security Administration (FSA) during the Great Depression, and launched the documentary photography program of the FSA.
Florence Owens Thompson (born Florence Leona Christie; September 1, 1903 – September 16, 1983) was an American woman who was the subject of Dorothea Lange's photograph Migrant Mother (1936), considered an iconic image of the Great Depression.
Evans' 1936 photo of then-27-year-old Allie Mae Burroughs, a symbol of the Great Depression Roadside stand near Birmingham, Alabama, photographed by Evans Evans' March 1936 photo, Frame house. Charleston, South Carolina. Walker Evans was born in St. Louis, Missouri to Jessie (née Crane) and Walker Evans. [3]
The Library of Congress recently released over 1,600 color photos of the Great Depression. The pictures, which were taken during the final years of the Depression, offer a fresh perspective on one ...
The Great Depression was the worst economic crisis in US history. More than 15 million Americans were left jobless and unemployment reached 25%. 25 vintage photos show how desperate and desolate ...
Photos of America during the Great Depression, much like the mood of the country, are often bleak, available only in black and white -- until now.
The Farm Security Administration (FSA) was a New Deal agency created in 1937 to combat rural poverty during the Great Depression in the United States. It succeeded the Resettlement Administration (1935–1937). [1] The FSA is famous for its small but highly influential photography program, 1935–1944, that portrayed the challenges of rural ...
The term "The Great Depression" is most frequently attributed to British economist Lionel Robbins, whose 1934 book The Great Depression is credited with formalizing the phrase, [230] though Hoover is widely credited with popularizing the term, [230] [231] informally referring to the downturn as a depression, with such uses as "Economic ...