The Great Depression (colorized) photos of History...

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Flood victims lineup for Red Cross relief in Kentucky 1937

 

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Children of a migrant fruit worker in Berrien County, Mich.

 

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An unemployed man holds a sign voicing his frustrations. Circa early 1930s.

 

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Two boys play golf on a homemade course consisting of old buckets. 1930.

 

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A family of migrant workers fleeing from the drought in Oklahoma camp by the roadside in Blythe, Calif. 1936.

 

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The children of a migrant family living in a trailer in the middle of a field south of Chandler, Ariz.

 

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The first legal case of beer arrives at the White House following the repeal of Prohibition. Washington, D.C. April 1933.

A crowd salutes the camera, holding up their drinks at a newly-opened bar just after the repeal of Prohibition. Location and date unspecified. 1933.

 

[The Duke]

The worst pictures looks better than Detroit today.

One thing I see in those pictures is people who still have hope, people who have dignity, something that is woefully lacking in today's poor America.

People had more opportunity back then; And there was more hope.

My Goodness.

There was more upward mobility available to the general populace.

Yes. Take that for what you will.

 

[The Duke]

A family of migrant workers fleeing from the drought in Oklahoma camp by the roadside in Blythe, Calif. 1936.


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They are Ukranian; I bet. I know that look.
Pfft. I knew a guy that is about just like the guy in that; and that's what the women loooked like, too.

 

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They are Ukranian; I bet. I know that look.
Pfft. I knew a guy that is about just like the guy in that; and that's what the women loooked like, too.

I don't know from where they are.... but somewhere in Europe possibly.

That's mainly where immigrants came from back then.

Good people.

 

[The Duke]

I don't know from where they are.... but somewhere in Europe possibly.

That's mainly where immigrants came from back then.

Good people.

Aye, back in the day in America; Either you made it or you didn't.

So you know, like, most whites, and blacks, and Latin, and Indian, and Asian people..

They kinda made it.

I stand by my assertion!

And the reason I put whites and blacks first, is because that's what's first in America.

Those who have been there. Not foreigners.

We can welcome foreigners, but we gotta take care of us, too.

 

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Aye, back in the day in America; Either you made it or you didn't.

So you know, like, most whites, and blacks, and Latin, and Indian, and Asian people..

They kinda made it.

I stand by my assertion!

And the reason I put whites and blacks first, is because that's what's first in America.

Those who have been there. Not foreigners.

We can welcome foreigners, but we gotta take care of us, too.

Yes, they came to America for work.

 

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A young boy stands in the middle of the Dust Bowl. Circa 1935.

 

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Aye, back in the day in America; Either you made it or you didn't.

So you know, like, most whites, and blacks, and Latin, and Indian, and Asian people..

They kinda made it.

I stand by my assertion!

And the reason I put whites and blacks first, is because that's what's first in America.

Those who have been there. Not foreigners.

We can welcome foreigners, but we gotta take care of us, too.

Just to add....

The migrants posted in this thread came to America LEGALLY, not like the savages of today.

They brought with them a totally different mentality than today illegals.

That's important to understand.

 

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Dust storm 1930s

 

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Young mother from Oklahoma in California, 1937.​

 

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Itinerant furniture maker’s family, OK, 1939.​

 

[Leo123]

One glaring thing I noticed. No one is smiling.