1929-1939: The Great Depression > Help and a New Deal


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Title: No work, no eat. Los Angeles, Calif.
Creator/Contributor: Blanding Sloan
Contributing Institution: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
These images show how the US government responded to the widespread unemployment of the Great Depression. They also illustrate the unique solutions people created outside of government-funded programs.
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