21 vintage photos show how desperate and desolate America looked during the Great Depression

Economy 21 vintage photos show how desperate and desolate America looked during the Great Depression Natalie Colarossi and Talia Lakritz Updated 2024-07-02T20:59:48Z Share icon An curved arrow pointing right. Share Facebook Icon The letter F. Facebook Email icon An envelope. It indicates the ability to send an email. Email Twitter icon A stylized bird with an open mouth, tweeting. Twitter LinkedIn icon LinkedIn Link icon An image of a chain link. It symobilizes a website link url. Copy Link lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Article Icon A bookmark Save Read in app Angle down icon An icon in the shape of an angle pointing down. Thousands of unemployed people waited in lines for food during the Great Depression. AP Photo The Great Depression was the worst economic crisis in US history, when unemployment reached 25%. When the pandemic hit in 2020, Americans hadn’t felt that level of economic tragedy in a century. These photos reveal what life looked like in the bleak 1930s after the stock market crashed. Advertisement During the Great Depression, the most tragic economic collapse in US history, more than 15 million Americans were left jobless and...