THE NEW DEAL-- THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT OF 1935 gggff

Scenes From the Depression

This photo of the "dust bowl" in Oklahoma was one vivid example of the suffering of the Depression. Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration-1936.

A family on the road in the Midwest, circa 1936. Photo by Dorothea Lange for the Resettlement Administration.

A family on the road, the hard way, heading toward Los Angeles. Photo by Dorothea Lange for the Resettlement Administration.