An anonymous benefactor in Canton, Ohio placed a n...  ...ople in need to contact him. At the height of the Great Depression , many were in dire straits and responded by mail....  ...vely, the letters offer a wrenching vision of the Great Depression and of the struggle within the souls of individua...

Dorothea Lange captured some of the iconic images...  ...a Lange captured some of the iconic images of the Great Depression . As such she became one of the founding figures...  ...ture the lives and times of those affected by the Depression and to pass these images on - free of charge - to...  ...gs to come.htt...

You may recall the famous photograph known as "Mig...  ...936. It was used over the years to illustrate the Great Depression . Thompson was a migrant worker with seven childre...  ...who we were." The photograph helped define the Great Depression , yet McIntosh says her mom didn't let it define h...