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作者:秃公 在 罕见奇谈 发贴, 来自 http://www.hjclub.org

Dorothea Lange's most famous photograph is entitled Migrant Mother taken in Nipomo, California in 1936. Lange was famous for capturing the hardship, anguish, and the humanity of the Great Depression.
Throughout the 1930s and into the 1940s, the people of the United States faced some of their toughest years. Only the Second World War would put an end to the Great Depression.
Depression Era Unemployment
Year U.S. Population Unemployment Percentage
1929 88,010,000 3.14
1930 89,550,000 8.67
1931 90,710,000 15.82
1932 91,810,000 23.53
1933 92,950,000 24.75
1934 94,190,000 21.60
1935 95,460,000 19.97
1936 96,700,000 16.80
1937 97,870,000 14.18
1938 99,120,000 18.91
1939 100,360,000 17.05
1940 101,560,000 14.45
1941 102,700,000 9.66
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1957 (Washington, D.C., 1960), p. 70.

This map shows the states that were considered dust bowl states and the areas affected by dust storms. Notice that many states not considered dust bowl states were still damaged by dust storms. The whole middle of the United States was literally blowing away.
FROM: Chapter 24: The Great Depression

Not again in my life time, Amen!
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