Showcasing some of the 160,000 images taken between 1935 and 1944 by government-hired photographers. (If you were to look at 100 of them per day, every day, you'd need more than four years to view them all).
Jan 17, 2009
Do Not Apply
A sign in Colorado, 1940. Folks looking for work during the Great Depression encountered numerous signs of this sort.
One wonders how many parents with young mouths to feed had their day darkened by this particular one on the date this photo happened to be taken.