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Child Protesting in the streets, 1929.
THE GREAT DEPRESSION WAS A VERY UNFORTUNATE TIME FOR ALL AMERICANS, ESPECIALLY THOSE LIVING IN CITIES. AROUND 14 MILLION AMERICANS WERE LEFT WITHOUT A JOB AND BANKS WERE FAILING AT AN ALARMING RATE. IN THE ABOVE PICTURE, A SMALL CHILD IS HOLDING UP A SIGN SAYING "WHY CAN'T YOU GIVE MY DAD A JOB?" THIS CHILD AND THEIR FAMILY ARE MOST LIKELY LIVING IN POVERTY BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO INCOME. PROTESTING MAY JUST BE ONE OF THE ONLY CHANCES THEY HAVE TO EATING DINNER TONIGHT. MILLIONS OF OTHER FAMILIES WERE HOMELESS JUST LIKE THIS POOR CHILD'S.
Newsboy in redding, california, 1941.
AMERICANS WERE IN SHOCK AND HORROR WHEN THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR OCCURED. IN THE ABOVE PHOTO, A YOUNG BOY IS MAKING MONEY OFF OF SELLING NEWSPAPERS WITH THE HEADLINE "JAPS DECLARE WAR. ATTACK U.S.". MOST PEOPLE WOULD CALL HIS JOB BEING A NEWSIE. NEWSIES WOULD SELL NEWSPAPERS TO PEDESTRIANS IN LARGE CITIES. THIS WAS POPULAR AT THE TIME ESPECIALLY WHEN FAMILES NEEDED MONEY.
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