Vivid color photos from the Great Depression show life in one of America's darkest times
The US entered the Great Depression - one of history's great financial calamities - in the late 1920s, and the country spent most of the 1930s mired in a debilitating economic malaise.
It ultimately took the outbreak of World War II to help the US wrench itself out of the protracted slump.
Photos of America during the Depression, much like the mood of the country, are often bleak, available only in black and white.
But the photos below, produced using color transparencies taken by various photographers between 1939 and 1941 and compiled by the Library of Congress, show the period and the people who endured it in vivid color - offering a new way to look at one of America's most studied historical eras.
- Colon cancer rates are rising in young people. If you have two symptoms you should get a colonoscopy, a GI oncologist says.
- I spent $2,000 for 7 nights in a 179-square-foot room on one of the world's largest cruise ships. Take a look inside my cabin.
- An Ambani disruption in OTT: At just ₹1 per day, you can now enjoy ad-free content on JioCinema
- Deloitte projects India's FY25 GDP growth at 6.6%
- Italian PM Meloni invites PM Modi to G7 Summit Outreach Session in June
- Markets rally for 6th day running on firm Asian peers; Tech Mahindra jumps over 12%
- Sustainable Waste Disposal
- RBI announces auction sale of Govt. securities of ₹32,000 crore