The Faces of Childhood

Below are images of children throughout the Unites States.  These images depict their experiences working, surviving and living through the great depression with their families and loved ones.  Throughout, we see children who have had their childhood stolen from them due to economic disaster and need for help within their families.  We can see through these images that the great depression had a great negative effect on the lives of children born around this age.  By annotating images, we as historians can find better meaning in them aside from just the visual context that they give.

References:

Lange, D. (Jul. 1936) "Negro tenant family who barely lives on the earnings of fifty dollars a year. They pay a standing rent. There are five children working; ages from seven to fourteen. The older children cultivating, the younger children hoeing and chopping. Eutaw, Alabama". Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017762964/

Mydans, C. (Nov. 1935). "Slum children at play, Washington, D.C. Children in their backyard near the Capitol. This area inhabited by both black and white". Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017714037/

Rothstein, A. (Sep. 1935) "Children of resettlement farmer, Skyline Farms, Alabama" Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017721075/