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@financialtalk.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 2:11 AM

The First 6 Hours of the #GreatDepression

@nile11.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 8:34 PM

Becerra's Father Was Born in the U.S., Fueling Campaign Clash
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https://nile1.com/becerras-father-was-born-in-the-u-s-fueling-campaign-clash/
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#californiaGovernorRace #g.CristinaMora #greatDepression #guelaguetza #instituteOfGovernmentalStudies #jonathanUnderland #

@respectfully.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 6:59 PM

Washington D.C. Sign in a restaurant on I Street near 14th Street (1943)
By: Horne, Joseph A. (Joseph Anthony)

#FSA #GreatDepression #historicalphotos

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa/item/2017826779/

Washington D.C. Sign in a restaurant on I Street near 14th Street. Photographed by Horne, Joseph A. (Joseph Anthony). Dated 1943. From the Library of Congress, ammem.

@respectfully.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 4:16 PM

New York, New York. 61st Street between 1st and 3rd Avenues. Children playing in the street (1938 Summer)
By: Evans, Walker, 1903-1975

#FSA #GreatDepression #historicalphotos

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa/item/2017732880/

New York, New York. 61st Street between 1st and 3rd Avenues. Children playing in the street. Photographed by Evans, Walker, 1903-1975. Dated 1938 Summer. From the Library of Congress, ammem.

@liamomaraiv.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 4:00 PM

The first of many #PennyAuctions took place in #Nebraska on #ThisDayInHistory in 1932. These were #GreatDepression examples of #DirectAction, wherein #farmers used violence or threats to prevent banks from auctioning repossessed farms, helping the former owner buy it for a penny.

@respectfully.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 1:24 AM

Signs, Washington, D.C. (1937 Apr)
By: Vachon, John, 1914-1975

#FSA #GreatDepression #history

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa/item/2017716875/

Signs, Washington, D.C. Photographed by Vachon, John, 1914-1975. Dated 1937 Apr. From the Library of Congress, ammem.

@jimferguson.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 11:18 AM

The Civilian Conservation Corps, #CCC, built this #bridge across the gorge below the Lower Falls of the #GeneseeRiver in #Letchworth State Park, #NewYork during the #GreatDepression. #photography #SupportPublicLands #waterfall

A stone bride spans a river. Two people are on the bridge looking at the falls. The bridge is about 100 feet (30 m) long. It is the only way to cross the river inside the park. This is another example of the CCC's work on public lands. The arch was built by first erecting wooden trusses to support the stonework. The museum at the park has a good photo display of the bridge's construction.

@respectfully.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 7:46 AM

Barber shop on Hillsboro street. Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina (1939 Nov)
By: Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990

#FSA #GreatDepression #publicdomain

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa/item/2017801959/

Barber shop on Hillsboro street. Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina. Photographed by Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990. Dated 1939 Nov. From the Library of Congress, ammem.

@respectfully.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 9:42 PM

Untitled photo, possibly related to: Forty-ninth Street near Sixth Avenue, New York, New York (1937 Dec)
By: Rothstein, Arthur, 1915-1985

#FSA #GreatDepression #oldphotos

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa/item/2017723029/

Untitled photo, possibly related to: Forty-ninth Street near Sixth Avenue, New York, New York. Photographed by Rothstein, Arthur, 1915-1985. Dated 1937 Dec. From the Library of Congress, ammem.

@respectfully.bsky.social Oct 3, 2026, 11:20 AM

Untitled photo, possibly related to: Friends of the deceased's family, at an annual memorial meeting in the family cemetery. In the mountains near Jackson, Kentucky. See general… (1940 Aug.?)

#FSA #GreatDepression #oldphotos

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa/item/2017757364/

Untitled photo, possibly related to: Friends of the deceased's family, at an annual memorial meeting in the family cemetery. In the mountains near Jackson, Kentucky. See general caption no. 1. Photographed by Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990. Dated 1940 Aug.?. From the Library of Congress, ammem.

@sealionpress.co.uk Oct 3, 2026, 9:25 AM

In today's #SaturdayShowcase of past SLP #AlternateHistory #books, it's Bob Mumby's #ChasingShadows about a different #BusinessPlot in #GreatDepression era #America - if you missed it, yesterday we ran a new article in which he explains how and why he wrote it. www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page...

@respectfully.bsky.social Oct 3, 2026, 7:24 AM

Mrs. Pauline Baker Chambers, Senior Counselor Nurse, Office of Production Management (OPM). Graduate Emergency Hospital, Post-Graduate Saint Elizabeth's Hospital, Washington, D.C… (c. 1940-1946)

#FSA #GreatDepression #oldphotos

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa/item/2017689533/

Mrs. Pauline Baker Chambers, Senior Counselor Nurse, Office of Production Management (OPM). Graduate Emergency Hospital, Post-Graduate Saint Elizabeth's Hospital, Washington, D.C., Post-Graduate American Hospital, Paris, France. Photographed by Dixon, Royden. Dated c. 1940-1946. From the Library of Congress, ammem.

@respectfully.bsky.social Oct 3, 2026, 4:01 AM

Portrait of America. No. 36. Rural electrification in the U.S. This American farmer, whose farm has been electrified through a cooperative rural electrification project, carries a… (1942 June)

#FSA #GreatDepression #photography

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa/item/2017877140/

Portrait of America. No. 36. Rural electrification in the U.S. This American farmer, whose farm has been electrified through a cooperative rural electrification project, carries a small efficient portable electric motor from one farm building to another to operate his modern farm equipment. Many farms in the U.S. employ these portable electric motors to operate pumps, seed separators and cleaners, churns, food mixers, separators, and other labor-saving profit-making devices. Photographed by Rothstein, Arthur, 1915-1985. Dated 1942 June. From the Library of Congress, ammem.

@sealionpress.co.uk Oct 2, 2026, 9:35 AM

New article - Bob Mumby discusses why he wrote "Chasing Shadows", inspired by the #BusinessPlot in #GreatDepression era #America but with some significant differences. #Thirties #USpolitics #AlternateHistory #WhatIf #Book #Author #Fiction #Writing www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/why-i-w...

@respectfully.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 9:32 AM

Metal strip cutter. Gichner Iron Works, Washington, D.C. (c. 1941)
By: Baker

#FSA #GreatDepression #vintage

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa/item/2017689456/

Metal strip cutter. Gichner Iron Works, Washington, D.C. Photographed by Baker. Dated c. 1941. From the Library of Congress, ammem.

@lronlacy.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 7:09 AM

‘Sharecropper's children on Sunday, Little Rock, #Arkansas’
#photography #photographers #blackandwhitephotography #BenShahn #AmericanArt #GreatDepression #sharecroppers #LittleRock

@lronlacy.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 7:09 AM

‘Child of Fortuna Family, #Hammond, #Louisiana’
#photography #photographers #blackandwhitephotography #BenShahn #AmericanArt #GreatDepression

@lronlacy.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 7:09 AM

In #OCTOBER 1935
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Photographs by artist and #ResettlementAdministration (later #FarmSecurityAdministration) photographer Ben Shahn (1898-1969)
‘Squatter's Camp, Route 70, #Arkansas’
@livingnewdeal.bsky.social
#blackandwhitephotography #BenShahn #photographers #GreatDepression

@respectfully.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 2:48 AM

Untitled negative showing group including (left to right) Julia O'Connor Parker (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers), Maida Stewart Springer (International… (c. 1935-1945)

#FSA #GreatDepression #libraryofcongress

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa/item/2017868775/

Untitled negative showing group including (left to right) Julia O'Connor Parker (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers), Maida Stewart Springer (International Ladies' Garment Workers Union) and Anne Murkovich (American Federation of Hosiery Workers). Dated c. 1935-1945. From the Library of Congress, ammem.