Recession Collection (page 2)

Outside FSA "grant" office during cotton pickers strike, Bakersfield, California, 1938
Bakersfield, California. Outside Farm Security Administration (FSA) "grant" office during cotton pickers strike

Sorting and stringing the "golden leaf" at the tobacco barn, near Hartsville, South Carolina, 1938
Near Hartsville, South Carolina, sorting and stringing the "golden leaf" at the tobacco barn, preparatory to curing. Note sled by which tobacco is brought to the barn from the field

Potato field, Hightstown, New Jersey, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Potato field, where the farm members of this resettled group have the second best crop in the three leading potato counties, according to estimates of the New Jersey Agricultural State College

Family of rural rehabilitation client, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Family of rural rehabilitation client. Tulare County, California

Migrant cotton pickers, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant cotton pickers. Texas

Day laborers hoeing cottonn, near Corsicana, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Day laborers hoeing cotton. Many tenant farmers become day laborers on mechanized farms. Near Corsicana, Texas

The riding boss, Aldridge Plantation, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The riding boss. Aldridge Plantation, Mississippi

Squatter camp on county road near Calipatria, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Squatter camp on county road near Calipatria. Forty families from the dust bowl have been camped here for months on the edge of the pea fields. There has been no work because the crop was frozen

Auto camp north of Calipatria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Auto camp north of Calipatria, California. Approximately eighty families from the Dust Bowl are camped here. They pay fifty cents a week. The only available work now is agricultural labor

Replanting chili plants on a Japanese-owned ranch, desert agriculture, Imperial Valley, CA, 1937
Desert agriculture. Brushed chili field. Replanting chili plants on a Japanese-owned ranch. Imperial Valley, California

Capped cantaloupe, Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Capped cantaloupe. Imperial Valley, California

Japanese agricultural workers packing broccoli near Guadalupe, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Japanese agricultural workers packing broccoli near Guadalupe, California

Men cradling wheat in eastern Virginia near Sperryville, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Men cradling wheat in eastern Virginia near Sperryville

Men cradling wheat in eastern Virginia near Sperryville, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Men cradling wheat in eastern Virginia near Sperryville

One of the better apartment houses, Hightstown, New Jersey, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
One of the better apartment houses where now live certified applicants for resettlement at Hightstown, New Jersey

Migrants, family of Mexicans, on road with tire trouble, looking for work...California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrants, family of Mexicans, on road with tire trouble. Looking for work in the peas. California

Small cotton farmer, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Small cotton farmer stays at the wagon and keeps acocunt of the weight of each sack brought in by pickers from the field. Kern County, California

Plantation owner's home, Marshallville, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Plantation owner's home. Marshallville, Georgia

Home of family left stranded when the mill "cut out" Near Kiln, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Home of family left stranded when the mill "cut out." Near Kiln, Mississippi

Careyville, northern Florida, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Careyville, northern Florida. The mill closed down January 1, 1937 and the occupants of these houses were dispersed

Ex-tenant farmer from Texas, came to work in the fruit... Coachella Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Ex-tenant farmer from Texas, came to work in the fruit and vegetable harvests. Coachella Valley, California

Cotton picker, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton picker. Southern San Joaquin Valley, California

Center Market, Washington, D.C. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Center Market. Washington, D.C

The model house, nearly completed, Hightstown, New Jersey, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Hightstown, New Jersey. The model house, nearly completed

Home under construction, Hightstown, New Jersey, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Hightstown, New Jersey. Home under construction. Thirty-five of these homes to be completed and ready for occupancy by July 15, 1936

Plantation owner's home, Marshallville, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Plantation owner's home. Marshallville, Georgia

Itinerant laborers riding the freight, West side of San Joaquin Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Itinerant laborers riding the freight. West side of San Joaquin Valley, California

Antebellum plantation house, Greene County, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Antebellum plantation house. Greene County, Georgia. [Decaying building dating from before the American Civil War (1861-1865)]

Cotton hoers leaving the fields for lunch, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton hoers leaving the fields for lunch. Farmer's daughter and laborers, whites and blacks. Georgia

Wife of Mississippi sharecropper, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Wife of Mississippi sharecropper

Migratory family, Route 70, Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migratory family traveling across the desert in search of work in the cotton at Roswell, New Mexico. U.S. Route 70, Arizona

Two boys from New Mexico now in California to work in the harvests, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Two boys from New Mexico now in California to work in the harvests

Company housing for cotton workers near Corcoran, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Company housing for cotton workers near Corcoran, California

Center Market, Washington, D.C. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Center Market. Washington, D.C

Contour plowing on mechanized farms, Childress County, Texas Panhandle, Texas, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Contour plowing on mechanized farms. Childress County, Texas Panhandle, Texas

Cotton field hand sitting on her porch on Sunday afternoon, near Blytheville, Arkansas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton field hand sitting on her porch on Sunday afternoon. Near Blytheville, Arkansas

Turpentine still in the Piney Woods near Valdosta, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Turpentine still in the Piney Woods near Valdosta, Georgia

Refugee family from the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, near Holtville, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Refugee family from the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, camped in the brush in a river bottom near Holtville, California

Migratory family, Route 70, Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migratory family traveling across the desert in search of work in the cotton at Roswell, New Mexico. U.S. Route 70, Arizona

Tom Collins, manager of Kern County migrant camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tom Collins, manager of Kern County migrant camp, California

Hoe culture in the South, Mississippi, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Hoe culture in the South. Mississippi

Once a Missouri farmer, now a migratory farm laborer on the Pacific Coast, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Once a Missouri farmer, now a migratory farm laborer on the Pacific Coast. California

Migrants, family of Mexicans, on road with tire trouble, looking for work... CA, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrants, family of Mexicans, on road with tire trouble. Looking for work in the peas. California

Two families of migrants from Missouri looking for work in the pea fields, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Two families of migrants from Missouri looking for work in the pea fields. California

Freshly-plowed sugar beet field near King City, scale of farm operations in California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Freshly-plowed sugar beet field near King City. Shows large scale of farm operations in California

Freshly-plowed sugar beet field near King City, scale of farm operations in California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Freshly-plowed sugar beet field near King City. Shows large scale of farm operations in California

Rural Rehabilitation Administration client, Hayward, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Rural Rehabilitation Administration client. Hayward, California

Migrants tents...along the right of way of the Southern Pacific, near Fresno, CA, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Fresno, California. Migrants tents are a common sight along the right of way of the Southern Pacific. [Sign: Railroad Crossing']

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In the midst of a global recession, the Cleaver family finds themselves facing an uncertain future. Mrs. Cleaver, a resilient and determined woman, is left to raise her five sons on their new farm in Malheur County, Oregon, and is 1939, and George Cleaver tirelessly works to develop 177 acres of raw land in hopes of securing a stable livelihood for his family. Meanwhile, across the ocean in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, a sea wall and esplanade stand as symbols of resilience against economic turmoil. Just like these structures that protect against turbulent waves, communities around the world strive to shield themselves from the devastating effects of recession. As scientists explore the mysteries of our universe's origins with theories like the Big Bang and early galaxies formation; financial institutions such as Barclays Bank at Canary Wharf in London UK navigate through tumultuous times by adapting strategies to weather economic storms. Nature itself offers solace amidst uncertainty - Jebel Shams mountains in Nizwa Oman remind us that even during challenging times there is beauty and strength all around us. However, not everyone can escape unscathed from recessions. In Person County North Carolina during 1939 captured by Dorothea Lange's lens we see a rail fence with poor barbed wire fencing foregrounded - symbolic of how vulnerable some are when faced with economic hardships. Fast forward to present-day Australia where COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on economies worldwide; it serves as yet another reminder that they can be triggered by unforeseen events beyond our control. History also teaches us valuable lessons about collective struggles during difficult times. The Means Test protests held in Hyde Park London during 1932 (1933) witnessed mounted police baton-charging marchers while tenants staged rent strikes in Peckham south-east London during 1931 (1933). These acts demonstrate how people come together to fight for their rights and demand fair treatment during times of economic crisis.