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SAN FRANCISCO, 1934. Unemployed men in San Francisco, California. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, 1934

Unemployed carpenters and construction workers lined up outside the office of the State Employment Service in Starke
FLORIDA: UNEMPLOYED, 1940. Unemployed carpenters and construction workers lined up outside the office of the State Employment Service in Starke, Florida

MEMPHIS: UNEMPLOYED, 1938. Part of the daily lineup of unemployed men waiting outside the office of the State Employment Service in Memphis, Tennessee. Photographed by Dorothea Lange, June 1938

MIGRANT WORKERS, 1938. Two African American migrant cotton choppers in Memphis, Tennessee hoping for plantation work. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, June 1938

MEMPHIS: UNEMPLOYED, 1938. Job applicants waiting outside the office of the State Employment Service in Memphis
MEMPHIS: UNEMPLOYED, 1938. Part of the daily lineup of unemployed men waiting outside the office of the State Employment Service in Memphis, Tennessee. Photographed by Dorothea Lange, June 1938

EMPLOYMENT OFFICE, 1937. Job applicants waiting outside the International Employment Agency on Howard Street in San Francisco, known as Skid Row, the district of the unemployed

PEA PICKERS, 1939. Idle pea pickers discussing prospects for work on a street corner in Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, February 1939

SHARECROPPER, 1937. A homeless sharecropper. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, July 1937

SHARECROPPER FAMILY, 1937. A former sharecropper family traveling in a horse drawn carriage near Hazlehurst, Georgia. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, July 1937

UNEMPLOYED MIGRANT, 1937. Migrant worker from Chickasaw, Oklahoma with his stalled automobile on a desert road in Southern California. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, March 1937

MIGRANT WORKERS, 1940. Florida migrants studying a road map before leaving Elizabeth City, North Carolina for the state of Delaware. Photograph by Jack Delano, July 1940

ALABAMA: WORKERS, 1941. A group of men, some of them unemployed, on the main street of Childersburg, Alabama. Photograph by Jack Delano, May 1941

MIGRANT FAMILY, 1936. A resettlement official investigating an impovished family of nine living in a trailer at a migrant worker camp on U.S. 70 in Tennessee, near the Tennessee River

ARKAKNSAS: SHARECROPPER. Evicted and destitute sharecropper, Ozark Mountains, Arkansas. Photograph by Ben Shahn in October 1935

UNEMPLOYED MINER, 1935. An unemployed miner in the deserted mining town of Zinc, Arkansas. Photograph by Ben Shahn in October 1935

ARKANSAS: MINING TOWN. Unemployed miners standing in front of a closed general store in the deserted mining town, Zinc, Arkansas. Photograph by Ben Shahn in October 1935

LOAFERs WALL, 1936. A group of men sitting on the loafers wall in front of the town couthouse in Batesville, Arkansas. Photograph by Carl Mydans in June 1936

NEBRASKA: TRAVELERS, 1938. Two traveling companions looking for work in Omaha, Nebraska. Photograph by John Vachon in November 1938

NEW YORK CITY: BREAD LINE. Unemployed workers on a bread line at McCauley Water Street Mission under the Brooklyn Bridge, New York. Photograph, c1930-1935

NEW ORLEANS: UNEMPLOYED, 1935. Job applicants waiting outside the offices of the Federal Employment Recovery Administration in New Orleans, Louisiana. Photographed by Ben Shahn, October 1935

COAL MINERs FAMILY, 1938. Mother, wife and baby of unemployed coal miner, Marine, West Virginia. Photograph by Marion Post Wolcott, September 1938

NEW YORK CITY: BREAD LINE. Unemployed workers in a New York City bread line beside the Brooklyn Bridge approach. Photograph, c1930-1935

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY, 1937. Scene outside an employment agency on Sixth Avenue in New York City, December 1937. Photographed by Arthur Rothstein

WALL STREET CRASH, 1929. Crowds gathered on the steps of the Sub-Treasury Building (on the site of the former Federal Hall) across from the New York Stock Exchange on Black Thursday, 24 October 1929

AIRSHIP WRECKAGE, 1925. People inspecting the wreckage of the U.S. Navy airship USS Shenandoah after it had crashed during a storm near Ava, Ohio, 3 September 1925

WALL STREET CRASH, 1929. Crowds gathered outside the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street as stock prices collapse, late October 1929

WORLD WAR I: AERIAL COMBAT. An Allied fighter plane about to crash into a block of war-damaged houses in France while pursued by a German fighter during World War I

WORLD WAR I: AERIAL COMBAT. A wing of German flying ace Oswald Boelckes biplane (right) is damaged in a collision with that of squadron member Erwin Bohme during a dogfight with British pilots in

AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT, c1920. Three dead men following a drunk-driving accident in Washington State, c1920

FILM STILL: FLIGHT, 1929. Jack Holt and Ralph Graves. Directed by Frank Capra

ENGLAND: UNEMPLOYMENT. English Labour Party poster, 1924

DEPRESSION: BREADLINE, 1929. Etching by Reginald Marsh

AMUNDSEN EXPEDITION, 1925. Crashed plane of an expedition led by Roald Amundsen and accompanied by Lincoln Ellsworth, in an attempt to fly over the North Pole, 1925

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CRUIKSHANK: TEMPERANCE. Unable to Obtain Employment, They Are Driven by Poverty into the Streets to Beg, and by This Means They Still Supply the Bottle

CARTOON: BANK PANIC, 1869. What a Fall was There, My Countrymen! Comment on Wall Streets Black Friday, the bank panic of 24 September, 1869

Desperate captain escapes from a lost battle in space

A robotic exploration team and its corroded spacecraft
A long lost robotic exploration team and its craft, gradually corrode on an unknown barren world

The Collapse of a Bank, 1881 (oil on canvas) (see also 40930)
BAL90207 The Collapse of a Bank, 1881 (oil on canvas) (see also 40930) by Makovsky, Vladimir Egorovic (1846-1920); Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia; Russian, out of copyright

New Harmony - All Owin - No payin, 1845 (etching)
XJF488977 New Harmony - All Owin - No payin, 1845 (etching) by Cruikshank, George (1792-1878); Private Collection; (add.info)

Satirical cartoon lampooning Louis XIV, 1693-1705 (engraving)
XIR414655 Satirical cartoon lampooning Louis XIV, 1693-1705 (engraving) by French School, (17th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: L Habit Usurpe)

From Tours to Poitiers, Lucien de Rubempre walking for five days, illustration
XIR346543 From Tours to Poitiers, Lucien de Rubempre walking for five days, illustration from Les Illusions perdues by Honore de Balzac (engraving) (b/w photo) by French School

The Flaying of Marsyas, c. 1616-18 (fresco on canvas)
XCF273111 The Flaying of Marsyas, c.1616-18 (fresco on canvas) by Domenichino (Domenico Zampieri) (1581-1641) (studio of); 210.2x331.4 cm; National Gallery, London

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"Failure: A Reflection on Life's Trials and Setbacks" MACCARI, Cesare (1840-1919). Cicero Denouncing: In this powerful painting, Cicero denounces failure as a mere stepping stone towards success. The Ladder of Fortune: Climbing the ladder of fortune often involves stumbling upon failures that teach us valuable lessons along the way. Scene at the Battle of Gettysburg: Even in the face of defeat they can ignite resilience and determination to rise again stronger than ever before. Two businessmen and different business models: Failure serves as a contrasting backdrop for two businessmen; one embracing risks while learning from failures, while the other hesitates due to fear itself. Thucydides / Bust: As Thucydides once said, "The secret to happiness is freedom. . And the secret to freedom is courage. " Embracing our failures with courage leads us closer to true fulfillment. Moon Phase Sequence: Just like phases of the moon cycle through darkness before illuminating fully, our journey through life encounters moments that ultimately lead us towards growth and enlightenment. An unemployed lumberjack with his wife in a migrant workers camp for bean harvest by Dorothea Lange (1939): This poignant photograph reminds us that even amidst hardship and societal labels like unemployment or poverty, individuals possess immense strength within themselves despite perceived failures. Admiral Teddy Evans - British naval officer and Antarctic explorer (1916): Admiral Evans' expedition faced numerous setbacks but demonstrated how perseverance in times of adversity can transform apparent failures into remarkable achievements. Ruins in Los Escullos against Milky Way background: Amidst ruins lies an opportunity for rebirth; just as celestial bodies illuminate dark skies, we find hope after experiencing personal or collective failures. RAILROAD COLLISION (1896) at Crush, Texas.