Recession Collection (#11)

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

El Monte federal subsistence homesteads, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
El Monte federal subsistence homesteads. Four in family. Three-room house, seventeen dollars and seventy cents rent to apply on purchase. Father's occupation: carpenter

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

San Fernando federal subsistence homesteads, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
San Fernando federal subsistence homesteads. Forty homes, all occupied, each with nearly an acre of ground. Average income eight hundred dollars yearly. California

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

Peach pickers, Muscella, Georgia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Muscella, Georgia. Peach pickers

Family of one of the evicted sharecroppers...Mississippi, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Family of one of the evicted sharecroppers from Arkansas who has been resettled at Hill House, Mississippi

Turpentine worker's family near Cordele, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Turpentine worker's family near Cordele, Alabama. Father's wages one dollar a day. This is the standard of living the turpentine trees support

Sugar beet field showing tractor with plowshare attached and Mexican operator, California, 1936
Sugar beet field showing tractor with plowshare attached and Mexican operator. California

El Monte federal subsistence homesteads, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
El Monte federal subsistence homesteads. One hundred homes, all occupied, each with three quarters of an acre land. Average family income eight hundred dollars per annum

Cradling wheat near Sperryville, Virginia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cradling wheat near Sperryville, Virginia. A hand binder follows the mower. These men had never heard of a combine harvester. "Sure would like to see that." Their father used a reap hook

Children at the El Monte subsistence homesteads, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Children at the El Monte subsistence homesteads, California

Nearly completed factory... Hightstown, New Jersey, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Hightstown, New Jersey. View of nearly completed factory for garment workers

El Monte federal subsistence homesteads, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
El Monte Federal subsistence homesteads. One hundred homes, each with three quarters of an acre land, all occupied. Average family income, eight hundred dollars per annum

Tenement dwelling of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Solomon, New York City, 193 Creator: Dorothea Lange
One of the rear windows, tenement dwelling of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Solomon, 133 Aveue D, New York City. The Solomon family are on the accepted list for resettlement at Hightstown, New Jersey

El Monte federal subsistence homesteads, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
El Monte federal subsistence homesteads. Three-room house seventy dollars and seventy cents monthly. Rent to apply on purchase. Four in family. Father, carpenter, earns seventy dollars monthly

El Monte federal subsistence homesteads, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
El Monte federal subsistence homesteads. One hundred homes, all occupied, each with three quarters of an acre land. Average family income, eight hundred dollars per annum

El Monte federal subsistence homesteads, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
El Monte federal subsistence homesteads. One hundred homes, all occupied, each with three quarters of an acre land. Average family income, eight hundred dollars per annum

Walter E. Packard, Acting Director, Rural Resettlement Division, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Walter E. Packard, Acting Director, Rural Resettlement Division

El Monte federal subsistence homesteads, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
El Monte federal subsistence homesteads. Seventeen dollars and seventy cents rent to apply on purchase of three-room house. California

A new start, Bosque Farms project, New Mexico, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
A new start. Bosque Farms project, New Mexico

Leveling the land for irrigation on the Bosque Farms project, New Mexico, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Leveling the land for irrigation on the Bosque Farms project. The tract of two thousand four hundred acres to be cultivated under irrigation. New Mexico

Walter E. Packard, Acting Director, Rural Resettlement Division, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Walter E. Packard, Acting Director, Rural Resettlement Division

Resettled farm child from Taos Junction to Bosque Farms project, New Mexico, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Resettled farm child from Taos Junction to Bosque Farms project. New Mexico

Temporary home, Bosque Farms project, New Mexico, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Temporary home. These buildings to be remodeled later on for barns and outbuildings. Bosque Farms project, New Mexico

Walter E. Packard, Acting Director, Rural Resettlement Division, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Walter E. Packard, Acting Director, Rural Resettlement Division

Farm child, New Mexico, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farm child. This family is now resettled on the Bosque Farms project. New Mexico

Motherless migrant children - they work in the cotton, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Motherless migrant children. They work in the cotton

Walter E. Packard, Acting Director, Rural Resettlement Division, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Walter E. Packard, Acting Director, Rural Resettlement Division

Off for the melon fields (Mexican labor), 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Off for the melon fields (Mexican labor). Imperial Valley, California

Imperial Valley, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Imperial Valley, California. Old Mexican laborer saying "I have worked all my life and all I have now is my broken body"

Mexican field worker, father of six, Imperial Valley, Riverside County, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mexican field worker, father of six. Imperial Valley, Riverside County, California

Date picker's home, Coachella Valley, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Date picker's home. Coachella Valley, California

Walter E. Packard, Acting Director, Rural Resettlement Division, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Walter E. Packard, Acting Director, Rural Resettlement Division

Widtsoe farm home, Resettlement Administration purchase, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Widtsoe farm home. Resettlement Administration purchase. Utah

View of Widtsoe area from general store, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
View of Widtsoe area from general store. The farmlands purchase lie on the floor of the valley. Utah

General store, view number two, Widtsoe, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
General store, view number two. Widtsoe, Utah

Walter E. Packard, Acting Director, Rural Resettlement Division, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Walter E. Packard, Acting Director, Rural Resettlement Division

A home after the Utah pattern, Escalante, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
A home after the Utah pattern. Escalante, Utah

Blue Blaze mine, Consumers, mining town near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Blue Blaze mine. Consumers, mining town near Price, Utah. Miners coming home

Company housing, Consumers, near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Consumers, near Price, Utah. Company housing. Rent approximately eight dollars monthly in Utah coal town

High school in Escalante, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
High school in Escalante, Utah

The church in the center of town (Mormon), Escalante, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The church in the center of town (Mormon). Escalante, Utah

Pregnant migrant woman... squatter camp, Kern County, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Pregnant migrant woman living in California squatter camp. Kern County

Typical barn on the edge of town, Escalante, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Typical barn on the edge of town. Escalante, Utah

From the village to the field, Escalante, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
From the village to the field. Escalante, Utah

Home and family of a Utah coal miner...near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Home and family of a Utah coal miner. Consumers, near Price, Utah

Mormon farm village, Escalante, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mormon farm village. Escalante, Utah

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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.