America, 1930s | NYPL's Public Domain Archive collections

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Spectators at county fair eating lunch, central Ohio

Picryl description: Public domain image of people, meeting, eating, drinking, food, beverage, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a group of people, Public auction in centra...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression, farm, farmer, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The home of a white family with children. The windows look directly in...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children. Age thi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of famine, hunger, powerty, refugees, people suffering, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Prospective homesteaders, in front of post office at United, Westmorel...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

An old sailor snapped in Jackson Square, New Orleans

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a worker, construction, carpenter, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Cottage Gardens roadsign. Outskirts of San Bernardino, California.

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Williamson, West Virginia. A railroad yard with cars loaded with coal

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Cottage Gardens roadsign. Outskirts of San Bernardino, California.

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Children playing cards in front yard in slum area near Union Station. ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of two people walking down a street, Morgantow...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

One pea picker's home. One-half mile off Highway 101 at Nipomo, Califo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New Jersey. - A black and white photo of a train track

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The last truckload of cotton hoers from Memphis bound for the Wilson C...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Picking cotton, Lake Dick Project, Arkansas, September 1938.

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

During the church service at a Negro church in Heard County, Georgia, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Street scene in the Negro district on Easter morning, Chicago, Illinoi...

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On All Saints' Day at New Roads, La. Negroes assembled in the church f...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Children of Negroes dressed in Sunday best for ceremonies - memorial s...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Negro couple at grave of relative; All Saint's Day in cemetery at New ...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Allen Plantation operated by Natchitoches Farmstead Association, a coo...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Wagon load of cotton coming out of the field in the evening, Mileston ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of migrant workers, 1930s car, Great Depression, Dust Bowl refugees, poverty, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Post office inside plantation store, Mileston, Mississippi Delta, Nove...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Woman carrying bundle on head, Natchez, Mississippi, August 1940.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pauline Clyburn, rehabilitation client, and her children stringing tob...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Memphis, Tennessee, Beale Street, October 1939.

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Drummer in orchestra in Memphis juke joint, Tennessee.

Public domain photograph of music festival, musicians, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Swimming in fountain across from Union Station; Washington, D.C.; Sept...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Shacks inhabited by Negroes along highway between Charleston and Gaule...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Farm family in town, Washington, North Carolina

Picryl description: Public domain image of an automobile, 1940s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man riding a bike, Palm Beach, Florida, M...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A black and white photo of a large house, Depot in Bethlehem, Pennsylv...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A black and white photo of a statue of a man holding a rifle, Civil Wa...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression era, artistic, art photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Corner of room of living quarters provided for Negro strawberry picker...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Outside water supply; Washington, D.C.; September 1935.

Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

A black and white photo of an old house, Detail of boardinghouse. Birm...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Steelmill workers' company houses and outhouses. Republic Steel Compan...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

An old black and white photo of a shack, Negro housing, Vicksburg, Mis...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A man and a woman sitting on a bench in front of a store, Street scene...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression, farm, farmer, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Street in Marion, Alabama (before 1920)

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of an old house, Abandoned plantation house, M...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Negro houses, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Public domain photograph of Great Depression era, artistic, art photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Circus poster. Alabama - A painting of a group of people standing in f...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression era, artistic, art photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Supper time. Drought refugee from Oklahoma, shelterless, hoping to wor...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pare Lorentz and Paul Ivano making Resettlement film near Bakersfield,...

Public domain photograph of Dorothea Lange, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Dorothea Lange was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, widely recognized for ... More

The Bessis Levee, along a subsidiary of the Mississippi River. The lev...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression era, artistic, art photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Midway Dairy cooperative, near Santa Ana, California.

Background for Hightstown project photographs. Seventh Avenue and West...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

New Jersey cabbages packed for market, near Hammonton, New Jersey.

Dining nook in the model house at Greendale, Wisconsin.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Skeleton of beef cow developed at the experimental farm of the U.S.D.A...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A woman is working on a machine in a factory, Machine shop. Beltsville...

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Moisture test for soil, Dept. of Agriculture Experimental Farm. Prince...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression era, artistic, art photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cooperative store of Arthurdale project. Reedsville, West Virginia.

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Cows. Prince Georges County, Beltsville, Maryland.

Public domain image of cattle, livestock, farm animals, agriculture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Dairy. Beltsville, Maryland. Great Depression, Carl Mydans photographs

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Tennessee[?] Great Depression, Carl Mydans photographs

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Housing. New Jersey. Great Depression, Carl Mydans photographs

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Housing, New Jersey. Great Depression, Carl Mydans photographs

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Winter weather delays progress on the foundations of the first unit of...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression era, artistic, art photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Housing. New Jersey. Great Depression, Carl Mydans photographs

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Tar papered house in New Jersey.

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Tar papered home. New Jersey. Great Depression, Carl Mydans photograph...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression era, artistic, art photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New Jersey farmhouse. Great Depression, Carl Mydans photographs

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

New Jersey farmhouse. Great Depression, Carl Mydans photographs

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

egro shack. New Jersey. Great Depression, Carl Mydans photographs

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Tar papered home. New Jersey. Great Depression, Carl Mydans photograph...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression era, artistic, art photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Project field office of Crabtree Creek, Recreational Demonstration Are...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Theatre on 9th Street. Washington, D.C

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Children at play in the slum district of St. Louis, Missouri.

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Farmer unloading pulpwood. Coos County, New Hampshire. 1936.

Picryl description: Public domain image of fishing, fishing boat, river, lake, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Ski tow. Hanover, New Hampshire. 1936.

Public domain photograph of Great Depression era, artistic, art photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Interior of a grocery store showing the meat counter.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A woman standing in front of a store, Street scene, Lancaster, New Ham...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

An old black and white photo of a woman wearing a fur coat, Lancaster,...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression era, artistic, art photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Interior of a grocery store. Dressed poultry.

Public domain image of cattle, livestock, farm animals, agriculture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a telephone pole, Loading logs. McMinnville...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression era, artistic, art photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A horse pulling a plow in front of a house, Falls City Farmsteads, Neb...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression era, artistic, art photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View of Bankhead, Alabama, the mining town in which J.H. Clouse lived ...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Neighbor paying a visit. Greenbelt, Maryland.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Family of Negro sharecropper, Little Rock, Arkansas

Picryl description: Public domain image of children, kids, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wife and child of sharecropper, Arkansas

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Marked Tree, Arkansas - An old black and white photo of a man holding ...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Children of rehabilitation client, Maria plantation, Arkansas

Picryl description: Public domain image of children, kids, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Family of rehabilitation client, Boone County, Arkansas

Public domain photograph of Great Depression, farm, farmer, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Resettled sharecropper's family. Maria Plantation, Arkansas

Public domain photograph of Great Depression era, artistic, art photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A young boy sitting on a bed with a dog, Sharecropper's child, Pulaski...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a child of a farmer, migrant worker, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a person's feet on a bench, Tenant farmer, ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a worker, construction, carpenter, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Barn. Arkansas? - An old black and white photo of a building

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Wife and children of sharecropper. Arkansas

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Scene in Smithland, Kentucky, man, woman, and child

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a child of a farmer, migrant worker, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A group of men standing next to a car, Religious meeting, Nashville, T...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Street scene [with trained bear], New Orleans, Louisiana

Public domain photograph of Great Depression era, artistic, art photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A man sitting on a bench smoking a cigarette, Resident of Smithland, K...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression era, artistic, art photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Two women walking along street, Natchez, Mississippi

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A group of children standing next to each other, Interior of Ozark sch...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teacher, teaching, studying, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Street scene [church steps] in New Orleans, Louisiana

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Scotts Run, [Monongalia County,] West Virginia, walking into town for ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Scotts Run, [Monongalia County,] West Virginia, walking into town for ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Liberty, unincorporated, Scotts Run, [Monongalia County,] West Virgini...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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