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El Monte federal subsistence homesteads. 4 bedroom house. Rent $16.20 a month rent to apply. 8 in family 6 boys ages 1 to 14. Father street car conductor earns $100 month. Calif. 1936.

El Monte federal subsistence homesteads. 4 bedroom house. Rent $16.20 ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a garden, gardening, agriculture, plants, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A couple of boys sitting next to each other, Puppeteers, Red House, West Virginia

A couple of boys sitting next to each other, Puppeteers, Red House, We...

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

A group of men sitting next to each other, Citizens of Nethers, Virginia.

A group of men sitting next to each other, Citizens of Nethers, Virgin...

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

Boston and Maine rail road station, Haymarket Square, Boston, Mass.

Boston and Maine rail road station, Haymarket Square, Boston, Mass.

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Omar, West Virginia - Public domain portrait print

Omar, West Virginia - Public domain portrait print

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

Immigrants undergoing medical examination.

Immigrants undergoing medical examination.

Picryl description: Public domain image of Ellis Island, New York harbor, immigrants, immigration, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Views from observatory of Put-In-Bay house.

Views from observatory of Put-In-Bay house.

Ohio stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who assembl... More

Jamaicans Carrying Bananas - Breadfruit-Tree Overhead

Jamaicans Carrying Bananas - Breadfruit-Tree Overhead

Picryl description: Public domain image of ethnic group, people gathering, anthropology, colonies, exotic, indigenous people, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A group of people standing outside of a store, Along main street, Lancaster, Ohio

A group of people standing outside of a store, Along main street, Lanc...

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

In a great lumber yard, Washington.

In a great lumber yard, Washington.

Washington State stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker... More

Rigl Sisters, dancer. New York City Dance Performances

Rigl Sisters, dancer. New York City Dance Performances

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Family of a striking miner. Pennsylvania

Family of a striking miner. Pennsylvania

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

School youngsters, Red House, West Virginia

School youngsters, Red House, West Virginia

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of children, kids, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Lynn Cochrane; Ship's cook, 1c, U.S.N.R.F.; Lost when U.S.A. C.T. Ticonderoga was torpedoed and sunk September 30, 1918.

Lynn Cochrane; Ship's cook, 1c, U.S.N.R.F.; Lost when U.S.A. C.T. Tico...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Washoe Indians - The Chief's Family. [no. 604].

Washoe Indians - The Chief's Family. [no. 604].

Picryl description: Public domain image of ethnic group, people gathering, anthropology, colonies, exotic, indigenous people, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A group of people standing around a hula hoop, Square dance, Skyline Farms, Alabama

A group of people standing around a hula hoop, Square dance, Skyline F...

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

The Alamo. New York Sterecope Card.

The Alamo. New York Sterecope Card.

Texas stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who assemb... More

Group of coal miners, Jenkins, Kentucky

Group of coal miners, Jenkins, Kentucky

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of coal miners, workers, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.