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30 Eye-Opening Facts About Average Life During The Great Depression

Migrant Mother - Dorothea Lange

A family in Arkansas during the Great Depression in 1935. The Great Depression Photos.

12. Maybe You Sold Apples

Instead of begging, which was seen as shameful and degrading, many people in urban areas resorted to selling apples on the street corners to try to earn a few pennies each day. In New York City alone, there were as many as 6,000 apple sellers.

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