"Hooverville" in Seattle, Washington, derisive term given to several shantytowns and camps throughout US by homeless. Image: University of Washington Digital Collections
Coverage of Inaugural of President Roosevelt on March 4, 1933. Image: University of Washington Digital Collections
"March of the Bonus Army" PBS documentary of some 40,000 World War I veterans who came to Washington in spring and summer of 1932 demanding immediate cash payment of amounts in certificates previously issued for military service but not payable until 1945.
Crowds outside American Union Bank in New York City during a bank run early in the Great Depression. The Bank went out of business on June 30, 1931. Image: Wikimedia Commons
First "Fireside Chat" radio address of President Roosevelt to nation on the banking crisis, March 12, 1933. Miller Center, University of Virginia.
Photo of children of family of Army veteran during encampment of "Bonus Army" in Washington in the summer of 1932 seeking a "bonus" for their service in World War I. Image: National Archives
President Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt on Roosevelt's Inauguration Day of March 4, 1933. Image: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library
First Inaugural Address of President Roosevelt, "We have nothing to fear but fear itself." March 4, 1933.
Cartoon listing early actions in President Roosevelt's "New Deal" published during his first days in office. Image: American Studies, University of Virginia/Pittsburgh Press
Iconic "Migrant Mother" photo taken in 1936 by photographer Dorothea Lange which became one of best-known images of Great Depression. The Library of Congress caption reads: "Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children. Age thirty-two. Nipomo, California." Image: Library of Congress
Members of the Civilian Conservation Corps, program created as part of New Deal to build projects in national parks and other areas. Image: Library of Congress
Men wait in line in April 1935 to apply for work wielding a pick and shovel on Newark NJ subway excavation project for $4 for a 10-hour day. Image: US Department of State
"Stories from the Great Depression," images and memories. Video by National Archives
Dam built by Tennessee Valley Authority, agency created by legislation signed by President Roosevelt in May 1933 to control flooding, produce electricity and promote economic development in the Tennessee Valley. Image: Tennessee Valley Authority