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PHOTOS OF HERBERT AND LOU HOOVER

The Great Depression, 1929-1931


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1930-67B: The trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange just after the crash of 1929. (public domain)

1932-52D: Lou Henry Hoover distributes Christmas presents to needy families at the Central Union Mission, Washington, DC, December 23, 1932. (Acme)

1931-36: Police stand guard outside the entrance to New York's closed World Exchange Bank, March 20, 1931. (public domain)


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Last updated: February 15, 1999