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Shacks on vacant lots called Hoovervilles on the Seattle waterfront, during the Great Depression

Shacks on vacant lots called Hoovervilles on the Seattle waterfront, in 1933. A Hooverville was a shanty town built during the Great Depression by the homeless in the United States. They were named after Herbert Hoover, who was President of the United States during the onset of the Depression and was widely blamed for it.
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Shacks on vacant lots called Hoovervilles on the Seattle waterfront, during the Great Depression
Caption:
Shacks on vacant lots called Hoovervilles on the Seattle waterfront, in 1933. A Hooverville was a shanty town built during the Great Depression by the homeless in the United States. They were named after Herbert Hoover, who was President of the United States during the onset of the Depression and was widely blamed for it
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Album / Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group
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4748 x 4417 px | 60.0 MB
Print size:
40.2 x 37.4 cm | 15.8 x 14.7 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
BUM (VAGABOND) • DEPRESSION • EEUU • GREAT DEPRESSION • HERBERT HOOVER • HOMELESS • HOOVERVILLES • PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES • PRESIDENT OF USA • SEATTLE WATERFRONT • SHACKS • SHANTY TOWN • TOWN TRAMP • TRAMP • UNITED STATES • VACANT LOTS • VAGABOND