The Great Depression wasn’t just a rough patch — it was an economic freefall that left millions struggling to survive. Sparked by the 1929 stock market crash and worsened by bank failures, job losses, ...

Last Updated on October 7, 2025 by Matt Staff But behind the smoke and swagger was a harsher truth. These men and women lived fast, hunted by both the police and their own people. The rare photographs ...

Controversies often swirl like snow around artists hired to promote a cause. They compromise integrity, manipulate images, create propaganda, say some. Such charges obscure artistic skill. It seems ...

HOLDREGE — People and places from the Great Depression-Dust Bowl years remain timeless in 80,000 black-and-white photographs taken by some of America’s best photographers of the 1930s. The federal ...

'Given the interest your readers have in horse-drawn school buses," Dan Koeck, Fargo, writes, "I thought they'd enjoy seeing this photo of a horse-drawn school bus taken in Williams County, N.D., in ...

She was one of a great generation of photographers whose careers were kickstarted by their work for the feds during the Depression. Sometimes you’ve got to hand it to Uncle Sam.