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Stock Market Crash
Also known as "black tuesday," the the Stock Market Crash of 1929, began on October 24, 1929 , and was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States, -
3.2 Million People Unemployed
By March of 1930, more than 3.2 million people are unemployed, up from 1.5 million before the October, 1929 crash. -
New York Bank Collapse
New York's bank collapsed, making it the largest single bank failure in the nation's history. It is also said to have started the collapse of banking during the Great Depression. -
Food Riots
"Food riots" begin to break out in parts of the U.S. In Minneapolis, several hundred men and women smash the windows of a grocery market and make off with fruit, canned goods, bacon, and ham. -
U.S. Unemployment rises to 24.5%
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Last Shift
Michael J. Gallagher creates a lithograph depicting the harsh unemployment of the Great Depression. -
Industrial Disease #1 - Silicosis
Donato Rico creates a wood engraving of a man enhaling fumes during the Great Depression. The fume is supposed to be dust, in which causes the man's lungs to swell, destroying his lungs. -
Start of WWII
The U.S. unemployment rate drops below 10%, ending the Great Depression. -
Depression Bread Line
George Segal creates a sculpture depicting three men in a bread line during the Great Depression.
