2010.54.11593

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The Depression Of The 30's
The Depression Of The 30's
1962
18.75 in HIGH x 22 in WIDE
(47.62 cm HIGH x 55.88 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.11593

Bottom left: UAW" logo". | Bottom right: Allied Printing Union Label" logo 99". | Bottom right of image: "John Z. Gelsavage". On back: "Additional copies of / UAW "This Union Cause" Posters / may be obtained from / UAW Education Department / 8000 East jefferson Avenue / Detroit 14, Michigan / Price, $3.25 per set / "Allied Printing Union Label" logo 99 / (c) 1962 International Union - UAW".





Poster is printed on white paper. Poster is a collage of images related to the Depression in the Unted States. Ther are scene of homeless families living out of their cars, a line of men getting soup and mans portrait and soliders fighting back a mob of people. At the bottom right of the poster is text that reads: "The Depression Of The 30''s". Below this title are two columns of text that reads: "The great depression came to the United States after the / "Roaring 20''s" had run their course. The stock market crash / in 1929 set off economic reprecussions throughout the land. / By 1933 one out every three workers was without a job, / industrial production had dropped more than 50 per cent. / The Soldiers Bonus March was broken by troops in July / 1932, and the land was covered with breadlines and / "Hoovervilles..
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