[PW] looking for a specific US depression era photo

[Bill Davis]

Though it seems to be the quintessential Depession-era photo, it is in fact 
a photo of victims of the 1937 Flood standing in line for relief in 
Louisville, Kentucky.  It was taken by Margaret Bourke White, and is 
usually give the title of "Louisville Flood, 1937," or something 
similar.   You can search for that on Google and find many examples, one of 
them on this page:

http://www.smartwomeninvest.com/peoplepics.htm

Bill Davis


At 02:42 PM 1/22/2008, you wrote:

>Hi!
>   I have been having trouble in trying to locater a specific black & 
> white US depression era photo, because I don't recall the photographer's 
> name or where I have seen it reproduced. I think it is a fairly 
> well-known photo.
>
>The way I recall the photo is that it shows a line of people queued up for 
>food or some form of assistance. We see them from across the street with 
>the people seen in profile. They are standing in front of several 
>buildings and above the buildings is a billboard advertisement with a 
>happy family in a car with text that says something about the American 
>standard of living.
>
>I have looked through about a dozen books, quickly looked through Library 
>of Congress' American memory database and haven't found it. I also have 
>done google image searches and had no luck with the following search terms:
>
>Life magazine
>depression
>unemployment
>FSA [Farm Security Administration]
>WPA [Works Progress Administration]
>nineteen thirties 1930s
>
>If anyone can offer suggestions from my regrettably vague description, 
>I'd  greatly appreciate the help. It is VERY possible that the photo 
>doesn't look the way I remember it either!
>
>KS