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The Great Depression of 1929–32 broke out at a time when the United Kingdom was still far from having recovered from the effects of the First World War. Economist Lee Ohanian showed that economic output fell by 25% between 1918 and 1921 and did not recover until the end of the Great Depression, [3] arguing that the United Kingdom suffered a twenty-year great depression beginning in 1918.
Hunger marches to London had previously taken place in 1922–23, 1929 [2] and 1930, [3] and 1927 had seen a South Wales miners' march. [4] Due to the Great Depression and mass unemployment, throughout 1932 there was a profound atmosphere of unrest across Britain with "high tension across the country", "running battles between police and demonstrators" and "violent clashes ... between the ...
1930s British aircraft (19 C, ... Great Depression in the United Kingdom (8 P) I. ... Evacuation of children in the Spanish Civil War; G.
The Library of Congress recently released over 1,600 color photos of the Great Depression. The pictures, which were taken during the final years of the Depression, offer a fresh perspective on one ...
Toffs and Toughs (1937). Toffs and Toughs is a 1937 photograph of five English boys: two dressed in the Harrow School uniform including waistcoat, top hat, boutonnière, and cane; and three nearby wearing the plain clothes of pre-war working class youths. [1]
The Great Depression was the worst economic crisis in US history. More than 15 million Americans were left jobless and unemployment reached 25%. 25 vintage photos show how desperate and desolate ...
Photos of America during the Great Depression, much like the mood of the country, are often bleak, available only in black and white -- until now. Gorgeous color photos from the Great Depression ...
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