During the Great Depression, unemployed people struggling to get jobs in New York City, United States. A large number of men and women lined up outside buildings. 5000 people arrive in unemployment line for 100 jobs. Women in a separate area filling out forms. Close up of elderly man looking for work. Police contain the crowd on horseback. A man who attempted to cut in line is apprehended by a police man.
Unemployed seek work in New York City, United States, during Great Depression. They work for one dollar a week. Men standing outside a building. They wear caps and banners which read: 'Painter', 'Dishwasher', 'Porter' and others. They march on a street. Buildings along the street sides.
Police Athletic League Boxing Finals in New York City. Boxers in a ring. People seated around the boxing ring. American boxer Lou Nova watches the bout from the ring side. Kingston versus Glen battle for light-heavyweight title. The boxing bout in progress. People cheer. Mochiga versus Brown. Brown wins.
Provision of food to jobless and poor in New York City, United States during the Great Depression. A relief organization provides food to people. A massive group of men lined up to enter lines serving bread and hot soup or beverage. Many unemployed men lined up on the street. Police officers control the flow of men into the bread lines. Buildings along street sides. Food in crates and boxes. The unemployed men file past as workers hand them food, and they eat the food from the bread and soup kitchen.
A boxing bout held at Madison Square Garden in New York City, United States. People seated around the ring. Greek boxer Jim Londos and Italian boxer Garibaldi in the ring. People watch the bout. Londos wins.
People barter goods in Suffern, New York, turning to old fashioned trade and barter commerce during the Great Depression. People gather to exchange goods. A noticeboard with various papers on it with people offering goods for barter. A paper reads 'wanted: office furniture for 1 toin of coal." Men and women exchange goods. A man trades a live turkey. A woman takes a goat and gives a painting in return to a man. A man looks at an overcoat. A man carries a live duck and a basket under each arm. The duck tries to get away and man catches hold of him. He holds the duck by its neck.
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