Soup Kitchen Line
Title
Soup Kitchen Line
Subject
Description
This photo shows a line of men waiting in line at a soup ktichen during the Great Depression.
The Great Depression was triggered by an unprecedented crash in the stock market on October 29th, 1929. Through the early 1940s, business shut their doors, banks failed, and one quarter of the workforce was unemployed. The ensuing conditions led to poverty, hunger, and desperation. Despite this tragic event, many Americans banded together as soup kitchen and bread line volunteers. For many unemployed people, this was their only access to food.
The Great Depression was triggered by an unprecedented crash in the stock market on October 29th, 1929. Through the early 1940s, business shut their doors, banks failed, and one quarter of the workforce was unemployed. The ensuing conditions led to poverty, hunger, and desperation. Despite this tragic event, many Americans banded together as soup kitchen and bread line volunteers. For many unemployed people, this was their only access to food.
Creator
FDR Library & Museum
Date
1936
Source
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Volunteers_of_America_Soup_Kitchen_WDC.gif
Relation
Rights
Source: The Great Depression. (n.d.). PBS: Public Broadcasting Service. Retrieved October 12, 2012, from http://to.pbs.org/SQ8qXI
Publisher
FDR Library & Museum
Contributor
FDR Library & Museum
Format
Medium: Photograph.
Language
English
Type
Event
Identifier
Soup Kitchen, Great Depression, 1940s, Unemployment, Poverty, Hunger, Volunteerism
Coverage
Historic
Files
Reference
FDR Library & Museum, Soup Kitchen Line, FDR Library & Museum, 1936
Cite As
FDR Library & Museum, “Soup Kitchen Line,” Virtual Museum of Public Service, accessed April 27, 2024, https://vmps.omeka.net/items/show/311.