Tag Archives: Poverty
Amazing Photographs Showing Life in Chicago During the Early 1940s
Chicago in the early 1940s was a city undergoing significant transformation. As the United States entered World War II in December 1941, Chicago emerged as a pivotal industrial and transportation hub, contributing massively to the war effort. The city’s factories were repurposed for wartime production, manufacturing everything from tanks to aircraft components. This industrial boomContinue reading “Amazing Photographs Showing Life in Chicago During the Early 1940s”
FREE ARTICLE – December 14, 2024
Subscribe to Yesterday Today Blog to receive updates on the most current posts, and the best part is- IT’S FREE!!!: Italian peasant girl. Photograph by James Wallace Black, 1825-1896. Photo taken in 1861. #Italy https://amzn.to/49hVK7v “In Poverty Gap, West 28 Street – an English coal heaver’s home.” New York City. Photograph by Jacob Riis, 1880-1890s.Continue reading “FREE ARTICLE – December 14, 2024”
37 Fascinating Photos Showing Life in Chicago in the Early 1940s
John Vachon was a Minnesotan, a graduate of St. Thomas College in St. Paul who moved to D.C. during the end of the Great Depression with dreams of becoming a writer. What he became was a file clerk; actually, it started a bit worse than that:“Well, in 1936 I was looking for a job inContinue reading “37 Fascinating Photos Showing Life in Chicago in the Early 1940s”
