Pictures of the poor

Here I have the two images I have chosen to the most part show that not much has changed in America since the great depression, as many still face a battle for survival be it food or shelter for the night. However it may be hard to believe but in actual fact things have gotten better and this is here the two images differ. Back in the day it was trained and educated people that were struggling looking for work or resorting to something which was well beneath their skills set, in today's life it is mostly the uneducated and the untrained that waver through the poverty line. Even though most media's would have you believe that America's poverty is at its worse with 50 million under the poverty line, back in the 1930's it is hard to put a precise figure on the number of unemployed or homeless but most estimate it to be a fair amount than today's. Plus the fact during the great depression it was seen more as a family issue with large numbers moving to "Hoovervilles" after being forced out of their homes where as in present day it seems mostly homelessness effects individuals. Even with poverty in modern times you are still likely to own a home or least have a roof over your head, great depression times you either traveled place to place trying to track down work or moved your family to a refuge.