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then and now

Published Friday, August 07, 2009 by naptowngirl | E-mail this post

With so many comparisons these days linking our current economic issues with the Great Depression I thought I would look around for some photos of what today's economic climate looks like.

First let's look at this photograph by Dorthea Lang in 1936 called Mirgrant Mother.

So much suffering in that face and she's only 32 years old in this photograph.

Now let's look at this...

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