Uncovered Great Depression Photos

Yale University just posted newly uncovered photos from the Great Depression. They have uploaded them to a website that allows you to look at photos on an interactive map. Of course went to San Diego first! It's crazy to see photos of my hometown during such a different time than today.  I can relate to these photos more than any other Depression photos I've seen because their so close to home. The Mission Valley photos are only 2 miles from my house!!

There are SO many amazing photos that tell stories from during the depression. I encourage you to look at the website. Look at the photos from your hometown and I bet they'll change the way you look at the Depression.


Here are a few of my favorites from the website...

"We're living in a tent because we wouldn't pay anyone thirty or thirty-five dollars for a two-room bug trap." 

Location: Mission Valley, California 

Photographer: Russell Lee

December 1940

Location: Mission Valley, California 

Photographer: Russell Lee

December 1940

"Series of barracks under construction at the replacement cantonment of the coast artillery."

Location: San Diego, California 

Photographer: Russell Lee

December 1940

Location: San Diego, California 

Photographer: Russell Lee

June 1941