These historical pictures show streets, landmarks, stores, cityscapes everyday life of New Yorkers in the 1930s. It was a difficult era for the New York City and America, as the city was struggling with the Great Depression. People were suffering from unemployment, massive wage cut, many New Yorkers could not afford to eat on their own expense, and often resulted to waiting on bread-lines for food.
The Newly elected government under the leadership of Franklin Roosevelt, launched a federally funded recovery program known as the New Deal. Massive housing and building projects including highways, bridges, public housing, parks, new schools, and expansion of the Brooklyn Navy Yard reshaped the future of the New York City.
These historical photos will take you back to the old New York City in the 1930s.
