Unemployment benefits aid begins. Line of men inside a division office of the State Employment Service office at San Francisco, California, waiting to register for benefits on one of the first days the office was open. They will receive from six to fifteen dollars per week for up to sixteen weeks. Coincidental with the announcement that the federal unemployment census showed close to ten million persons out of work, twenty-two states begin paying unemployment compensation
Summary
Picryl description: Public domain image of San Francisco during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
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Date
01/01/1938
Contributors
Lange, Dorothea, photographer
Location
San Francisco, California, United States, 37.77493, -122.41942
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html