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Title: Depression Era Marchers
Date Created and/or Issued: January 17, 1933
Contributing Institution: Sacramento Public Library
Collection: Sacramento Room Photographs
Rights Information: This image may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.). Copyright restrictions applying to the reproduction and use of this image are available from the Sacramento Public Library.
Description: This photograph, taken on Jan. 17, 1933, shows the Depression-era “Hunger Army” filing in “Hunger March Ranks” to Sacramento to petition the state Legislature to help with a food shortage. Formed during the early 1930s, the “Hunger Army” was made up mainly of unemployed men who marched to the State Capitol through the San Joaquin Valley.
Type: image
Identifier: PH-2019-30
http://sacroom.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15248coll1/id/3984
Subject: Food Industry
Rationing
Source: Sacramento Room Photograph Collection

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