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Hooverville in Manhattan, 1935

Hooverville in Manhattan, 1935

Makeshift housing of the type found in shanty towns that sprung up during the Depression, named Hoovervilles to place blame on President Herbert Hoover, in an alley in the Manhattan borough of New York City in 1935. 

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