New Deal

Customers in 1930s clothing gather outside a California bank during the 1933 banking holiday.
Workers and early construction machinery at a Tennessee Valley dam site in the 1930s.
A 1935 Great Plains farmer stands beside a farmhouse and farm vehicle in an open field.
A 1930s courtroom scene evokes the Supreme Court dispute over the Tennessee Valley Authority.
A black and white photograph of a large crowd of protesters gathered outside the Washington State Capitol in 1933.
National Guard soldiers in 1930s uniforms stand at a wooden road blockade in a desert landscape.
A 1934 monochrome photo of officials investigating paper ballots in a New Mexico municipal office.
A 1934 black-and-white photograph of the Pennsylvania State Capitol during the political transition of the Little New Deal.
A black-and-white photo of the U.S. Senate chamber in 1935 during a legislative session.