Escaping the Great Depression

During the Great Depression, out-of-work people (like these, circa 1935) gathered their possessions and traveled on bad roads seeking a better life elsewhere.  At the time, America did not have an Interstate highway system.  Roads, like those depicted in this picture, were often impassable.

Credits

Photo, circa 1935, maintained at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library.  Online, courtesy U.S. National Archives.