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Image Not Available for Hunger in the land of dollars. Ravenous unemployed New Yorkers line up at a restaurant offering a "1 cent" meal.
Hunger in the land of dollars. Ravenous unemployed New Yorkers line up at a restaurant offering a "1 cent" meal.
Image Not Available for Hunger in the land of dollars. Ravenous unemployed New Yorkers line up at a restaurant offering a "1 cent" meal.

Hunger in the land of dollars. Ravenous unemployed New Yorkers line up at a restaurant offering a "1 cent" meal.

Creator Presse-Photo
Date1930s
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 23.4 x 16.8 cm (9 3/16 x 6 5/8 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift, 2002
Category
  • Photographs
Object number2002/7545
LocationNot currently on display

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