Photograph of a "Hooverville," 1936

Hooverville in Portland, Oregon, photograph by Arthur Rothstein, July 1936. (Lib"Hoovervilles" were temporary communities that America’s homeless created to provide shelter for themselves and their families during the Great Depression. They were so named as an insult to President Herbert Hoover, who seemed to be hardened to the plight of Americans during the Depression.

This photograph of a Hooverville in Portland, Oregon, was taken by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration in 1936.