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Oklahoma’s Hooverville
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By spring of 1933, when FDR took the oath of office,
unemployment had risen from 8 to 15 million (roughly 1/3 of the
non-farmer workforce.)
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Breadlines and Hoovervilles (homeless encampments) appeared
across the nation.
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Hooverviles were often formed in desolate areas and
consisted of dozens or hundreds of shacks and tents
that were temporary residences of those left
unemployed and homeless.
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Portland
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Cleveland
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During 1934, a census of
Seattle’s Hooverville
finds 632 men and seven
women living in 479 shanties.
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New York City, Central Park
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Sacramento
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Hoovervilles were a familiar part of the Oklahoma City skyline for
nearly a decade.
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Populated by families from
all walks of life and
occupations,
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…from those who lost their farms, hoping to find work in
the city…
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Norman family, lost farm the year before, 1939
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…to blue collar urban workers, left unemployed from factory and small business closings…
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..and professionals, teachers and bankers.
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The series of “Hooverville” shacktowns, or “sandtowns”
extended for eight miles and were home to hundreds of families.
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Oklahoma City officials were powerless to stop the influx of
settlers on public property along the south side of the Canadian River.
This particular camp was known as the Mays Avenue Community camp.
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May Avenue bridge, southside, Canadian River
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By the mid 1930s, Oklahoma City officials established a few
“formal” community camps, such as Elm Grove,
where residents were given official permission to live…
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…and provided with access to drinking water for a nominal monthly fee.
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Rent: one dollar, collected by the city, no sanitation.
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Many residents refused charity hand-outs, preferring
to rely on odd jobs and savaging for necessities,
known as “trashing.”
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Food distributed
by Saint Anthony's hospital
after patients had
been fed; the only
foodline in Oklahoma
City by 1939.
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Sorting fruit discarded from the downtown farmer’s market.
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…shack with pidgeon coop
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Many residents of this camp sneak into the stockyards early in the morning to milk cows.
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Daily life, chores, and common routines were preserved by federal photographers, such as Russell Lee, who recorded all images we have of the Mays Community Camp, as well as other camps in the Oklahoma City area.
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"We may not have much of a home here
but we will have one in Heaven."
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Oklahoma’s Hooverville
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Sources:• Library of Congress • National Archives• Edmond Public Schools Social Studies Curriculum Office