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Fred looks out his window in his small apartment where he is living alone. He doesn't own the bed he is sleeping in and the only thing on the wall is a picture of his son's football team.

While in Oklahoma City, Dot must register with the unemployment office in order to keep receiving checks at home in California.

Fred and Dot have trouble with their car most of the trip but hope their faith can get them to Oklahoma without anyone getting hurt.

Story of Fred and Dot Bobbitt, an unemployed auto worker that had to travel to Oklahoma City, OK in order to take a job and keep his salary. It was a long trek and he ended up having to stay by himself and Dot went home, but once he went back to…

People waiting in bread line in Springfield, Ill.

The Swaleson family takes a tender break from the rigors of moving. The family had come that morning from Montana in search of better jobs in the Pacific Northwest.

Despite improvements in the jobless rate, 1,200 applicants showed up to apply for 100 jobs at a new Ernst-Pay 'n Save store in a Montana town of over 35,000 population.

When a Reynolds Metals aluminum plant in Longview, Washington announced that job applications would be accepted for the first time in two years, 1200 job seekers lined up in the rain for a chance to apply.

Job hunters line up to talk to college recruiters.

Employees of the Jones and Laughlin Steel Plant at Aliquippa, PA line up in their union hall to collect unemployment benefits. The Jones and Laughlin plant had been a round-the-clock operation. It had side-lined 13,000 of its 15,000 workers.