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[–] Tugboater203@lemmy.world 49 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

That's a photo by Margaret Bourke-White, it's often used to depict the Great Depression in the US but is actually a shot of the Ohio River Flood in 1937.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Bourke-White

Edit- I should have added a link to the flood too. Here you go.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_River_flood_of_1937