Hoovervilles sprouted up across the US during the Great Depression. One in Central Park was also called "Hoover Valley" or "Forgotten Men's Gulch." ...

Milwaukee's 'Hooverville' was located along the Milwaukee River near Lincoln Park in the 1930s. Various shanties are visible in the foreground with various buildings in the background.

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One man told a New York Times reporter in 1931: "We work hard to keep it clean, because that is important. I never lived like this before." The Hooverville in Central Park was not the largest, or ...

During the Great Depression, shanty towns, also known as "Hoovervilles," began to sprout up across the US. Named after President Herbert Hoover, they were made up of scraps of wood, tin, tar, and ...