Archive: October 5, 2008 - October 11, 2008
The Irony of Billboards
Enlarge Photo Dorothea Lange / Library of Congress The same road. The same county. During the Great Depression, photographer Dorothea Lange captured the irony of three migrant families camping next to a billboard on Route 99 in Kern County,...
By Travis Fox | October 11, 2008; 7:35 PM ET | Comments (1)
Homeless in the American Riviera
Santa Barbara, Calif. – David Clements, his wife Jennifer and four kids have one of the best views in this seaside town known as the American Riviera. But that’s about all they have left. “I guess you could say...
By Travis Fox | October 11, 2008; 6:47 PM ET | Comments (7)
The Road Trip Begins!
Enlarge Photo Your humble photographer / videojournalist / writer and driver multi-tasking in California. Seventy-nine years ago the stock market crashed, credit dried up, banks failed, and the Great Depression became a turning point in American history. Today the...
By Travis Fox | October 11, 2008; 11:10 AM ET | Comments (5)
