Men Register for Unemployment Benefits San Francisco 1938

Men wait inside the State Employment Service office in San Francisco, California, in January 1938 to register for unemployment benefits. The office opened to support those affected by a nationwide unemployment crisis, offering weekly benefits of six to fifteen dollars for up to sixteen weeks. At this time, nearly ten million Americans were unemployed.

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