A photograph entitled 'Unemployed Men, Govan, Glasgow', taken by James Jarche for the Daily Herald in 1930.
A photograph entitled 'Unemployed Men, Govan, Glasgow, taken by James Jarche for the Daily Herald in 1930.
The photograph shows five men gathered under a lampost. By the end of 1930 unemployment rates had risen dramatically from 1 million to 2.5 million. In 1934 Scotland, along with South Wales, Tyneside and West Cumberland, was identified by the government as an area with special employment requirements, meaning the government invested in projects to provide employment.
Details
- Category:
- Photographs
- Collection:
- Daily Herald Archive
- Object Number:
- 1983-5236/294
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- type:
- photograph and gelatin silver print
- copyright:
- National Science and Media Museum
- credit:
- The Daily Herald Archive at the National Science Media Museum, Bradford
