SEWER CONCRETE PIPE

DESCRIPTION

• During the great depression in 1930s, many californians reside in one of these sewer pipes.
• It is mainly use for drainage system to flush out urban waste from this concrete pipe.
• Californians during the economic crisis, make those concrete pipes as their temporary makeshift houses.

HISTORY

during the great depression in 1930.

POVERTY struck lives of people

no work, no money, no home.

family stumbled

hunger and poverty

family displaced

in search of livelihood

for better tomorrow

hardship

new home

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GOLD RUSH

GREAT DEPRESSION

• DURING THE ECONOMY DEPRESSION IN 1929.
• MANY PEOPLE ARE LEFT HOMELESS
• NO JOBS
• INDUSTRIES SHUT DOWN.
• SCARCITY ALL OVER THE PLACE.
• POVERTY
• UNEMPLOYMENT

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• THE SEWER PIPE REPRESENT THE LIFE OF CALIFORNIA PEOPLE SUFFERS DURING THE DEPRESSION.
• IT SHOWS HOW THEY HAVE STRUGGLED DURING THIS PHASE.
• IT IS A SYMBOL OF CALIFORNIAN HARDSHIPS AND DETERMINATIONS.

how does it compare to your own culture.?

poverty and hardship

burma

family displaced

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scarcity

taking refuge under makeshift tents 

China great famine

hardship and poverty

hunger and suffering

no money and no medical

displacement

TIBET

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CULTURAL GENOCIDE

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WHEN CRISIS STRUCK, EVERYONE SUFFERS IRRESPECTIVE OF CASTE, CREED AND CULTURE.

FREEDOM