The Great Depression in Pictures

Do the Crime You Do the Time

As farms and businesses closed in masses in the face of financial ruin, a surprising number of Americans turned to a life of crime to make ends meet.

Many are well known even today like Lester M. Gillis, also known as “Baby-Face Nelson”, John Dillenger the modern day Robin Hood, Machine Gun Kelly, and Pretty Boy Floyd.

Do the Crime You Do the Time

Bonnie and Clyde, the notorious criminal couple also rose to fame during this time, though the rest of the bandits in the area detested them for what they saw as a lowering of the standard of their profession.