Unemployed Man

Alfred Smith, one of the country’s 1,830,000 unemployed people, who draws two pounds, seven shillings and sixpence a week in unemployment benefit, Peckham, south London, January 1939. Original Publication: Picture Post – 86 – Unemployed – pub. 21st January 1939 (Photo by Kurt Hutton/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)