Hooverville in Croton Reservoir December 18, 2016 1200 × 954 CENTRAL PARK’S HOOVERVILLE, NEW YORK CITY’S GREAT DEPRESSION SHANTYTOWN 1837, Manhattan, New York City, New York State, USA — Original caption: New York City: Depression shacks “Hoover Village” in the old Central Park reservoir. Undated photograph. — Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS