Stockbrokers rush to work on Wall Street in one print while unhoused men dig through trash in the other. The wealth gap between rich and poor contributed to the financial collapse of 1929 and was especially visible in densely populated cities. WPA artists often used satire to call out this inequity. In Wall Street Station, Elizabeth Olds mocked the generic appearance of powerful men by using repeated forms and facial distortions. Conversely, Mabel Dwight used the contrast between her title, Buried Treasure, and her subjects to highlight human consequences of the financial crisis. The wealth gap, which shrank as a result of the New Deal’s social and economic programs, has widened in recent years as subsequent administrations have attacked and dismantled those programs.