Life expectancy 1930: +/-59yrs vs today: +/- 79
Many folks were struggling through the Depression so their diets were relatively poor and on the small end. Not all, of course, but many folks even with work had to cut back.
Interestingly, the 1930’s was also one of the hottest decades weather-wise with many heat records set, some still standing.
I did notice that folks dressed up in public: men in suit jackets with hats and women in dresses.
Now, we are lucky folks are clothed at all.
Oh I’m aware the Great Depression was a very tough time economically. We didn’t really come out of it until 1939 when we started rearming and supplying the Allies against Hitler.
Despite the tough times economically, people looked like they were in far better shape (even though yes, life expectancy was shorter due to a lack of modern medicine), dressed much nicer, and everything looked so much cleaner than it is now.