Oregon Man Thomas Cave With His Social Security Number Tattoo
Thomas Cave and his wife Annie were among the legions of people who struggled during the Great Depression. Dorothea Lange, a photographer, claimed the couple worked nonstop for a year to earn $550, which would be $10,000 today. They rented a teeny-tiny apartment for $12 a month, only to be laid off. The Social Security Act was signed into law just four months before he got his tattoo, in 1937. This act provided relief to people who opted in and received a social security number. Cave had the number tattooed on his arm to remind him of it. He wasn’t the only one who did this at the time.
Oregon Man Thomas Cave With His Social Security Number Tattoo
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