Box 1
Container
Contains 112 Results:
No description. [Small building at left with “Office” on door. Buildings in the right background. Lumber pile, and Grand River just visible through the trees at the right.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains approximately 500 photos of various projects undertaken by the program, such as parks improvements, road construction, sewer and water main projects, food preservation and distribution and two drives to raise food at Thanksgiving ("Fill the Barrel") and Toys at Christmas ("For an Empty Stocking"). The photos present a vivid depiction of local municipal welfare activities during the Great Depression, prior to any such federal action.Most of these photo...
Dates:
1930-1932
No description. [Men working in a line, perhaps on fencing or other layout. Large building in the right background. Small buildings dotting the landscape.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains approximately 500 photos of various projects undertaken by the program, such as parks improvements, road construction, sewer and water main projects, food preservation and distribution and two drives to raise food at Thanksgiving ("Fill the Barrel") and Toys at Christmas ("For an Empty Stocking"). The photos present a vivid depiction of local municipal welfare activities during the Great Depression, prior to any such federal action.Most of these photo...
Dates:
1930-1932
Officials 2. Frank H. Goebel Asst. City Engineer and Scrip labor Supervisor [standing at the open door of auto, with field behind, and a factory and water tower in the distant background]
File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains approximately 500 photos of various projects undertaken by the program, such as parks improvements, road construction, sewer and water main projects, food preservation and distribution and two drives to raise food at Thanksgiving ("Fill the Barrel") and Toys at Christmas ("For an Empty Stocking"). The photos present a vivid depiction of local municipal welfare activities during the Great Depression, prior to any such federal action.Most of these photo...
Dates:
1930-1932
Officials 3. Frank H. Goebel. Assistant City Eng. & Scrip Labor Supervisor. [Standing in foreground in hat and coat, with large pipe being lifted in the background. Truck to his right. Building with a Quaker Oats add on the side behind.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains approximately 500 photos of various projects undertaken by the program, such as parks improvements, road construction, sewer and water main projects, food preservation and distribution and two drives to raise food at Thanksgiving ("Fill the Barrel") and Toys at Christmas ("For an Empty Stocking"). The photos present a vivid depiction of local municipal welfare activities during the Great Depression, prior to any such federal action.Most of these photo...
Dates:
1930-1932
City Welfare Dept. Food Supplies #5 54 Division So. Making Pickles for next winters use. [Women with their hands in large tubs on a table in the background. Men standing in foreground near large barrels, or at the right, near large bags.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains approximately 500 photos of various projects undertaken by the program, such as parks improvements, road construction, sewer and water main projects, food preservation and distribution and two drives to raise food at Thanksgiving ("Fill the Barrel") and Toys at Christmas ("For an Empty Stocking"). The photos present a vivid depiction of local municipal welfare activities during the Great Depression, prior to any such federal action.Most of these photo...
Dates:
1930-1932
City Welfare Dept., Food Supply #3. 11-25-31. Loading potatoes for Welfare Dept. [Interior view toward an open door, where items are being loaded in a truck. Men carrying bags, bags stacked around on the floor, barrels of potatos, people standing at left near the door.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains approximately 500 photos of various projects undertaken by the program, such as parks improvements, road construction, sewer and water main projects, food preservation and distribution and two drives to raise food at Thanksgiving ("Fill the Barrel") and Toys at Christmas ("For an Empty Stocking"). The photos present a vivid depiction of local municipal welfare activities during the Great Depression, prior to any such federal action.Most of these photo...
Dates:
1930-1932
City Welfare Dept., Food Supply #4. 11-25-31. Loading potatoes for Welfare Dept. Exterior view of men with bags loading potatoes into a truck parked in front of the open front door.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains approximately 500 photos of various projects undertaken by the program, such as parks improvements, road construction, sewer and water main projects, food preservation and distribution and two drives to raise food at Thanksgiving ("Fill the Barrel") and Toys at Christmas ("For an Empty Stocking"). The photos present a vivid depiction of local municipal welfare activities during the Great Depression, prior to any such federal action.Most of these photo...
Dates:
1930-1932
City Welfare Dept., Food Supply #7. 11-25-31. Weighting potatoes at Sears Building. [Men in a basement space, with bags of potatoes. Loading at the scale from a bucket into a bag. Potatoes piled in the corner in the background.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains approximately 500 photos of various projects undertaken by the program, such as parks improvements, road construction, sewer and water main projects, food preservation and distribution and two drives to raise food at Thanksgiving ("Fill the Barrel") and Toys at Christmas ("For an Empty Stocking"). The photos present a vivid depiction of local municipal welfare activities during the Great Depression, prior to any such federal action.Most of these photo...
Dates:
1930-1932
City Welfare Dept., Food Supply #8. 10-28-31. 10,000 BU. Potatoes in City Welfare Store Room. [Basement setting, view length wise, with potatoes loaded on a slope.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains approximately 500 photos of various projects undertaken by the program, such as parks improvements, road construction, sewer and water main projects, food preservation and distribution and two drives to raise food at Thanksgiving ("Fill the Barrel") and Toys at Christmas ("For an Empty Stocking"). The photos present a vivid depiction of local municipal welfare activities during the Great Depression, prior to any such federal action.Most of these photo...
Dates:
1930-1932
City Welfare Dept., Food Supply #11. 11-4-31. Potatoes stored by City Welfare Department. “Part of 27,000 bu.” [Basement setting, with large bins holdings lots of potatoes on either side of space
File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains approximately 500 photos of various projects undertaken by the program, such as parks improvements, road construction, sewer and water main projects, food preservation and distribution and two drives to raise food at Thanksgiving ("Fill the Barrel") and Toys at Christmas ("For an Empty Stocking"). The photos present a vivid depiction of local municipal welfare activities during the Great Depression, prior to any such federal action.Most of these photo...
Dates:
1930-1932