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Box 1

 Container

Contains 112 Results:

City Welfare Dept., Repair Dept. #3 Stove Repair Dept. Bond Ave., Social Welfare. [Men in basement setting working at various devises, with Oak Laurel Stove in right corner.

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
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., Repair Dept. #4. “Furniture, baby carriages, etc.”--pencil on back of photo [Men in basement setting, working. Man lower right with carriage, Man at left with overturned table. Man in back working on some kind of furniture, man in left background at unidentified tool, saws hanging on the wall, coats hanging on pegs.

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
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